Randolph County IL Archives Biographies.....Groppe, Henry 1840 - 
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Author: Biographical Publishing Co. (1894)

HENRY GROPPE. Township 6, range 7, Randolph County, is the home of many
intelligent, industrious and prosperous farmers, who from a small beginning have
won a competence, securing a considerable amount of land and surrounding
themselves with all the comforts and conveniences which heart can wish. Among
this number may be mentioned Henry Groppe.

  Our subject was born in Hanover, Germany, December 18, 1840, and is a son of
Adolph and Mary (Knemeyer) Groppe. The father died in his native land, Germany.
In 1850 the mother came to America, and was followed three years later by our
subject. The first three years of his residence in the United States were spent
in St. Louis, after which he came to Randolph County and located on a farm near
the one on which he now resides.

  Attending the model schools of his native land, our subject gained a fair
education. While a resident of St. Louis he was engaged in the tobacco business,
and on reaching Randolph County was employed as a day laborer for a few years.
In 1863 he purchased a partially improved piece of land and at once set about
its cultivation. It now includes one hundred and sixty acres, and this valuable
property he has acquired through his indomitable industry and good management.
As a farmer he displays excellent judgment in the rotation of crops,
fertilization of the soil and cultivation of the land, and as a result of his
efforts he has gained prosperity. The stock to be found on the place is of the
best, and in it the owner takes great pride.

  The marriage of Mr. Groppe and Mrs. Susannah (Wissel) Sinker occurred
September 28, 1864. Mrs. Groppe is a daughter of Andrew and Kate Statmiller)
Wissel, both natives of Germany, but now residents of Illinois. Five children
have come to bless the hearth and fireside of our subject and his wife: Hermann,
Lizzie, Katie, Lulu and Emma, all of whom are living at home with their parents.
Mrs. Groppe by her first marriage became the mother of three children, all of
whom are still living: William, Mary and Anna. Our subject and his entire family
are members of the Catholic Church. In national and state affairs our subject is
in favor of the Deniocracy, but in local matters is rather conservative.


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Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe
Counties, Illinois
Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the
Counties
Together with Biographies and Portraits of All the Presidents of the United
States and the Governors of the State of Illinois

Chicago: Biographical Publishing Co.
1894


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