Bio of PEPPARD, Albert H. (b.1844 d.1918), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 484-485
ALBERT H. PEPPARD (Albert Henry Peppard)
Many of the attractive buildings of Minneapolis are the handiwork of Albert H.
Peppard, who specialized to a considerable extent in ecclesiastical architecture
and was the builder of many churches in this city as well as a large number of
the beautiful homes here. Success attended him as the years passed by and in
1912 he retired, en­joying well earned rest through his remaining days. He was
born March 30, 1844, in New Brunswick, and his life record covered the
intervening years to the 15th of February, 1918. His parents were John and Sarah
(Davis) Peppard, also natives of New Brunswick, and while spending his youthful
days under the parental roof Albert H. Peppard obtained his education in the
schools of Nova Scotia. He then took up the carpenter's trade, which he learned
under the direction of his father, and about 1868, when a young man of
twenty-four years, he crossed the border into the United States, making his way
to Boston, Massachusetts, where he engaged in carpenter work. It was while there
residing, in 1873, that Mr. Peppard was united in marriage to Miss Annie Boyce
of that city, a daughter of James and Annie (Rice) Boyce, both of whom were
natives of Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Peppard became the parents of but one child,
Annie Mae, who is now the wife of Walter T. Madsen of Hutchinson, Minnesota.
Mr. and Mrs. Peppard began their domestic life in Boston, where they remained
until 1878 and then removed westward, settling at Hutchinson, Minnesota, where
they resided for two years. In 1880 they arrived in Minneapolis and here Mr.
Peppard took charge of all construction work for George Summers, one of the
prominent contractors and builders of the city. He was thus engaged until 1887,
when he took up building and contracting on his own account and remained an
active factor in that field of labor until he retired from business. A number of
the excellent church buildings were constructed by him, together with the
buildings of Hamline University, and the liberal patronage which he secured
indicates also that he combined utility and comfort with beauty in the erection
of the many homes for which he was awarded the contracts. In fact, for an
extended period he was most prominently identified with the building industry in
Minneapolis and followed the business with notable success until 1912, when he
retired. He spent a period of about six years in the enjoyment of well earned
rest and the fruits of his former toil and was then called to the home beyond on
the 18th of February, 1918. In politics he was a republican, supporting the
party from the time he won his American citizenship, believing firmly in its
principles. He was a firm believer in prohibition and also one of the stalwart
followers and earnest workers of the Calvary Baptist church, contributing
generously to its support and doing everything in his power to advance the cause
of Christianity as a vital force among men.