Christian Kropf

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KROPF, CHRISTIAN, 1864. Born Dec. 1, 1829 Alsace-Lorraine; died July 30, 1905 near Pulaski, Davis County, lowa. Son of Christian Kropf and Catharina Wagler. Married first possibly to Katie Stuckey, daughter of Joseph Stuckey and Elizabeth Specht. Married second on Sept. 10, 1855 by Bishop John Fordemwald (1782-1856) of Lee County, Iowa to Barbara Stevig (Nov. 1, 1832-Aug. 7, 1880), daughter of Christian Stevig and Barbara Mowery. Married third Lydia Reinhart (July 25, 1859-Dec. 17, 1930), daughter of Benedict Reinhart and Magdalena Feitz. In 1848 came to Ohio; in ca. 1849 to Lee County, Iowa; and then in 1854 with the Jeptha J. Plank (18181906) family to Davis County, lowa. Ordained as a minister for the Davis County congregation (now the Pulaski Mennonite Church) in Nov. 1861 and as bishop by Dec. 18, 1862. In 1865 approximately one-half of the congregation formed the Apostolic Christian Church near Pulaski. Kropf served as their minister and then as elder (later relinquishing his eldership in 1895