Eberhard and Agnes Sprenger Kuper
Parents of
Joseph, John, Henry, Anton "Tony", Anna,
Elizabeth,
and .
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Eberhard Kuper and
Agnes Sprenger, both immigrants from Germany, were married April 15, 1884, at
Rock Island, ILL and later settled on a farm northeast of
Orient, Faulk County, South Dakota (somewhere between 1881 and 1885) . They were the parents of four sons and four
daughters. Two of their daughters died young; one as the result of a bout with
typhoid fever and the other from being kicked by a horse. Both daughters are
buried in the Catholic cemetery at Polo, Hand County, SD.
After the passing of their mother (Agnes) in 1900, Abehard
remarried to a woman by the name of
Baker, bringing to the family a son, Frank Baker. A half-brother, Ferdinand, was
born to Eberhard and his new wife on
at
.
After the passing of his father in 1909, Joe went to live
with a Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gooder on their farm near Orient. He attended school
through the fourth grade, quitting to help on the farm. Joe grew to be 6'1" in
his manhood.
SD Land Records Hand County
| Landowner | Legal Description | Acreage | Date | ||||
| KUPER EBERHARD | 05 | 116 N 069 W 027 | 160 | 272002 | PA | 13443 | 04/15/1887 |
| KUPER JOSEPH | 05 | 116 N 069 W 005 | 40 | 272002 | PA | 193020 | 04/27/1911 |
| KUPER JOSEPH | 05 | 116 N 070 W 019 | 30.88 | 272002 | PA | 458467 | 02/17/1915 |
| KUPER JOSEPH | 05 | 116 N 070 W 019 | 30.97 | 272002 | PA | 458467 | 02/17/1915 |
From SD State Birth Records
- Abehard Kuper married to Agnes Sprenger. Children found in
SD Birth Records:
Anton, b.1-26-1884; John Joseph, b. 4-9-1892;
