Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....Klepper, Nicholas William 1851 - 
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Author: Great Bend Tribune

NICHOLAS WILLIAM KLEPPER

NICHOLAS WILLIAM KLEPPER was born in Germany, December 24, 1851, and came to
America with his parents when he was 12 years of age. The family located at
Aurora, Illinois, where they remained until 1878 when they came to Barton county
and at once took up the occupation of farming. Mr. Klepper has been a most
successful farmer and helped in no small way in the work of developing that
section of the county that is adjacent to Ellinwood where Mr. Klepper now lives
in a fine modern residence. Mr. Klepper now owns thirteen quarter sections of
land in Barton County and a half section in Ford County. All the Barton County
land is being farmed by renters, Mr. Klepper having retired in 1905. He was
married in 1872 to Miss Mary Madenach in Aurora, Illinois, and they are the
parents of seven children as follows: Lizzie, 36 years of age, is now Mrs. John
Schwartz, residing in this county; Mary, 34 years is Mrs. Peter Schwartz,
residing south of the river in this county; Peter, 31 years of age, is farming
near Ellinwood; Anna, 29 years of age, is now Mrs. Henry Webber of Ellsworth
County; John, 24 years of age, is farming in this county; Maggie, 22 years of
age, is Mrs. Edward Patz of this county; and Frank, 30 years of age, is now
attending Bethany College at Lindsborg, Kansas. Mr. Klepper has always found
time to take an active part in the public affairs of the county although he has
always been a busy man. He served his district on the board of county
commissioners for six years and made a record of .which he and his friends may
well feel proud. He has always been a sound, substantial citizen and is one of
the best known men in Barton County. Their home place in Ellinwood is thoroughly
modern in every way and is one of the most beautifully surrounded residences in
the town.


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