For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 531
LEONARD SCHLAPKOHL....The business interests of Stockton find a worthy representative in Leonard Schlapkohl, who is conducting a successful mercantile enterprise, and since 1900 he has also served as the efficient postmaster of this city. He is a native of Scott county, Iowa, born on the 1st of October, 1880, and is a son of Joachim and Elizabeth ( Dieta ) Schlapkohl, both natives of Germany, whence they emigrated to the new world in the early '50s and located in Pennsylvania. They spent but one year in the Keystone state and then removed to Scott county, Iowa, where the father purchased land and engaged in farming throughout his remaining years, his death there occurring in 1884. The mother is still living at the age of sixty-eight and now makes her home with her son Leonard. By her marriage she became the mother of nine chldren, of whom seven still survive.Leonard Schlapkohl was reared on the home farm in Scott county and the training which he there received has served as a splendid foundation for the practical duties of life. He received his preliminary education in the common schools and later pursued a course in a business college. When he attained his majority, about 1902, he came to Stockton and opened a mercantile establishment, handling a general line of goods. He has built up an extensive patronage, for he studies the demands of the public and is thus able to meet their needs, and this, combined with his modern methods, push and square dealing, has constituted the basis of his success. In addition to his other interests he is also serving as postmaster of the city, having received the appointment in 1900. He is a most courteous and obliging official and discharges his duties in a satisfactory manner to the general public.
In 1902 Mr. Schlapkohl was married to Miss Clara Moeller, who was born in Scott county, Iowa, January 23, 1882, a daughter of Ernest E. and Laura ( Wiese ) Moeller, who were likewise natives of Scott county, but the mother is now deceased. The father still survives and makes his home in Stockton. Mrs. Schlapkohl is one of a family of nine children, all still living, and by her marriage she has become the mother of three children, Leroy L., Erwin V., and Verna L.
Mr. Schlapkohl gives his political support to the democratic party and on that ticket was elected to the mayorality of Stockton, which position he held for four years while for eight years he served as secretary of the school board. His fraternal relations are with Walcott Lodge, No. 312, K. P., and also with Stockton Lodge, No. 40, Modern Brotherhood of America. His success in all of his undertakings has been so marked that his methods are of interest to the commercial world and investigation into his history shows that he has based his business principles and actions upon strict adherence to the rules which govern economy, industry and unswerving integrity. He is a typical American in every sense of the word and by constant exertion and good judgment has raised himself to a position which classes him with the successful men of his section of Muscatine county.
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