Story-Polk-Jasper County IA Archives Obituaries.....Kopf, John George July 4, 1912
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The Maxwell Tribune July 1912
Maxwell Tribune Obituary for John George Kopf, Sr. (Sep 1833-04 Jul 1912).  
Mr. John George Kopf, Sr. was married to Mrs. Margaret Little in 1866.  They 
were the parents of 8 children, 3 dying in infancy. Margaret (Little) Kopf 
died Jan. 03, 1876, leaving 5 small children. In the fall of 1876, Mr. Kopf 
and his 5 children moved from a farm 1 mile north and 1 mile east of the 
present town of Farrar, to a farm which in a few years would include the 
town of Farrar, the Methodist Protestant Church and the Cemetery.
     Mr. Kopf was married to Mrs. Martha Ann (Marsh) Hill on Aug. 17, 1875.  
Mrs. Hill had been married to Henry Hill, who died Mar. 31, 1875.  Mrs. & 
Mrs. Hill had 11 or 13 children, 6 living to adulthood. Martha raised Mr. 
Kopf's children, who at the time were: Anna, 9 years; John George, 8 years; 
Andrew, 7 years; Nathan, 6 years; and Charles, 3 years; with her youngest 
dau. Rosa 5 years, the rest of her family now gone from the parental home.
   Mr. Kopf married third 28 Jan 1907 Polk County, Mary Elizabeth Lowe, born 
05 Aug 1859 Buchanan Twp., Atchison, Missouri, and died 09 Jan 1929 
Mitchellville, Polk, Iowa. Mary was the niece of Martha Ann (Marsh) Hill 
Kopf and married first Frank Crissey Tyler born 17 Aug 1853 Claremont, 
Sullivan, New Hampshire, died 16 Jun 1897 Mitchellville, Polk, Iowa.
    When Nathan was a young man, he had the measles and then tuberculosis, 
thought he might not live long and wished to be buried close to his home.  
So John George & Martha Kopf gave the ground for the Farrar Church and 
Cemetery on a corner of their farm. Nathan Kopf died at the age of 23 years.

Additional Comments:
John Kopf, Sr. was buried in McKeever Cemetery 2 miles north of Colfax, Iowa 
by the side of his first wife. Mary Elizabeth Lowe was the daughter of 
Josephus & Phebe Ann (Marsh)Lowe and the granddaughter of Daniel & Ann (Bazel) 
Marsh.

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