Susan Klepper

Susan was born in 1839 in ,Hawkins, Tennessee.¹   Susan's father was Peter Klepper and her mother was Mary Pilant.  Her maternal grandfather was Joseph Pilant. She had three brothers and four sisters, named Joseph, Cornelius Or Nealy, Francis Marion, Phebe, Sarah, Martha Ellen and Barbara.  She was the oldest of the eight children. She had three half-brothers and eight half-sisters, named Barnabus M., William, John M., Mary Or Polly, Nancy, Elizabeth, Jane, Katherine, Lourana, Susannah and Margaret.