Person:Thomas Stoops (1)

There are records for Sophia 'Zegenben' who married Thomas F. Stoops in Indiana.

 In the 1880 census for Clay, Dearborn Co., Indiana, Thomas Stoops is 32, farmer from Kentucky (parents same); his wife Sophia is 28 born Ohio (father Prussia, mother Hanover); with children Chrestena 11; Hary E. 7; and Charley F. 4 -- all born Indiana (parents Kentucky).  Christena Yisgenbien is 66 from Hanover [Germany], widow, listed as 'other' [mother-in-law?]. {Page 84C}
 Thomas and Sophia are found in Cora, Smith Co., Kansas in 1900 and 1910, with 5 of 5 children living. In 1900 they are living with sons Glenn M 12 and Omer12, as well as mother-in-law Christina Zeiginbine.
 Sophia is listed as a widow in 1920 in Smith Center.