Jacob Ropp
1817 - 1895 (78 years)-
Name Jacob Ropp [1, 2] Birth 7 May 1817 Altkirch, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FR Gender Male Death 24 May 1895 Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Burial 26 May 1895 Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL [2] - Railroad Cemetery
Person ID I5667 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 14 Feb 2021
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 Elizabeth Schlegal, b. 13 Jan 1823, Bourogne, Upper Alsace, FR d. 21 Mar 1901 (Age 78 years) Marriage 10 Jun 1842 Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL [3] Children 1. Catharine (Kate) Ropp, b. 6 Apr 1843, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL d. 21 May 1907, Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 64 years) 2. Josephine Ropp, b. 6 Apr 1844 d. 26 Oct 1904 (Age 60 years) 3. John A. Ropp, b. 3 Sep 1845 d. 1 Dec 1912 (Age 67 years) 4. Aaron D. Ropp, b. 11 Jul 1861, IL d. 28 Oct 1904, Pekin, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL (Age 43 years) 5. Moses D. Ropp, b. 1 Sep 1851 d. 23 Jun 1913 (Age 61 years) 6. Jacob F. Ropp, b. 20 Jul 1853 d. 21 Nov 1928 (Age 75 years) Family ID F3971 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Jan 2019
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Notes - Obit: Herald of Truth, June 15, 1895:
"On the 24th of May, 1895, near Pekin, Tazewell Co., Ill., of cancer, Bro. Jacob Ropp, aged 78 y., 17 d. He leaves his wife and 9 children, 45 grand-children and many friends to mourn their loss. He was buried on the 26th at the Union M. H. at Elmgrove. Funeral services by Joseph Buercky of Tiskilwa, and Isaac Miller of Tremont, Ill. Benj. Berkey of Groveland, and John Schmitt, in German, and by Va. Strubhar of Washington, in English, from Phil. 1:21. The funeral was one of the largest that ever occurred in this part of the country. Bro. Ropp died in peace with God and man. - J. Buercky."
- Obit: Herald of Truth, June 15, 1895:
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Sources - [S284] Ruth Gerber King, Bishop Samuel Gerber: A Brief Look at the Lives and Times of His Ancestors, Family, and Decendents.
- [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25320397/jacob-ropp.
- [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.
- [S284] Ruth Gerber King, Bishop Samuel Gerber: A Brief Look at the Lives and Times of His Ancestors, Family, and Decendents.