Joseph Leppke was born in 1872 in South Russia. In 1875 the family came to the United States and settled in Kansas. Mr. Leppke attended school at McPherson College in Kansas. He taught school for four years before becoming a farmer. He married Josephine Flaning in 1901 at Hillsboro, Kansas.
The family came to the Longview area in 1923 to settle on a farm.
The couple had six children: Bertha, Albert, Arnold, Clara, Harold and Roselle.
Mr. Leppke died August 22, 1927.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 30B