Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
• Census: 1880, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa

Notes:

Herman was naturalized on 24 Jul 1875 in Boston, Massachusetts. The name Kupfer H[erman] is mentioned in successive editions of the Des Moines City Directory:
1877 – Kupfer Emil, cabinet mkr C. & L. Harbach, bds Walnut cor Third.
1877 – Kupfer Herman, cabinet mkr C. & L. Harbach.
1879 – Kupfer H., cabinet maker L. Harbach, r 112 Sycamore
1881 – Kupfer Herman E., cabinet mkr, r 108 Chestnut.
1886 – Kupfer H. E., cabinet maker L. Harbach, r 112 w Chestnut.
1889 – Kupfer Hermann Mrs. r 112 Chestnut

DROWNINGS AT DES MOINES.Des Moines, July 5. — This city furnished her quota of victims to the Des Moines river yesterday, a man and a boy. Late in the afternoon a gentleman by the name of H. E. Kupfer, living at 112 Chestnut street, wend down to the river just below the old mill, accompanied by his two boys. The latter went out wading in the edge of the water. One of them went beyond his depth and the father seeing his danger plunged in to save him. Someone on the bank gave the alarm and Elmer Wickham ran around to the other side of the mill while Col. Olmstead jumped into a boat and rowed up to the dam and pushed over. No one was able to reach the man, and Mr. Wickham having his clothes on was compelled to head for the shore in order to save himself. Mr. Fitzgerald who had followed Olmstead to the bank jumped off to save the boy but was taken with a cramp and his daring effort to save the boy’s life nearly cost him his own. Col. Olmstead and Mr. Griffiths got the boy out before he went down for the last time and the colonel returned with Messrs. Hartley and Wickham and picked up Mr. Kupfer. They took him ashore and done all they could but life was extinct. Mr. Kupfer was about 30 years of age and leaves a wife and three children. (Source: Atlantic Daily Telegraph, July 6, 1888.)

Herman married Margaret JANN on 10 Oct 1878 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa. Margaret (daughter of Andreas JANN and Eva Margarethe HORN) was born on 29 Mar 1858 in Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa; died on 10 Dec 1946 in Newton, Jasper, Iowa; was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Carl Albert KUPFER was born on 28 Jul 1879 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa; died on 2 Jan 1943 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.
2. Walter Hugh KUPFER was born on 8 Apr 1881 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa; died on 29 Mar 1948 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Saline, Nebraska.
3. Clara Louise KUPFER was born on 24 Apr 1885 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa; died on 1 Apr 1981 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa.
4. Margaret Eleanor KUPFER was born in Mar 1887 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa; died in Jan 1952; was buried on 15 Jan 1952 in Highland Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa.