Jeremiah Kopp
Jeremiah Kopp, farmer; P. O., Iamton. Among the gentleman that we are pleased to mention in the pages of this work is Jeremiah Kopp, born in Lebanon Co., Pa., April 9, 1823. His father, John, was a native of the same county, and followed the occupation of blacksmith. He was united in marriage with Mary Bender, and as a result of this union had eight children, of whom four daughters and two sons survive, viz: Lavina, Elizabeth, Catharine, Margaret, John and Jeremiah. Mr. Kopp emigrated to Ohio and located in Randolph Township, this county, in 1825. He purchased a farm containing 96 acres, covered with a dense growth of timber, which he rented, and engaged at his trade, which he followed until he had to give it up on account of the effect that the heat had on his eyes. He turned his attention to farming, which he followed until his death, in 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Kopp were both members of the Lutheran Church, and departed this life the same year. Jeremiah, the subject of this sketch, obtained an ordinary education, and at the age of eighteen years engaged in the vocation of tanning, which he continued following as a journeyman at various places, until 1844, when he commenced business for himself, on the Dayton and Union Pike, remaining until 1847, and moved to Indiana and located at New Columbus, Madison Co., where his family was all taken down with chills and fever, which he battled until 1850, when he came to Ohio, and turned his attention to farming, renting land of his father. He continued farming some years, when he moved to Phillipsburgh, where he was engaged in the hotel business until 1867, and came to Harrisburgh, Randolph Township, and run the National House until 1873, when he purchased a farm one-half mile south of Harrisburgh, and erected a dwelling, in which he has resided until the present. Mr. Kopp was married to Hannah G. Boder, born April 9, 1826. They were the parents of two children, viz: Margaret A., born May 5, 1845, and Franklin P., August 22, 1855.
From History of Montgomery County, Ohio, W. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1882