Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Capellen, P. H. 1827 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Roxanne Munns rmunns@uwalumni.com April 12, 2007, 6:34 pm Author: Unknown P. H. CAPELLEN, merchant tailor; has been in his present business in La Crosse since 1868. He was born in 1827, in Evinghoven, Grefenbroich, Duseldorf, Rhenish, Prussia. Learned his trade while young, and has worked at it ever since, except ten years in the grocery trade, from 1856 to 1866. He was married in Prussia, in 1853, to Ceceilia Herbst, and came to America in 1868. Has five children - John (in business with his father), Eva (at home), Andrew and Peter (at St. John's College in Stearns Co., Minn.), and Catharine (at home). Additional Comments: From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 745. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/lacrosse/bios/capellen210nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wifiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb