A. J. STRUNK

STRUNK, MARTIN, HOPKINS

Posted By: Mona Sarratt Knight (email)
Date: 7/15/2009 at 06:28:07

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

A. J. STRUNK, of Strunk & Fletcher, proprietors of Udell Mills; born in Mifflin Co., Penn., in 1835; with his parents, he came to Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, in 1851, where his father, Daniel S., engaged in farming, but afterward came to this county, Union Tp., where he now resides; at the age of 21, Mr. Strunk came to this county, where he now owns one-half interest in the mills mentioned above and ninety-three acres of land on Sec. 1, this township, all valued at $3,000. He married Miss Margaret Hopkins in 1858; she was born in Hancock Co., Tenn., in 1837; died in May 1875, leaving nine children, eight of whom are now living - Jennie, Clara Hellen, Josephine, Mary C., John H., Alice, Lola, Jessie F.; then married Mrs. Orlena Martin, widow of Robert M., and sister of his first wife, in 1877; she was born in the same county in 1834. Democrat. Held the office of Assessor of Union Tp. for six years and other offices in this township.