David Plapp owns and occupies a residence that stands in the midst of an entire block of ground in Malta. He was born in Pierce Township,DeKalb County, Illinois,January 29,1853, and is one whose life record proves the attractiveness of the county as a place of residence,for although he left the county at one time and was for fifteen years a citizen of Nebraska he returned to DeKalb County to take up his abode here and make it his permanent home,having seen no district which is preferable to him.
His parents were Jacob F. and Elizabeth B. Plapp,both natives of Germany. The father came to this country where about eighteen years of age and the mother accompanied her parents to the new world in 1830 when she was a maiden of eleven summers.Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Plapp settled in Ohio and later came to DeKalb County,locating in Pierce Township,where for many years the father carried on general agricultural pursuits.He died in 1885 and his widow is now living with her son in Malta Township at the advanced age of 87 years. Unto this marriage were born eleven children, nine of whom survive.
David Plapp was reared in his native township and at the usual age began attending the public schools, wherein he mastered the usual branches of English learning. When he reached his majority he started out in life on his own account, learning the blacksmith's trade, which he followed for several years. He continued a resident of DeKalb County until 1878, when he removed to Nebraska and took up a homestead claim, upon which he lived for fifteen years, greatly improving the property during that time. He then came to DeKalb County and located in Malta.
On the 7th of May,1876, occurred the marriage of David Plapp and Miss Mary E. Schweitzer who was born in Illinois. Her father a native of Switzerland and her mother of Illinois. Mrs. Plapp became the mother of thirteen children:Ezra, Jessie J., Jacob, Aaron, Sylvester,Amelia, Mary, George, Katie, Andrew, and Calvin, all of whom are still living. The mother, however, died November 30, 1903 and her death was deeply deplored by many friends, for she had gained a wide and favorable acquaintance during her residence in this county.
Mr. Plapp gives his political allegiance to those who stand as the champions of republican principles. That he is a stalwart advocate of the party is indicated by the fact that while in Nebraska, in 1878, he walked fifty-five miles in order to vote the republican ticket. While living in that state he also had the honor of sitting on a jury with William Jennings Bryan. He belongs to Modern Woodman camp, No.217, at Malta, also to the Evangelical church and one of his sons is a minister of that denomination. Mr. Plapp is a man of high principles, his life actuated by worthy purposes and characterized by honorable conduct in every relation. Thus he has won the respect of his fellowmen and is numbered among the worthy sons of DeKalb county.
-Prof. Lewis M. Gross,(1907)Past and Present of DeKalb County Volume II, Pioneer Publishing Company
SOURCE: DeKalb Daily Chronicle, 23 December 1937, page 1, column 5.
David Plapp of Malta Dies at Hospital Here
David Plapp, age 84 and for the past 45 years a resident of Malta, passed away
about 4:00 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Glidden Memorial Hospital. Mr.
Plapp entered the hospital for treatment about ten weeks ago.
Well known throughout this portion of the county, Mr. Plapp leaves a large
circle of friends to mourn his death. Previous to becoming a resident of the
Malta community, nearly a half century ago he was a resident of the Pierce
community.
David Plapp was born in Pierce township on January 29, 1853, where he was
married on May 7, 1876, to Miss Mary E. Schweitzer, also a resident of Pierce.
Mrs. Plapp passed away on November 30, 1903.
The death of Mr. Plapp is mourned by twelve children, Ezra E. Plapp of
Hooppole, Jesse J., Jacob J., Samuel D., and Sylvester S., of Malta, Joseph E.
of Shabbona, Aaron J., of Maple Park, Mrs. C.E. Balluff of Mount Morris, Mrs.
C.H. Montgomery and Mrs. J.E. Peterson of DeKalb and Andrew E., of Chicago. One
son, Calvin, died on July 4, 1915. Mr. Plapp is also survived by 52
grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren, and one brother and one sister, Aaron
Plapp of Malta and Mrs. Cassie Walsmith of Minnesota.
Funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from Nelson &
Ronan Funeral Home. The Rev. Diener of Pierce will conduct the service, with
interment in the Malta cemetery.
His parents were Jacob F. and Elizabeth B. Plapp,both natives of Germany. The father came to this country where about eighteen years of age and the mother accompanied her parents to the new world in 1830 when she was a maiden of eleven summers.Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Plapp settled in Ohio and later came to DeKalb County,locating in Pierce Township,where for many years the father carried on general agricultural pursuits.He died in 1885 and his widow is now living with her son in Malta Township at the advanced age of 87 years. Unto this marriage were born eleven children, nine of whom survive.
David Plapp was reared in his native township and at the usual age began attending the public schools, wherein he mastered the usual branches of English learning. When he reached his majority he started out in life on his own account, learning the blacksmith's trade, which he followed for several years. He continued a resident of DeKalb County until 1878, when he removed to Nebraska and took up a homestead claim, upon which he lived for fifteen years, greatly improving the property during that time. He then came to DeKalb County and located in Malta.
On the 7th of May,1876, occurred the marriage of David Plapp and Miss Mary E. Schweitzer who was born in Illinois. Her father a native of Switzerland and her mother of Illinois. Mrs. Plapp became the mother of thirteen children:Ezra, Jessie J., Jacob, Aaron, Sylvester,Amelia, Mary, George, Katie, Andrew, and Calvin, all of whom are still living. The mother, however, died November 30, 1903 and her death was deeply deplored by many friends, for she had gained a wide and favorable acquaintance during her residence in this county.
Mr. Plapp gives his political allegiance to those who stand as the champions of republican principles. That he is a stalwart advocate of the party is indicated by the fact that while in Nebraska, in 1878, he walked fifty-five miles in order to vote the republican ticket. While living in that state he also had the honor of sitting on a jury with William Jennings Bryan. He belongs to Modern Woodman camp, No.217, at Malta, also to the Evangelical church and one of his sons is a minister of that denomination. Mr. Plapp is a man of high principles, his life actuated by worthy purposes and characterized by honorable conduct in every relation. Thus he has won the respect of his fellowmen and is numbered among the worthy sons of DeKalb county.
-Prof. Lewis M. Gross,(1907)Past and Present of DeKalb County Volume II, Pioneer Publishing Company
SOURCE: DeKalb Daily Chronicle, 23 December 1937, page 1, column 5.
David Plapp of Malta Dies at Hospital Here
David Plapp, age 84 and for the past 45 years a resident of Malta, passed away
about 4:00 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Glidden Memorial Hospital. Mr.
Plapp entered the hospital for treatment about ten weeks ago.
Well known throughout this portion of the county, Mr. Plapp leaves a large
circle of friends to mourn his death. Previous to becoming a resident of the
Malta community, nearly a half century ago he was a resident of the Pierce
community.
David Plapp was born in Pierce township on January 29, 1853, where he was
married on May 7, 1876, to Miss Mary E. Schweitzer, also a resident of Pierce.
Mrs. Plapp passed away on November 30, 1903.
The death of Mr. Plapp is mourned by twelve children, Ezra E. Plapp of
Hooppole, Jesse J., Jacob J., Samuel D., and Sylvester S., of Malta, Joseph E.
of Shabbona, Aaron J., of Maple Park, Mrs. C.E. Balluff of Mount Morris, Mrs.
C.H. Montgomery and Mrs. J.E. Peterson of DeKalb and Andrew E., of Chicago. One
son, Calvin, died on July 4, 1915. Mr. Plapp is also survived by 52
grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren, and one brother and one sister, Aaron
Plapp of Malta and Mrs. Cassie Walsmith of Minnesota.
Funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from Nelson &
Ronan Funeral Home. The Rev. Diener of Pierce will conduct the service, with
interment in the Malta cemetery.
David Plapp owns and occupies a residence that stands in the midst of an entire block of ground in Malta. He was born in Pierce Township,DeKalb County, Illinois,January 29,1853, and is one whose life record proves the attractiveness of the county as a place of residence,for although he left the county at one time and was for fifteen years a citizen of Nebraska he returned to DeKalb County to take up his abode here and make it his permanent home,having seen no district which is preferable to him.
His parents were Jacob F. and Elizabeth B. Plapp,both natives of Germany. The father came to this country where about eighteen years of age and the mother accompanied her parents to the new world in 1830 when she was a maiden of eleven summers.Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Plapp settled in Ohio and later came to DeKalb County,locating in Pierce Township,where for many years the father carried on general agricultural pursuits.He died in 1885 and his widow is now living with her son in Malta Township at the advanced age of 87 years. Unto this marriage were born eleven children, nine of whom survive.
David Plapp was reared in his native township and at the usual age began attending the public schools, wherein he mastered the usual branches of English learning. When he reached his majority he started out in life on his own account, learning the blacksmith's trade, which he followed for several years. He continued a resident of DeKalb County until 1878, when he removed to Nebraska and took up a homestead claim, upon which he lived for fifteen years, greatly improving the property during that time. He then came to DeKalb County and located in Malta.
On the 7th of May,1876, occurred the marriage of David Plapp and Miss Mary E. Schweitzer who was born in Illinois. Her father a native of Switzerland and her mother of Illinois. Mrs. Plapp became the mother of thirteen children:Ezra, Jessie J., Jacob, Aaron, Sylvester,Amelia, Mary, George, Katie, Andrew, and Calvin, all of whom are still living. The mother, however, died November 30, 1903 and her death was deeply deplored by many friends, for she had gained a wide and favorable acquaintance during her residence in this county.
Mr. Plapp gives his political allegiance to those who stand as the champions of republican principles. That he is a stalwart advocate of the party is indicated by the fact that while in Nebraska, in 1878, he walked fifty-five miles in order to vote the republican ticket. While living in that state he also had the honor of sitting on a jury with William Jennings Bryan. He belongs to Modern Woodman camp, No.217, at Malta, also to the Evangelical church and one of his sons is a minister of that denomination. Mr. Plapp is a man of high principles, his life actuated by worthy purposes and characterized by honorable conduct in every relation. Thus he has won the respect of his fellowmen and is numbered among the worthy sons of DeKalb county.
-Prof. Lewis M. Gross,(1907)Past and Present of DeKalb County Volume II, Pioneer Publishing Company
SOURCE: DeKalb Daily Chronicle, 23 December 1937, page 1, column 5.
David Plapp of Malta Dies at Hospital Here
David Plapp, age 84 and for the past 45 years a resident of Malta, passed away
about 4:00 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Glidden Memorial Hospital. Mr.
Plapp entered the hospital for treatment about ten weeks ago.
Well known throughout this portion of the county, Mr. Plapp leaves a large
circle of friends to mourn his death. Previous to becoming a resident of the
Malta community, nearly a half century ago he was a resident of the Pierce
community.
David Plapp was born in Pierce township on January 29, 1853, where he was
married on May 7, 1876, to Miss Mary E. Schweitzer, also a resident of Pierce.
Mrs. Plapp passed away on November 30, 1903.
The death of Mr. Plapp is mourned by twelve children, Ezra E. Plapp of
Hooppole, Jesse J., Jacob J., Samuel D., and Sylvester S., of Malta, Joseph E.
of Shabbona, Aaron J., of Maple Park, Mrs. C.E. Balluff of Mount Morris, Mrs.
C.H. Montgomery and Mrs. J.E. Peterson of DeKalb and Andrew E., of Chicago. One
son, Calvin, died on July 4, 1915. Mr. Plapp is also survived by 52
grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren, and one brother and one sister, Aaron
Plapp of Malta and Mrs. Cassie Walsmith of Minnesota.
Funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from Nelson &
Ronan Funeral Home. The Rev. Diener of Pierce will conduct the service, with
interment in the Malta cemetery.
His parents were Jacob F. and Elizabeth B. Plapp,both natives of Germany. The father came to this country where about eighteen years of age and the mother accompanied her parents to the new world in 1830 when she was a maiden of eleven summers.Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Plapp settled in Ohio and later came to DeKalb County,locating in Pierce Township,where for many years the father carried on general agricultural pursuits.He died in 1885 and his widow is now living with her son in Malta Township at the advanced age of 87 years. Unto this marriage were born eleven children, nine of whom survive.
David Plapp was reared in his native township and at the usual age began attending the public schools, wherein he mastered the usual branches of English learning. When he reached his majority he started out in life on his own account, learning the blacksmith's trade, which he followed for several years. He continued a resident of DeKalb County until 1878, when he removed to Nebraska and took up a homestead claim, upon which he lived for fifteen years, greatly improving the property during that time. He then came to DeKalb County and located in Malta.
On the 7th of May,1876, occurred the marriage of David Plapp and Miss Mary E. Schweitzer who was born in Illinois. Her father a native of Switzerland and her mother of Illinois. Mrs. Plapp became the mother of thirteen children:Ezra, Jessie J., Jacob, Aaron, Sylvester,Amelia, Mary, George, Katie, Andrew, and Calvin, all of whom are still living. The mother, however, died November 30, 1903 and her death was deeply deplored by many friends, for she had gained a wide and favorable acquaintance during her residence in this county.
Mr. Plapp gives his political allegiance to those who stand as the champions of republican principles. That he is a stalwart advocate of the party is indicated by the fact that while in Nebraska, in 1878, he walked fifty-five miles in order to vote the republican ticket. While living in that state he also had the honor of sitting on a jury with William Jennings Bryan. He belongs to Modern Woodman camp, No.217, at Malta, also to the Evangelical church and one of his sons is a minister of that denomination. Mr. Plapp is a man of high principles, his life actuated by worthy purposes and characterized by honorable conduct in every relation. Thus he has won the respect of his fellowmen and is numbered among the worthy sons of DeKalb county.
-Prof. Lewis M. Gross,(1907)Past and Present of DeKalb County Volume II, Pioneer Publishing Company
SOURCE: DeKalb Daily Chronicle, 23 December 1937, page 1, column 5.
David Plapp of Malta Dies at Hospital Here
David Plapp, age 84 and for the past 45 years a resident of Malta, passed away
about 4:00 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Glidden Memorial Hospital. Mr.
Plapp entered the hospital for treatment about ten weeks ago.
Well known throughout this portion of the county, Mr. Plapp leaves a large
circle of friends to mourn his death. Previous to becoming a resident of the
Malta community, nearly a half century ago he was a resident of the Pierce
community.
David Plapp was born in Pierce township on January 29, 1853, where he was
married on May 7, 1876, to Miss Mary E. Schweitzer, also a resident of Pierce.
Mrs. Plapp passed away on November 30, 1903.
The death of Mr. Plapp is mourned by twelve children, Ezra E. Plapp of
Hooppole, Jesse J., Jacob J., Samuel D., and Sylvester S., of Malta, Joseph E.
of Shabbona, Aaron J., of Maple Park, Mrs. C.E. Balluff of Mount Morris, Mrs.
C.H. Montgomery and Mrs. J.E. Peterson of DeKalb and Andrew E., of Chicago. One
son, Calvin, died on July 4, 1915. Mr. Plapp is also survived by 52
grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren, and one brother and one sister, Aaron
Plapp of Malta and Mrs. Cassie Walsmith of Minnesota.
Funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from Nelson &
Ronan Funeral Home. The Rev. Diener of Pierce will conduct the service, with
interment in the Malta cemetery.
Family Members
Siblings
Children
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Rev Ezra Emmanuel Plapp
1877–1942
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Jesse Joshua Plapp
1878–1964
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John Jacob Plapp
1880–1942
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Samuel David Plapp
1881–1964
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Joseph Edward Plapp
1882–1964
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Aaron James Plapp
1884–1941
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Sylvester Soloman Plapp
1886–1960
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Millie Elizabeth Plapp Montgomery
1887–1985
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Mary N. "Marie" Plapp Andreas
1888–1980
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George Cornelius Plapp
1890–1974
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Kathryn R. "Katie" Plapp Peterson
1891–1990
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Calvin Odeal Plapp
1895–1915
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