The Hepfer Family

113. Anna Marie HOPFER

Anna Maria HOPFER was born 10 August. 1839 in Kuppingien, Herrenberg, Wuerttemberg, Germany. Mary Ann came to America at the age of eight years with her parents. Like the other members of her family after arriving in America, she became Mary Ann HEPFER. The family settled in Ann Arbor, Michigan upon arriving in the United States. Mary learned the trade of a seamstress.

Mary Ann married John Frederick SIPLEY of Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1862. They had met in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Mary remained in Ann Arbor until John returned from the Civil War; then the family moved to Lansing, Michigan in 1855 where they resided on North Capitol Avenue. They moved to a farm at 14211 Myers Road in DeWitt Township, C1inton, Michigan, in 1874. Mary died 26 June 1925 at her home in DeWitt, Township, Clinton, Michigan and was buried at the Hurd Cemetery in DeWitt, Township, CIinton, Michigan. Mary Ann was a member of the Lansing Woman’s Relief Corps and the Clinton County Pioneer Society. She was a member of the Modern Woodman of America and the Sons and Daughters of Veterans.

John Frederick SIPLEY, son of Frederick SIPLEY and Kate Rose MYER, was born 19 February 1840 in Philade1phia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. John was a sister to Rose SIPLEY who married Jacob Frederick HEPFER (#111.). John was quite young when his parents moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan. John enlisted March l865 in Company 15th Michigan, V.I. during the Civil War. While he resided in Lansing, Michigan, John worked at his trade as a wagonmaker and had his shop on Turner Street in Lansing for many years. When he moved to DeWitt Township in 1874, he took up farming. John remained on the farm until his death 8 January 1916 in DeWitt Township, Clinton, Michigan. He was buried at the Hurd Cemetery in Dewitt Township, Clinton, Michigan. John was a member of the G.w. Anderson Post and the Clinton County Pioneer Society. At the time of John’s death, he was survived by two brothers and four sisters: Paul SIPLEY of Reed City, Michigan; Frederick SIPLEY of Ann Arbor, Michigan; Rose HEPFER of Chelsea, Michigan; Carrie WALL of Cadillac, Michigan; Mrs. E.F. SAWYER of Cadillac, Michigan and Miss Louise SIPLEY of Cadillac, Michigan.

To this union, nine children were born.