SCHLAPP, HENRY

SCHLAPP, PLATSCHER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/17/2019 at 13:23:14

MADISON TOWNSHIP.
P. O. FORT MADISON

SCHLAPP, HENRY, of the firm of George Schlapp & Bro., Fort Madison Brewery, was born in Germany Jan. 15, 1841 ; with his parents emigrated to America in 1851 , and came to Iowa and settled in Des Moines Co. When the war broke out, he enlisted in 1861, in the 5th I. V. C, Co. F ; he was in the battles of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, and in many other fights and skirmishes ; was taken prisoner, paroled and left on the field with the wounded ; he was in the service until 1865; after the war, he lived in Davenport. He came here and began working in the brewery in 1871, and became associated with his brother in the business. He married Miss Augusta Platscher, a native of this county, in August, 1875; they have two children— Helena and Fanny.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879