Captain Henry W. Klopf

 

Capt. H. W. Klopf, was born in 1856 in Brooklyn, N. Y. At an early age he left the East, settling in Sheboygan where he learned the trade and was in the jewelry business. In the next few years, he was in St. Paul, and from there came to Neillsville for a visit. Leaving Neillsville, he started a business at Owatonna, Minn. In 1877, he left, coming to Neillsville to start a jewelry business.

 

Klopf enlisted in Co. A., 3rd Infantry, April 1885 and was commissioned First Lieutenant in 1891.  He transferred after five years in that rank to first Lieutenant for the 3rd Regiment and after serving two and a half years went to the Spanish-American war.  After that service, he was recommissioned to adjutant, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Infantry.  He was made captain of Company A in 1902.

 

 

 

 

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