Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Ruplin, Jacob 1843 - ************************************************ 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 13, 2007, 9:54 pm Author: Unknown JACOB RUPLIN, contractor and builder; has been a resident of La Crosse since 1867; he was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, in 1843; son of Adam Ruplin, who died there in 1868. Mr. Ruplin learned the cabinet-maker's trade in his native place, and came to the United States in 1866; he worked in Washington D. C., till the spring of 1867, when he came to La Crosse. He was married in 1871, to Miss Mary Eckel, a native of La Crosse, and daughter of Adam Eckel, one of the early settlers of that place; has two children - Alfred and Carl. Additional Comments: From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 789. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/lacrosse/bios/ruplin337gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb