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Johann Michael Propst (1712-1789)
Johann Michael Propst was born in 1712 in Bonnigheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany (known as the Rhine Palatine part of Germany). He was the son of Hans Michael (b. 1686) and Barbara (b. 1681) Propst. He went by the name Michael throughout his life. In 1733, at the age of 21, Michael came to America with his parents and sister Barbara. They traveled from Germany by way of Rotterdam and England on Captain Hugh Percy’s ship, “Samuel”. They arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August [...]
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George Propst (1806-1870)
George Propst was born in 1806 in North Carolina. He was one of six children born to parents George John Propst and Evaline Mary Ficker. The family seems to have moved back and forth between North Carolina and Pendelton, Virginia (now West Virginia) as some of George’s siblings are both in each place. They had moved to Cape Girardeau, Missouri some time in the 1920′s. On January 13, 1829, George married Hannah Crites in Cape Girardeau. (In the second document, their record [...]
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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 [...]
