Biographies:  Ferdinand HOEPPNER, Eau Claire,  Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Ferdinand Hoeppner was born June 14, 1848, in Schleisien, Germany.  Came to 
Eau Claire county, 1880, and settled in the city of Eau Claire, where he has 
since lived.  For ten years he followed his trade as a blacksmith, then 
engaged himself in manufacturing trunks and traveling bags, and is at 
present vice-president of the Eau Claire Trunk Co.  He is a member of the 
German singing society, "Germania," and of the Maccabees.  Received his 
business education in the commons schools of Germany.  1872 he married Miss 
Marie Wolf, who was born August 3, 1849, in Germany.  They had three 
children, of which Clara is the wife of Mr. William E. Wahl, president of 
the Eau Claire Trunk Co.  Both sons, Willy and George, are members of the 
same company, also owners of the Eau Claire Sweat Pad Manufacturing Co.

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
pages 561 - 562