Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Wemple, E. L. 1835 - 1908
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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  E. L. WEMPLE (1835-1908). One of the oldest and most respected citizens of

Rushmore was E. L. Wemple, who was one of the founders of that village and who

made his home there from 1878 until his death in August, 1908. Well educated and

well informed, he kept posted on all current affairs, and was a competent critic

of all literary and musical subjects. He was a man of decided opinions on all

questions of right and wrong, and was a power in the community in which he lived

so long.



  E. L. Wemple descended from one of the old American families, some of his

ancestors taking a very prominent part in the war of the revolution. He was born

 at Fonda, N. Y., May 31, 1835, and there he lived till sixteen years of age.

Then he went to New York city, obtained employment in a wholesale house, in

which business he was engaged for many years. In 1866 he accepted a position of

art decorator for the Singer Manufacturing company and was engaged in that work

for twelve years.



  In 1878 Mr. Wemple gave up his position in the metropolis and came to the

little village of Rushmore, being among the first to locate there. His family

came the next year, and it was decided to make Nobles county their future home.

In the spring of 1879 he erected the first hotel building in the town—the

building now used as the family home—and engaged in the hotel business, a

business which he followed for just a quarter of a century. Owing to feeble

health he closed the hotel in 1904.



  During his long residence in Nobles county Judge Wemple took a prominent part

in the affairs of the county. In 1886 he was elected judge of probate on the

republican ticket and served one term. He was postmaster of Rushmore from 1898

to 1903, when he resigned. For twenty-one years he was treasurer of the Rushmore

school board. He held the office of treasurer of Dewald township for six years,

and served as justice of the peace many years.



  January 17, 1858, Mr. Wemple was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Seeber

at New York city. Mrs. Wemple also descends from one of the old American

families who took prominent parts in the revolutionary war. She was born June

29, 1836. Mr. and Mrs. Wemple are the parents of five children, all of whom are

living. They are: Edwin S., born in New York city Jan. 19, 1859, now living in

Rushmore; A. S., born July 11, 1861, living in Minneapolis; Lillian (Mrs. Anton

Schaefer), born Nov. 24, 1865, living in St. Paul; Grace R. (Mrs. W. H. Booth),

born Jan. 13, 1869, living in Sioux Falls, S. D.; James, born Dec. 15, 1872,

living in New York state.



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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY

MINNESOTA

BY

ARTHUR P. ROSE



NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY 

WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA 

PUBLISHERS

1908



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