El Paso-Pueblo County CO Archives Biographies.....Marksheffel, Albert W. 1881 - 
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Author: Wilbur Fiske Stone (1918)

ALBERT W. MARKSHEFFEL.

    Albert W. Marksheffel, of Colorado Springs, is owner of one of the largest
garages of the west and is doing an extensive business as agent for various
motor cars. The spirit of western enterprise and progress actuates him in all
that he does and through the successive stages of business development he has
reached the creditable position which he now occupies. He has always lived west
of the Mississippi, his birthplace being Manhattan, Kansas, and his natal year
1881. His father, Edward Marksheffel, was born in Saxony, Germany, in 1843 and
came to the United States with an older brother, August Marksheffel, and their
father in 1866. In 1867 Edward Marksheffel located in Illinois, taking up his
abode upon a farm near Galena, which his father had purchased in 1851, the
latter having come to this country previously. The grandfather, our subject,
later returned to Saxony and brought his sons, August and Edward, to America in
the year 1866. In February, 1869. Edward Marksheffel removed to Manhattan,
Kansas, where he resided until 1914, when he established his home in Colorado
Springs, where he still continues.

    In the schools of Manhattan. Kansas, Albert W. Marksheffel pursued his
education, continuing his studies to the age of fifteen years, when he went to
Pueblo, Colorado, where he had a maternal uncle living who was proprietor of a
shoe store. This was in the year 1896 and Mr. Marksheffel was employed in his
uncle's store for some time. In 1907 he removed to Colorado Springs and became
manager for the Western Automobile & Supply Company. In the fall of 1908 he
engaged in the automobile business on his own account and has since been active
along that line. He had previously been engaged in the bicycle business and
later added motor cars. He continued in that line in Pueblo until 1907, when, as
stated, he removed to Colorado Springs. He now handles the Chalmers, Dodge,
Cadillac and Chevrolet cars and also has the agency for the Kelly-Springfield
truck. He has built up a business of extensive proportions and today has one of
the largest garages in the west, including an extensive repair department,
together with storage rooms and sales rooms. The plant was erected and is owned
by Mr. Marksheffel. His achievement in a business way is remarkable and shows
that he is possessed of much ability. His interests are conducted under the name
of the Marksheffel Motor Company, of which he is the president.

    On the 7th of May, 1917, in Pueblo, Colorado, Mr. Marksheffel was married to
Zeo Z. Cunningham nee Wilkins. His religious faith is that of the Lutheran
church and his political allegiance is given to the republican party. He is also
well known in fraternal circles, being a Knight Templar Mason, having membership
in Pike's Peak Commandery, No. 6. K. T., of Colorado Springs, and also in the
Mystic Shrine. He is likewise connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks and is a member of the Rotary Club. Alert, wide-awake, determined and
enterprising, he never stops short of the successful accomplishment of his
purpose. He readily recognizes the end that may be gained and his laudable
ambition carries him steadily forward to the goal. His life record is indicative
of what may be accomplished through persistency of purpose intelligently
directed, for by individual effort he has won a place among the foremost
business men of Colorado Springs and his activities have made him one of its
most substantial citizens.


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HISTORY OF COLORADO

ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1918


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