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"... son of George Peter Zupp, a native
of Paris, France. The latter was a veterinary surgeon by profession,
and was a soldier under Napoleon Bonaparte, also in the Mexican
war." We, as we read this, must
be careful that we do not run all of these items together and think
he was a blacksmith in Napoleon's army fighting the Mexican war. Not
so!! We are not, really, able to tell just what was meant by
"Mexican war" as it was understood by the writer. What is
usually meant by "Mexican War" in the United States is the
War between the two countries in the 1840's. It is unlikely a man in
his 50's would have been involved - but we don't know, for sure. And,
there was another "Mexican War" that did involve a man
named Napoleon but that was much later - in the 1860's.
His wife's name is given as "Elizabeth
Zeuder". Actually,
it was Mary Elizabeth and what the last name was is a bit uncertain.
The name "Zeuder" is from the Germany/Holland area. The
name "Zender / Zehner" is from the Swiss or Swiss/German
area. The article definitely states that they were married before
they came to America.
"... The mother died in Ohio leaving a
family of seven children, viz..." Mary
Elizabeth Zupp was buried in the Lutheran Cemetery, Tymochtee,
Wyandot, Ohio. Then proceeds to list the children. Let's count them:
(1) W.Z. - (2) George P - (3) Christiana - (4) Margaret - (5)
Caroline - (6) Henry - (7) C.C. - (8) John. How many did you get?
On the list of children, note carefully the punctuation.
First child "W.Z." This is the little
girl who died shortly before and is buried next to Elizabeth.
Second child "George P." He is further
identified as having served in an Ohio regiment in the Civil War.
Other than the confusion over his middle initial as a "P"
or a "W" (see Civil War page) , this tells us a good bit
about him. If he was in an Ohio regiment, he did not move to Michigan.
Third, fourth & fifth children are daughters
"Christiana, Margaret and Caroline" . No further
information is given on them. We do know that Christiana and Margaret
married and stayed in Ohio.
The sixth child "Henry" is noted as a
resident of Michigan. This tells us that Henry was still alive as of
the preparation of the book.
The seventh child "C.C." has no more
identification there. None was needed at that point as the whole
article was about him.
The eighth child "John" is noted as
having served in the Eighteenth Michigan Infantry and is now
deceased. John had actually died in the Civil War.
"... he enlisted in the Eighteenth
Michigan Infantry, and after its close returned to Michigan..."
"He was first married at the age of nineteen years, to Jennie Crawfoot
..." He married Mary Jane Crofoot
(Jennie) on November 18, 1856 in Hillsdale, Hill, Michigan. He was 24
and she was about 16/17. They had moved to Iowa to claim land before
their son, Almond Decatur, was born May 10, 1858. The Civil War
started in 1861. He was in Iowa, proving up his land. His daughter,
Ida had just been born in June and his wife, Jennie was about to die.
They were living in Iowa - not Michigan.
"In 1867 Mr. Zupp was united in
marriage with Julia Crawfoot, a sister of his former wife ...." February
4, 1863 he married Jennie's sister, Juliette and their first child,
Mary Jennie was born March 18, 1863. Again, they were in Iowa.
(We
can certainly see why there might be some forgetfulness about those
dates! Remember, Chris' father, Peter remarried only 3 months after
Chris' mother died.)
The sisters, Jennie & Julia were Mary Jane
and Juliette Matilda Crofoot.
".. Belle, now Mrs. Mertell; .."
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