This is the article that got me started on my quest for more Kepple information. I found it in a drawer of my dad's keepsakes and photos. I know this is really too small to read unless you print it off, so I'll just point out some of the best details. - Our original Kepples (there are lots and lots and lots of Kepples!) were Johannes Michal Koppel and Anna Benzin Koppel who left Germany in 1749 on the SS Phoenix. I've even found a copy of the ship's passenger list!
- "At one time, only a few miles from Crabtree, a vast acreage was sub-divided into farms that were the properties of five Kepple families, including Samuel Ulysses Kepple...." I want to go there!
- From this article we know that the Sam Kepple family attended the Presbyterian Church in Congruity and later the United Presbyterian Church in New Alexandria.
This story is specifically about Bertha Kepple Dick, and it's her family that we are visiting with next month.
That is really cool, Bev. Does the article say anything about the size of the farm, like how many acres or a highway/street number?
ReplyDeleteNo - only that the "vast acreage" was near Crabtree. Last night I sent an email to the Westmoreland County courthouse/Land Deeds office to ask for help. Sure hope they respond!
ReplyDeleteThis is the same article that I emailed to you and my sisters right after our St. Louis trip. That one is probably easier to read.