Moses Ropp
1828 - 1891 (63 years)-
Name Moses Ropp [1] Birth 28 Apr 1828 Wilmot Twp., Ontario, Canada 
[2] - near Tavistock
Gender Male Education Perhaps A Few Years At Railroad School Occupation Lumber And Flour Miller - He built a saw and flour mill in Elm Grove in 1857 Religion Amish (As A Child) Residence Abt 1846 Kansas City, KS Residence Abt 1850 Tazewell Co., IL - Built a house on Sinking Creek, near the north line of Sec. 20, still in the Railroad school district.
Residence 1884 Berkley, Carlisle Co., KY Death 3 Aug 1891 Berkley, Carlisle Co., KY [3] Burial Berkley, Carlisle Co., KY - Berkley Cemetery
Person ID I933 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 18 Nov 2020
Father Andréas Ropp, b. 1776, Alsace Lorraine, FR d. 12 Oct 1868, Hudson, McLean Co., IL (Age 92 years) Mother Elizabeth Eymann, b. 1784, Lubine, Vosges, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 1834, Butler Co., OH (Age 50 years) Marriage 20 Mar 1806 Lubine, Vosges, Bas-Rhin, FR Family ID F3772 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lydia Garber, b. 14 Jul 1831, Monroe Co., OH d. 16 Jan 1909, Berkley, Carlisle Co., KY (Age 77 years) Marriage 27 Dec 1846 Tazewell Co., IL [4] Notes - Date could be incorrect. If correct, Lydia was only 12 at time of marriage.
Children 1. Rosina Ropp, b. 5 Nov 1855, Kansas City, KS d. 26 May 1944 (Age 88 years)2. Carolina Ropp, b. 11 Mar 1858, Tazewell Co., IL d. 21 Jul 1929 (Age 71 years)3. Edward Ropp, b. 12 May 1860, Tazewell Co., IL d. 1937 (Age 76 years)4. Thomas Ropp, b. 7 Feb 1863, Tazewell Co., IL d. 28 Sep 1950, Wilmington, Will Co., IL (Age 87 years)5. Ephriam Ropp, b. 3 May 1865, Tazewell Co., IL d. 5 Sep 1866 (Age 1 year)6. Moses E. Ropp, b. Jan 1867, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL d. 5 Feb 1938, Peoria, Peoria Co., IL (Age ~ 71 years)7. Barbara Ropp, b. 26 Aug 1868, Tazewell Co., IL d. 8 Oct 1949 (Age 81 years)8. Lydia Ropp, b. 22 Aug 1870, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL d. 15 Jun 1947, Washington, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 76 years)9. Fannie M. Ropp, b. 1 May 1875, Tazewell Co., IL d. 1936 (Age 60 years)Family ID F447 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Feb 2006
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Birth - 28 Apr 1828 - Wilmot Twp., Ontario, Canada 
Residence - Abt 1846 - Kansas City, KS 
Marriage - 27 Dec 1846 - Tazewell Co., IL Residence - Abt 1850 - Tazewell Co., IL 
Residence - 1884 - Berkley, Carlisle Co., KY Death - 3 Aug 1891 - Berkley, Carlisle Co., KY Burial - - Berkley, Carlisle Co., KY = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - According to Ropp Ramblings, “Moses had an inquiring mind and loved to read, but his father wouldn’t let him read the few books found in the family home. So Moses read the Bible through several times in his younger years. His life was mostly taken up with work and the social, religious life of the Amish community.
“Oral tradition says Moses and Lydia Garber went away [in other words eloped] to get married. Later in life Moses disagreed with the rules and Bible interpretations of the Old Amish church (and no doubt with Bishop Andrew Ropp) so he and Lydia went elsewhere. The couple’s first years were spent in Kansas City, then a wild river town, where he worked at a saw mill that furnished lumber for a nearby Indian reservation.
“The Indians didn’t trust white men who cheated them, but were friendly to those who treated them well. “Aunt Lydia” soon won their confidence and when her daughter Rosina was a baby the Indian children wanted to play with the white papoose. Later the Indian boys would take her on horseback rides and Lydia was sometimes concerned that they might not bring her back, but they always did.” [1, 5]
- According to Ropp Ramblings, “Moses had an inquiring mind and loved to read, but his father wouldn’t let him read the few books found in the family home. So Moses read the Bible through several times in his younger years. His life was mostly taken up with work and the social, religious life of the Amish community.
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