Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-30
PIONEER DENTIST OF THIS CITY
PASSES AWAY AFTER LONG
ILLNESS.
ONE OF THE VERY FIRST
DENTISTS IN THE CITY
Came to M.rshaIltown In 1866, and
Practiced Here Twonty Years-oId
Home Was at Southeast Corner Of
Fifth and Jerome streets-Family
Well Known by Older Residents Here.

Word received from Los Angeles,
Cal, tells of the death of DIR. G. Knep-
per, a pioneer dentist of this city, and
one of the very first doctors of dent
istry to practice his profession in Mar
shalltown. DR.. Knepper came to this
city from Dixon, ILL.,, in 1866, and was
in 1885.
DIR. and Mrs. Knepper were we'll
known in Marshalltown, and will be re-
membered by many of the older res
idents of the CITY, The family lived at
the southeast corner OF Fifth and
Jerome streets, and DR.. Knepper's Of
flee was on the second floor in the
building now occupied by Henry Pap
pes clothing store.
DIR Knepper was a. veteran of the
civil war. serving a first enlistment in
Company H, Sixty-ninth Illinois infan-
try, and later with battery of light
artillery. He was wounded at the battle
Of New Hope church in Georgia. Mrs.
knepper was, prior to her marriage,
Miss Jennie E. Hamaker. of Lancaster
county, Pennsylvania. DR.. and Mrs.
Knepper were married in october, 1872.
California Account Of Death.
The Los Angeles Times tells of the
death of DR.. Knepper as follows:
'sDr. Germanus knepper, a pioneer
dentist of Los Angeles, died at his late
residence No. 1909 Manhattan Place, at
Z o'clock yesterday morning. His age
was nearly II years. He was born in
Somerset county, Pennsylvania. His
father was we'll known minister of
the German Reformed church in west
ern Pennsylvania and Maryland. where
the Knepper family, of German descent,
has been 81 prominent and honored one
for more than century.
young Germanus knepper received
the rudiments of his education in the
common schools and academies of
Pennsylvania and Maryland, and on at
tanning his majority removed to Illi-
nois, where he remained until the out
break of the civil war, when he enlist
ed in regiment of the Illinois vulun-
teer infantry an6 went to the front. He
including Sherman's march to the sea,
| After the war he studied dentistry
and began the practice of his profess
sion at Marshalltown, Iowa, where he
remained until 1886. when he joined in
the Marshalltown hegira to Southern
California. He located in Los Angeles
and opened an office in the Wilson
block at First and Spring streets di-
rectly over the Western Union tele-
graph office, where he built up large
practice and worked steadily at his
profession until ill-health compelled
him to retire last spring.
'In the early summer he underwent
a severe surgical operation, from which
he never rallied. He was very sick
man during the last six months Of his
life, and only his remarkable vitality
prolonged his days.
CDR. Knepper was a man of sterling
character, genial disposition and lofty
patriotism. He was an honored member
of Stanton Post, G. A. r. In politics he
was a lifelong republican and took a
lively interest in matters pertaining to
the welfare of the city, state and ma
ton. His death will be sincerely
mourned by large circle of friends
and former patrons.
Besides the wife, who survives, his
family consisted of a daughter, Mrs
Norwood Smith, of Berkeley, and a
son, Earl H. Knepper, a young mining
engineer, of Los Angeles. Both of the
young people are Stanford graduates
"The funeral will be tomorrow at 2
o'clock, at the residence. The crema-
ton will be at Rosedale cemetery and
burial in Inglewood cemetery