Biographical Sketch of H. Frederick Wappler, Jefferson County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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H. Frederick Wappler, of De Soto, is a native of Bavaria, Germany, and
was born March 8, 1841.  His father was Henry Wappler, a native of the
same place, now deceased.  Mr. Wappler was educated in his native coun-
try, and immigrated to the United States in the fall of 1866; he first
located in Carondelet, where he remained until the fall of 1868, when
he removed to Jefferson County, Mo., and was engaged in farming near
Vineland for the following three years, paying particular attention to
gardening and raising small fruits.  In 1871 he settled in De Soto,
where he has since resided.  January 16, 1868, in St. Louis, he was
united in marriage with Frederica Liehn, a native of the same locality
in Germany as himself, and a daughter of Nicholas Liehn.  Seven child-
ren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Wappler, six of whom are living:
Frederick, Katie, Louis, Agusta, Amelie and Eda.  The deceased was 
Mary, who died in the fifth year of her age.  Mr. Wappler is a member
of the Knights of Honor and Druids, also the T. O. H.  He was one of 
the prime movers in establishing the Lutheran Church in De Soto, of
which he is a consistent member.

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