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Author: Tom Gregory (1913)

H. S. STEIPPEL

    The type of foreigner represented by Mr. Strippel is of that class so
advantageous to American progress and development. While never forgetful of his
native land, which gave to him as a heritage the qualities of thrift, frugality
and industry, he nevertheless has maintained a loyal devotion to the country his
adoption and is peculiarly patriotic in his sincere admiration for California,
his chosen home. Quietly and unostentatiously he lived his active life of labor
and energetic effort and finally, when more than sixty years of existence had
left their burden upon him, he retired from agricultural activities and since
then has lived in quiet enjoyment of home and family and friends.

    Germany is the native land of H. E. Strippel and June 21, 1841, the date of
his birth. Nothing of especial importance occurred to accentuate and
individualize the years of his childhood and youth, which were devoted to study
and to work in accordance with the usual praise-worthy custom of his native
country. When he came to the United States in 1868 he proceeded at once to
California, where he worked for his board in San Francisco. Desiring to secure a
more satisfactory position, he proceeded to Marysville and found employment on a
ranch. Next he began to learn the trade of a baker and this he followed after he
had acquired a thorough knowledge of all its details. Securing employment in
Sacramento he worked as a baker until 1875, when he returned to Germany to visit
the friends of his boyhood and the relatives yet remaining there.

    Upon coming again to Sacramento in 1876, Mr. Strippel worked in a bakery for
a year. During 1877 he joined his brother-in-law, John H. Oeste, on the latter's
ranch in Yolo county near the city of Woodland and here he continued for many
years as a partner, meanwhile proving of the greatest assistance in the care of
the stock and the cultivation of the land. When in 1905 he dissolved partnership
with Mr. Oeste and retired from manual labors, it was with distinct regret on
the part of his brother-in-law, who had for years depended much upon his sound
common sense, his willing helpfulness and his untiring energy.


Additional Comments:
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HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA
WITH
Biographical Sketches
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth
and Development From the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
TOM GREGORY
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913]


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