BIO:  John F. Bopp, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Springfield Township, Pg 185

JOHN F. BOPP, farmer, son of John Bopp, Jr. and Barbara (Folkenstein) Bopp, was born August 3, 
1827.  Our subject was the eldest of eight children:  John F., Leah, Sarah, Catharine, Henry 
(deceased), Peter and Jesse.  August, 1850, Mr. Bopp married Maria Allison, of Springfield 
Township.  There were born to them by this marriage:  Uriah, Jacob (deceased), George 
(deceased), Emanuel, Amos, Malinda (deceased), Emma, Jesse, William, Elizabeth and Barbara.  
May 2, 1865, Mr. Bopp, married Priscilla Allison, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Reichard) 
Allison, of Springfield Township; to this union were born John (deceased), Peter (deceased), 
Ella M. (deceased), Levina, Taby and Eli.  Mr. Bopp is a member of the Reformed Church, has 
been school director three terms, and is one of the most successful farmers of Springfield 
Township.  For the past fifteen years he has been a director of the First National Bank of Glen 
Rock, and is also a director in the Codorus & Manheim Fire Insurance Company, of York County, 
having been elected for a term of three years.