Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Chepa, John 1857 - 
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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  JOHN CHEPA resides in Graham Lakes township, where he owns and farms 121 acres

in the southwest quarter of section 20 and the northwest quarter of section 29.

He came to Nobles county thirty years ago and has ever since made his home here.

He was born in Aultmolatien, in the province of Mahern, Austria, in February,

1865. His father, Frank Chepa, died in the fall of 1904. His mother, Annie (Fox)

Chepa, died in Nobles county during the severe winter of 1880-81.



  When John Chepa was twelve years of age the family emigrated to America, and

during the first year of their residence in the new world lived in Mankato,

where the elder Chepa worked at the tailor trade. In the spring of 1878 the

Chepa family came to Nobles county with the hope of bettering their condition.

When they arrived they were practically without means and had not even

sufficient to purchase a yoke of oxen. The head of the family took as a

homestead claim the southwest quarter of section 20, Graham Lakes township, and

that has been the family home ever since. Until he was 27 years old John Chepa

lived on his father's farm. He then began farming the place for himself and has

added to his possessions by purchasing a quarter in section 29, which he secured

in 1898. He now has a finely improved farm and is in prosperous circumstances.



  Mr. Chepa was married in June, 1891, at Fulda to Mary King, a daughter of

August King, one of the early settlers of Graham Lakes township.



  Mr. and Mrs. Chepa are members of the Catholic church at Fulda. Mr. Chepa has

held several offices within the gift of the people of his township. He was a

member of the township board four years and during the last four years has held

the office of township treasurer. He is also clerk of school district No. 31,

which office he has held six years.



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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY

MINNESOTA

BY

ARTHUR P. ROSE



NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY 



WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA 

PUBLISHERS

1908



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