Isaac Hollopeter, M.D.
Isaac Hollopeter, M.D., was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, October 16, 1830. When he had attained the age of three years, or in 1833, he was brought to Miami County, Ohio, by his parents, Matthias and Barbara Hollopeter, where he passed his boyhood days on a farm. He was educated in the schools at Covington, Miami County, Ohio. In 1848 be commenced teaching school, which he followed as his vocation during the winter months for several years. In 1852 he began the study of medicine under John Harrison, M.D., of Covington, Ohio. He attended the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, and in 1856 he began the practice of medicine in the vicinity of Gettysburg, Darke County, Ohio, where he remained one year, or until February, 1857, when he came to Shelby County and located in Mt. Jefferson, Loramie Township, where he has since been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession. On the 20th of September, 1855, he married Miss Hannah Thompson, of Miami County, Ohio, who was born August 24, 1834, daughter of William and Nancy Thompson. By this union he has a family of seven children, viz., Huldah J., James S., John M., Anna E., Elizabeth, Charles I., and Amanda R.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883