W. F. KOPP W. F. Kopp, who is an attorney by profession, was born near Dodgeville, Des Moines county, Iowa. June 20, 1869. He is the son of John M. and Mary Kopp, and is of German descent. His father was a resident of Wisconsin when the Civil war broke out, and served with one of the regiments of that state. After the war he removed to Iowa, and located on a farm in Des Moines county while a younger man, he was an active republican, and at one time represented Des Moines county in the state legislature. W. F. Kopp, the son, received his preliminary education in the district school, then attended the Iowa Wesleyan University, from which he graduated in 1892, and in 1894 graduated from the law department of the State University of Iowa. In the fall of 1894 he was elected county attorney of Henry county Iowa, and two years later was re-elected. In 1898 he was nominated for the state senate by the republican party, but was defeated by a factional fight against him. In 1906 he was appointed postmaster of Mount Pleasant by President Roosevelt. In the practice of the law he was for a brief time associated with Judge W. S. Withrow, before the latter went on the bench. Subsequently he associated himself with Judge L. G. Palmer and Hon. L. A. Palmer. Judge Palmer has since died, and Hon. L. A. Palmer has recently removed to the state of Arkansas. Mr. Kopp is a Mason, an Odd Fellow and a member of the Beta Theta Pi college fraternity. On December 4, 1894, he was married to Clara R. Bird, daughter of H. T. and Florence Bird, of  Mount Pleasant. She graduated from the Iowa Wesleyan University in 1893. Both are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.  ©2009 Genealogy Trails