Frederick Opperman

    Frederick Opperman, merchant, Cochran, is a native of France, born in Alsace, November 16, 1844, where he received a collegiate education. His parents, John B. and Fredericka (Gonzer) Opperman, were born in France; father in 1812, mother, 1807. Father was a saddler and harness maker, mother died in 1840, and in 1852 the surviving members of the family immigrated to America and located at Harrison, Ohio, where the father died in 1873.

    Frederick farmed and taught school up to 1865, at which time he engaged in general merchandising at New Haven, Ohio, continuing up to 1877, then moved to Cochran and opened up his present business, in which has met with with merited success. He was married December 26, 1872, to Miss Mary E. Scoble, she was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 6, 1845. Two children -Ella S. and Katie M. have been born to the. His business demands two spacious rooms, 20 x 50, and he employs four clerks. The entire family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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