Bishop Andrew Ropp b. 6 Sep 1807 d. 11 Jun 1890 Bureau Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Bishop Andrew Ropp

Male 1807 - 1890  (82 years)


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  • Name Andrew Ropp  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Prefix Bishop 
    Birth 6 Sep 1807 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870  Tremont, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Andrew age 63, farmer, born in France; wife Jacobine age 60, keeping house; child Andrew age 19, farmer, born Illinois.
    Occupation Farmer, minister and bishop 
    Religion Amish 
    Death 11 Jun 1890  Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial 13 Jun 1890  Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • ite Cemetery
    Person ID I5670  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2020 

    Father Andréas Ropp,   b. 1776, Alsace Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1868, Hudson, McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Eymann,   b. 1784, Lubine, Vosges, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1834, Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Marriage 20 Mar 1806  Lubine, Vosges, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3772  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jacobina Vercler,   b. 27 Apr 1811   d. 24 Jul 1885 (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 10 Apr 1834 
    • by Christian Engel
    Children 
     1. Catherine Ropp,   b. 27 Dec 1835, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1885, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
     2. Elizabeth Ropp,   b. 27 Oct 1837   d. 16 Sep 1881 (Age 43 years)
     3. Joseph W. Ropp,   b. 30 Jan 1840, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jun 1920, Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     4. Mary Ropp,   b. 6 Jul 1841, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1920, Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     5. Rev. Peter W. Ropp,   b. 5 Jan 1845, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1921, Zion, Lake Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     6. Jacobine Ropp,   b. 1848   d. 1913 (Age 65 years)
     7. Andrew W. Ropp,   b. 1851   d. 1914 (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F3973  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Tremont, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Jun 1890 - Bureau Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 13 Jun 1890 - Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Ministers at Andrew’s funeral were Joseph Springer, Chr. Naffzinger, Andrew Buerky and Jacob Naffziger of Tazewell County and Joseph Buerky of Bureau Co. in the meetinghouse, and by J.P. Schmitt of Livingston Co. at the grave.

      Owned land near Johannes Schrock and family in Tazewell Co., IL. Were the beginning of the Dillon Creek Amish settlement in 1834 when they settled 4 miles southeast of Pekin on Old State Rd.
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      “Smoking a pipe was the common lot of men where the Ropp’s came from and each one of the old men did more or less piping. You’d expect energetic Andrew to be the heaviest smoker. He was. When he went on the road it was whip in one hand, reins in the other, the old pipe puffing along. Perhaps part of its companionship was that it gave him something to do.

      “He was about average height (about five feet nine inches tall) and apparently never weighed over 165 pounds. His hair and beard were always cut true Amish man style. At that he could always say to the brethren, do as I do, and to the sister, do as mother does, and they would never need to wander away after strange fashion plates....

      “When their daughters and sons married, each of them was given a farm....”
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      According to Steve Estes in Living Stones: A History of the Metamora Mennonite Church, Andréw “served as minister of the Dillon Creek Congregation until about 1840 when he was ordained as bishop. He was described as a person made up on a ‘a large measure of push and energy and prompt decision, driven by a wish to succeed in building up a home and accumulating property.’ Ropp was an agricultural innovator but a religious conservative. His sincerity inspired deep devotion among many, but others criticized him as a minister who did more scolding, fault finding, and preaching on ‘dress,’ than preaching the Gospel. Ropp was assisted in the ministry by Peter Ropp (1815-1893) who became deacon about 1843 and Valentine Birky (1817-1856) who was ordained a minister of the word about 1847. Also known as the Pekin district, the Dillon Creek Congregation became the Pleasant Grove Mennonite Church now part of the First Mennonite Church in Morton, Illinois.” [5, 6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S284] Ruth Gerber King, Bishop Samuel Gerber: A Brief Look at the Lives and Times of His Ancestors, Family, and Decendents.

    2. [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.

    3. [S919] Myrna Park, Alsatian Mennonites of Central Illinois and Mennonite Names in Illinois.

    4. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40926335/andrew-ropp.

    5. [S504] Gail A. Earles, The Andreas and Elizabeth Eiman Ropp Family in America.

    6. [S227] Steven R. Estes, Living Stones: a History of the Metamora Mennonite Church.


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