Benjamin R. Zopp

1802 - 1883  (81 years)

• Name	Benjamin R. Zopp
  Birth	1802	Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Feb 1883	Mill Creek Mountain, Greenbrier Co., WV   [2]
  	Cause: old age
  Person ID	I13262	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

  Family	Abigail Shawver,   b. Jan 1829, Greenbrier Co., VA d. Aft 1900 (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	15 Oct 1850	Greenbrier Co., VA   [3]
  Children	1. Joseph H. Zopp,   b. Sep 1851, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., VA d. 27 Aug 1938, Charmco, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 86 years)   2. Benjamin Wilson Zopp,   b. 8 Sep 1854, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., VA d. 1 Oct 1927, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 73 years)   3. Charlotte Jane Zopp,   b. 4 Jul 1856, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., VA d. 28 Jun 1922, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 65 years)   4. Truslow Zopp,   b. Jul 1858, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., VA d. 17 Jun 1929, Quinwood, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 70 years)   5. Ledonia Zopp,   b. 10 Jun 1862, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., VA d. 27 Jun 1925, Richwood, Nicholas Co., WV (Age 63 years)   6. Beauregard Granville Zopp,   b. 19 Apr 1865, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 9 Jun 1938, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 73 years)   7. Stonewall Jackson Zopp,   b. 18 Aug 1867, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 29 Oct 1960, East Rainelle, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 93 years)
  Family ID	F2374	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 15 Oct 1850 - Greenbrier Co., VA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Probated Will: Greenbrier Co. WB 5, Pg. 281 (4 Jul 1878) The Greenbrier Independent, Volume XVII, Number 39, Thursday Evening, March 8, 1883 Benjamin R Zopp, after four years of suffering and confinement to his bed, died on the 13th ultimo, at his residence on Mill Creek mountain, in his 83rd year. He came to this county from Baltimore in 1834, on account of ill health. He leaves a wife and seven children--five boys and two girls--to lament his death. His land was willed to him at the death of Jos. S. Crane in 1839. When the Sheriff's came around, year by year, his taxes were always ready for them. From the time he came to Greenbrier until his death he never owed any man a cent. He never visited his native city after coming to Greenbrier. Son of Jacob and Sarah Zopp.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1086] Zopp, Al, Zopp Family Home Page, (Name: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/z/o/p/Albert-M-Zopp/index.html, 1998;). [S592] Shuck, Larry G., Greenbrier County, [West] Virginia Death Records 1853-1901, (Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co., 1993). [S594] Shuck, Larry G., Greenbrier County, [West] Virginia, Marriages 1782-1900, (Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co., 1991).