KOLPIN, Frederick - 1914

KOLPIN, GOLNITZ, DRYER, RUEBSAM, PINGLE, HONSBRUCH

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Date: 7/10/2009 at 08:25:58

HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

FREDRICK KOLPIN.

Fredrick Kolpin, who has lived in Cherokee county for almost three decades, owns and resides upon a highly improved farm of three hundred and twenty acres on section 2, Afton township, but has spent the last six years in honorable retirement, leaving the active work of the fields to others. His birth occurred in Germany in 1845, his parents being Joachim and Sophia Kolpin, likewise natives of that country. In 1871 the family emigrated to the United States, settling in Will county, Illinois, where Joachim Kolpin worked as a farm hand by the month for some time and subsequently rented a tract of land, cultivating the same throughout the remainder of his life. He passed away in 1879, while his wife was called to her final rest the previous year. They were the parents of eight children, seven of whom still survive, as follows: Fredrick, of this review; John, who is a resident of Galva, Iowa; Wilhelmina, who is the widow of William Golnitz and resides in Cherokee county, Iowa; Mary, who is the widow of Frank Dryer and also makes her home in this county; Sophia Kohl hagen, living in Cherokee county; George, likewise a resident of this county; and Caroline, the wife of Tobias Ruebsam, of Aurelia, Iowa.

Fredrick Kolpin was reared, educated and married in the land of his nativity and was a young man of twentysix years when he accompanied his parents on their emigration to the new world. During the first eight years of his residence in the United States he worked for others as a farm hand and subsequently cultivated rented land in Illinois until 1885, when he came to Cherokee county, Iowa, having remained here continuously since. He successfully carried on general agricultural pursuits for a number of years and still owns a valuable farm of three hundred and twenty acres on section 2, Afton township. In 1907 he put aside the active work of the fields and has since lived retired on his farm, enjoying the fruits of his former labor in well earned ease.

As above stated, Mr. Kolpin was married while still in Germany, his bride being Miss Marie Milles, also a native of the fatherland. They became the parents of eight children, as follows: Sophia, the deceased wife of Ludwig Pingel; Frank, who resides on a farm in Cherokee county; Carl, who passed away at the age of twelve years; Frederick, who died when a lad of six; Wilhelm, who passed away at the age of three; John, who died when ten months old; Henry, who operates his fathers farm; and Albert, at home. In 1907, Henry Kolpin wedded Mrs. Elise Honsbruch, a native of Iowa, by whom he has two children, Hilda and Velma.

In politics Mr. Kolpin is a stanch republican but has never sought nor desired office as a reward for his party fealty. He and his family are Lutherans in religious faith. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to establish his home in the United States, for here he has found the opportunities which he sought and in their wise utilization has won a place among the substantial and esteemed citizens of his community.