Pepin Family

PEPIN

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 10/13/2010 at 19:05:53

History of Woodbury County, Iowa 1984

Pepin Family
By Mrs Edna Pepin

Taken from Book No. 1 – Salix History Book

In the summer of 1877, Alfred Pepin and family arrived in Salix from Canada to make their home. Mr. Pepin was a carpenter by trade and with the prospect of much building, his advent in the town was welcomed. One of his first pieces of work done was the rebuilding of the Catholic Church after the destruction of the first one by a wind storm.

Taken from Book No. 2 – Salix History Book

Alfred Pepin, Jr. was born near Montreal, Canada, March 2, 1862. He came with his parents in 1877. For a number of years following his arrival, he was engaged in the mercantile business as clerk in Bigelow & Gibbs Store and other stores in Salix and Sioux City. Later he engaged in grain business in Salix in partnership with M W Small and purchased the Huntley Elevator which they conducted for some time. During the summer of 1908, on account of failing health, Mr. Pepin disposed of his elevator interests intending to donate his entire time to looking after his large land interests and other properties which he had accumulated. Mr. Pepin died January 26, 1910. He was survived by his wife, who was Miss Marie Louise Hubert, and four children as follows: Mrs. Milton Small, Alfred E Pepin, Hubert A Pepin of Salix and Mrs. R N Linkswiler of Winnebago, Nebraska.

Additional Pepin History – 1983

Mrs. Marie Louise Pepin deceased 1950. Alfred E Pepin deceased 1946. Mrs. Milton Small, deceased 1974, had six children: Mary Louise Zuver, Salt Lake City, Utah; Milton deceased 1983, Sloan, Iowa; Francis, Salix, Marjorie Thomas, Boise, Idaho; Patricia Ryan, Sioux City; and Cherry Washburn, Hornick, Iowa. Mrs. R N Lindswiler, deceased 1981, and had two daughters: Olive James and Evelyn Bolster, both of Hawarden, Iowa. Hubert A Pepin, deceased 1981, and had two sons: Alfred J Pepin, Seattle, Washington; and Hubert A Pepin, Salix.