BIOGRAPHIES:  Philip PFAFF, Pepin, Pepin Co., WI

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Submitted by Nance Sampson, Pepin Co. Archives File Manager on 19 November 2004
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PHILIP PFAFF, miller and grain dealer, Pepin, came to Pepin in May,
1855. He was by occupation a carpenter and glazier. In 1861, he
established a store and built the first elevator in Pepin, which was
used also as a warehouse, and commenced dealing in general merchandise
and buying grain and all kinds of produce. This he continued until
1874, when, on account of ill health, he was obliged to quit business
almost entirely. He built a steam mill on Roaring Creek in 1875, on the
ruins of an old water mill, which mill he still owns and runs; he also
owns and operates an elevator, and has commenced to build a store. He
has held the office of Town Clerk some ten years, been Town Treasurer
three years, County Commissioner two years, Justice of the Peace three
terms, and Deputy Postmaster seven years. He was born in Michelstadt,
Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, Sept. 11, 1828; came to the United States in
the Spring of 1853; lived in Allegheny City, Pa., nearly two years,
then came to Davenport, Iowa, and, soon after, to Pepin. He was
married, Jan. 1, 1859, to Miss Frederika Schultze, of Pepin, formerly
of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. They have seven children living -Augusta, Ida,
Justinian, Lonia, Belle, Ernest and "the baby."

-Transcribed from the "History of Northern Wisconsin, 1881," page 704


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