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John P KLOPP |
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Comp. x, 34th Wisconsin Volunteers Infantry |
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enlisted November 15, 1862 at Milwaukee |
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discharged September 8, 1863, Milwaukee | |
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Biography :
John P. Klopp is only "technically" a Belgian
as he was born at Wormeldange, Great Duchy of Luxemburg on December 1, 1835.
Between 1830 and 1839 when all the Luxemburg province including the Great Duchy
was "de facto" Belgium. In 1839, the Kingdom of Belgium and the Great Duchy
became two separate countries.
He emigrated in July 1854 and settled first in Port Washington, Wisconsin were he was married on May 3, 1858, at the St Mary's German Catholic Church to Mrs Catherine Buckenmeyer. They moved soon to Bloomington, Illinois, were they spent the remaining of their life and had numerous children. His death occured on February 21, 1903 and he is buried at St Mary's cemetery, Bloomington.
Sources :
Danville Branch of the National Home for
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Danville, Illinois
