Newton Co., IN Biography

Newton County, Jackson Township.  From A History of Warren, Benton, 
Jasper & Newton Counties, 1883. 

   JOHN M. C. GULDENZOPF is a native of Germany, and was born February
26, 1828.  His father John H. Guldenzopf, was also born in Germany in
1802, and a son of Nicholas and Mary J. Guldenzopf, also natives of 
Germany.  John H. Guldenzopf married and lived in Germany throughout
his life, leaving a family of four children--Marmon L., John M. C.,
John M. and Wilhelm M.
   Our subject, John M. C. Guldenzopf, is the only one of his family
now living, and emigrated to America in 1848, landing at New York City,
whence he went to New Orleans, thence to Florida and Tennessee, thence
to Joliet, Illinois, and thence in 1855 moved to Jasper County, Indiana;
thence to Illinois, and thence again to Jasper County in 1856, where
he was married July 12, 1860, to Amelia Zoborasky.  This union was 
productive of seven children--Louisa L., John H., Emma N., Ettie B.,
Mattie A., Julius V., and Caroline R.  In 1862, Mr. Guldenzopf made a 
purchase of land and settled where he now resides.



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