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Alfred Propst (1829-1868)
Alfred Propst was born in 1829 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was the youngest of eight children born to parents George Propst and Hannah Crites. In 1840, the family is living on this land in what is named “Union Township” in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. In the 1840 census, only the heads of household are listed and so only George’s name is listed on the census. Presumably however, based on the ages given, the family on the census are George’s wife Hannah, and the [...]
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Henry Jacob Propst (1861-1927)
Henry Jacob Propst was born on March 15, 1861 in Bollinger, Missouri. He was the youngest of seven children to parents Alfred Propst and Catherine Seabaugh. We first find Henry listed in records in the 1880 census in Whitewater Township in Bollinger County, Missouri. At the age of 19, he is living with his brother’s family following the death of his parents and works on his brother’s farm. On July 13, 1880 Henry married Minverva Adaline Statler in Bollinger, Missouri. (The [...]
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Ida May Propst (1886-1977)
Ida May Propst was born February 20, 1886 in Copeland, near the Bollinger Mills, in Bollinger County, Missouri. She is the third oldest of ten children to parents Henry Jacob Propst and Minerva Adeline Statler. Ida May Propst – Birth Record In 1900, the family is living on a farm in Whitewater, Bollinger County, Missouri. At 14 years of age, Ida is a student. On March 12, 1903, Ida married Franklin L Clements in Perryville, Perry County, Missouri. Since Franklin was [...]
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Franz Wilhelm Clements (1818-1858)
Franz Wilhelm Clements was born on May 3, 1818 in Eppe, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hessen, Germany. He was the only son of at least seven children born to parents Johannes B. Clements and Anna Gertudis Oberreuter. Throughout his life, he goes by the name William. Shortly after his birth, following the death of his mother, William and his father emigrated to the Caribbean. It would appear that they left his many sisters behind in Germany and left for the Caribbean. Germans left their [...]
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Henry J Clements (1855-1926)
Henry J. Clements was born April 16, 1855 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was one of five children to parents Franz Wilhelm Clements and Margaret M. Deimund. On February 20, 1881, Henry married Wilhelmina “Mina” Lix in Bollinger, Missouri. They had ten children together. Mary Minnie Clements (b. 1881 – d. 1959) Franklin L Clements (b. 1882 – d. 1923) Christian Clements (b. 1884) William Clements (b. 1887) August Clements (b. 1890) Louis Clements (b. 1891 – d. 1968) Eddie Clements (b. 1895) [...]
