Crawford Co., AR - Biographies - Henry Frederick Pape

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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Henry Frederick Pape. junior member of the firm of McKibben & Pape, 
was born in Fort Smith, Ark., in 1854, and is a son of Henry and 
Elizabeth (Ziegenbein) Pape. The father was a contractor and builder 
of Hanover, Germany, and after his marriage immigrated to the United 
States in 1849, locating in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1852 he moved to Fort 
Smith. where he died in 1866. He was a skillful workman, and erected a 
large number of buildings in that city. The wife was born in Germany 
in 1827, and is yet living and the mother of seven children: Minnie, 
wife of Mr. McKibben; Henry F.; Charles A.; Frank P., died in 1867, 
aged nine; William B.; and Annie M. and Ada D. (twins.) Henry received 
his education in Fort Smith and at the State University at 
Fayetteville. When his father died his partner in the mercantile 
business was A. Haglan, and Jacob Ziegenbein, his brother-in-law, then 
took charge. Four years later Mr. Z. died, and Charles A. Pape became 
the manager. In 1876 our subject took charge of the business, and held 
that position until 1880, when he became a partner of Mr. McKibben at 
Van Buren [see sketch of F. R. McKibben]. Mr. Pape is a prosperous 
business man, and is a stockholder in the Van Buren Canning Co. 
October 1, 1884, Miss Lucy S. Southmayd, daughter of L. C. Southmayd, 
became his wife. She was born in Van Buren in 1857, and is the mother 
of one child, Charles A. Mrs. Pape is an active member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mr. Pape is a Republican in 
politics. 

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