Cornelius Klump

    Cornelius Klump, blacksmith, New Alsace, was born in Jackson Township, September 29, 1836, son of Morris and Catherine (Gephard) Klump, who were natives of Germany; the former born in 1803, and the latter in 1813. They were married in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1833, and moved to Dearborn County in 1835. They were the parents of eleven children, viz.: Elizabeth, Catherine, Michael, Helena, John, Lewis, Josephine, Clara, and two which died in infancy.

    Cornelius, our subject, the next to the eldest member of the family, learned the blacksmith trade with his father, which trade he has since followed. He was married at New Alsace, in January, 1860, to Margaret Niters, by whom he has had born to him seven children, viz: Frank, Lewis, Mary, Catherine, Rosie, John and Michael.

Source: History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana by F.E. Weakley & Co., 1885.