William Klepper

William was born in 1819 in , Hawkins, Tennessee.  William's father was Peter Klepper and his mother was Catherine Myers. He had two brothers and eight sisters, named Barnabus M., John M., Mary Or Polly, Nancy, Elizabeth, Jane, Katherine, Lourana, Susannah and Margaret.  He was the third oldest of the eleven children. He had three half-brothers and five half-sisters, named Joseph, Cornelius Or Nealy, Francis Marion, Susan, Phebe, Sarah, Martha Ellen and Barbara.