Knepher, William H. (1860-?)

KNEPHER

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Date: 9/22/2019 at 14:45:48

William Henry Knepher
Dec 23, 1860 - after 1914

(From the 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, p.630)
W. H. KNEPHER, a grocer at No. 744 West Broad Street, Council Bluffs, carries a stock of some $2,500 and his annual sales amount to $16,000. He established his present business in 1878, which he has since successfully conducted. He was born in Brownsville, New York, December 23, 1860, son of H. T. and Mary (BREMMEL) KNEPHER, the former a native of Germany and the latter was born and reared in Ohio. They were the parents of six children, of whom our subject was the third child. His early life was spent in attending school, and when sixteen years of age, he came to Council Bluffs and engaged in the manufacture of cigars, which business he continued two years. He has also made several investments in real estate in this city. He is an active politician and a stanch supporter of the Democratic Party. He was elected City Alderman in 1888 and re-elected in 1889 as Alderman At Large. He is a member and treasurer of the I.O.O.F., Hawkeye Lodge No. 184, and is also a member of the M.W., Hazel Camp, No. 171.

Mr. KNEPHER was married April 4, 1885, to Miss Rena BERGER, daughter of R.C. and Mary BERGER, and who was born in Ohio but reared in Brownsville. They had had two children, both of whom are deceased. Mr. KNEPHER is a member of the Board of Trade, and has been a liberal endorser of anything that pertains to the good of the city.