KEUPER FAMILY
Johann Jacob Keuper (1807-1889) & Maria Dorothea (Pfeiffer) Keuper (1816-1886)
1860
The Keuper family came to America in 1840. According to an article published in the Sheboygan press in 1931, Johann Jacob Keuper (1807-1889) came to the country first and then returned to bring his family in 1840. They settled initially in upstate New York where their eldest daughter, Elizabeth (my 2md gr grandmother) was born in 1841. According to the article, they moved to Wisconsin in 1843, settling first in Waukesha Co. and then moving to Sheboygan in 1847.
In 1860 they were living in Plymouth WI with their 3 children ages 7 to 19 and 'John' Keuper was working as a farmer.
1870
The family remained in Plymouth, although the census does not give an exact address. They were living with their youngest son, Charles (18) Their 2 older children, Elizabeth & Jacob Jr. were both married, living elsewhere.
1880