Iowa Family Group Sheet for William A. KLEPPER Submitted by: Donna Hansen Stene Email: csstene@juno.com HUSBAND: WILLIAM A KLEPPER Birth date: 20 Nov 1840 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Death date: 8 Sep 1863 Place of death: Bear Creek, Mississippi Burial place: Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine, Iowa Father: CHRISTIAN KLEPPER Mother: NANCY ANN KUDZ Marriage date: 30 Aug 1862 Marriage place: Muscatine, Iowa WIFE: HELEN JULIA REBECCA LONGENECKER Birth date:28 Nov 1843 Birthplace: Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Death date: 24 Aug 1920 Place of death: Defiance, Shelby County, Iowa Burial place: Union Township Cemetery, Defiance, Iowa Other Spouse: WILLIAM RAY Father: JOSHUA LONGENECKER Mother: ANN WINNEMORE NO CHILDREN Documents and Sources Marriage recorded, Muscatine, Iowa, book A, page 89 WILLIAM KLEPPER was in Company A, 35th Iowa Volunteer Unit of the Union Army. Enlisted at Muscatine, Iowa, on 29 August 1862, went into camp on Muscatine Island, was in Cairo, Illinois, Island Ten, western Kentucky during the winter of 1862-63, the Vicksburg Campaign, took part in the capture of Jackson, in western Tennessee for several months, and died from congestive bilious fever at the Regimental Hospital, Bear Creek, Mississippi. Charles and Donna Stene 2708 Matilda Street Roseville MN 55113 651-484-7696 csstene@juno.com or csstene@msn.com Copyright İİİİ 2006 by Donna Stene. All rights reserved.