Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....Koopman, Christian 1845 - 
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Author: Great Bend Tribune

CHRISTIAN KOOPMAN ESTATE

CHRISTIAN KOOPMAN was born in Germany in 1845, and came to America when he was
twenty years of age.

      He located first in Indiana where he remained for fifteen years and where
he was married to Miss Minnie Panne in 1880. They are the parents of seven
children. They came to Barton County in 1880 and Mr. Koopman at once took up the
business of farming. He died May 15, 1900, and was survived by his wife and all
the children. The children are as follows: George, 31 years of age, is now
engaged in the plumbing and fitting business and is a member of the firm of
Koopman & Fankhauser of Great Bend; Emma, 29 years of age is now Mrs. George L.
Lucas; William, 28 years; Carl, 25 years; Edward, 22 years; Leo, 19 and Lillian
16 years, are all living on the home place east of Great Bend. The estate
consists of 240 acres of land in Great Bend township about two and a half miles
east of Great Bend, and a quarter section of land in Stafford County. The home
place is being farmed by the four younger boys and they maintain the home place
in a most productive manner. The residence consists of eight rooms, in addition
to the closets, etc., and the barn is 56 by 42 feet in dimensions. Mrs. Koopman
also owns 127 acres two miles north of the home place and a quarter section
three miles north of the home place. Mr. and Mrs. Koopman came to Barton County
at a time when the land needed development and it required a great deal of hard
work to bring the soil to a state of productiveness where farming could be done
at a profit. Mr. Koopman succeeded however and he was known and liked by the
people of the county who came here in the 80's and withstood the hardships that
were necessary in making a home. The Koopman family is one of the best known in
the county and Mr. Koopman's name will always occupy a prominent place in the
history of the county of Barton.


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Biographical History Of Barton County


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