Andreas Neppl, 1899 Biography

NEPPL, SEMLER

Posted By: David Reineke (email)
Date: 3/31/2004 at 00:39:40

I translated the following biography from Der Carroll Demokrat, a German-language newspaper published in Carroll, Iowa, between about 1874 and 1920. It was originally published in a special 25th Anniversary Edition of the paper on Friday, 20 September 1899. I have not changed the place or name spellings, but I have added some explanations in brackets, and some notes at the end. It reads as follows:

Andreas Neppl

This gentleman first saw the light of day on 26 October 1856 in Arnbruck, Bavaria, Germany. He attended elementary school there, and after completing school, he learned the trade of miller and assisted in the business of his father, who was a successful miller. In 1875, he immigrated to the United States of North America and settled in Roselle Township, Carroll County, Iowa, where he devoted himself to agriculture and rented a farm. After two years, on 12 September 1877, he married the virtuous Miss Maria Semler, and to this marriage were born seven boys and three girls, all of whom are still living. In 1890, he moved from Roselle Township to Carroll Township [now Maple River Township], and in 1897 he moved to Kniest Township to the large Pudens [family] farm.

Mr. Neppl is a respected farmer, an honest German-American who, on account of his upright character, is esteemed and respected by all his acquaintances and neighbors.

He is a very successful cattle and swine producer, and for 24 years a loyal reader of the Carroll Demokrat. It is the sincere wish of the Anniversary Edition that the Neppl family continue to enjoy the best of health and that they may prosper in all their undertakings.

Notes: The German town of Arnbruck is in Bavaria, about 40 or 50 miles east of Regensburg, near the border of the Czech Republic.