On February 12, 1837, William Hupp married Nancy Hager. Their marriage was blessed with ten children (four sons and six daughters). One of the two daughters not linked below was Nancy J. Agness "Agnes" Hupp (b. 1841-1843) w/o James H. Arnold.
William Hupp was a blacksmith by trade in Clarkesville, Green county, Pennsylvania. After he sold his blacksmith business, William purchased a farm near town. In 1865, William sold his farm and moved his family to Iowa. In the Spring of 1878 or 1879, William Hupp sold his first farm in Iowa (described below) and moved to a farm five miles northwest of Morning Sun, Iowa.
When he first arrived in Iowa, William Hupp bought the land on which the "Q" depot and railroad machine shops later became located. The small spring under William Hupp's milk house later became a five acre reservoir which supplied the railroad shops with water.
On February 12, 1837, William Hupp married Nancy Hager. Their marriage was blessed with ten children (four sons and six daughters). One of the two daughters not linked below was Nancy J. Agness "Agnes" Hupp (b. 1841-1843) w/o James H. Arnold.
William Hupp was a blacksmith by trade in Clarkesville, Green county, Pennsylvania. After he sold his blacksmith business, William purchased a farm near town. In 1865, William sold his farm and moved his family to Iowa. In the Spring of 1878 or 1879, William Hupp sold his first farm in Iowa (described below) and moved to a farm five miles northwest of Morning Sun, Iowa.
When he first arrived in Iowa, William Hupp bought the land on which the "Q" depot and railroad machine shops later became located. The small spring under William Hupp's milk house later became a five acre reservoir which supplied the railroad shops with water.