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Submitted: 3/3/16 • Approved: 3/3/16 • Last Updated: 3/28/18 • R788421-G0-S3
June 24, 1857 Adair Co., MO
Sept 30, 1946 Kirksville, Adair, MO
Mr. Propst helped his parents on the farm till twenty-four years old, then married and began farming for himself. His father started him out with eighty acres, near the old home place. He lived there one year, then bought part of his present farm, it being a part of the old Voorhies place on which his wife was reared. He bought the other heirs out, later adding to his farm until now he has a farm of 420 acres, situated four and one-half miles east of Kirksville. It is considered one of the best in the county and is splendidly improved. In 1910 he turned the running of the farm over to his son Homer V., and moved to Kirksville, where he has a beautiful home. In addition to his farm, he is interested in various business enterprises; is a stockholder in the Selby Poultry Company; stockholder and director in the Savings Bank. He is a Republican and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
History of Adair County, 1911
By Eugene Morrow Violette
Page 529
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Parents:
Robert Propst (____ - 1897)
Malinda Ziegler Propst (____ - 1896)
Spouse:
Bell M. Voorhies Propst (1859 - 1947)
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