Among the well-to-do and enterprising citizens of
Carlinville, the subject of this brief notice occupies a prominent position
as an esteemed and worthy member of the community. He is one of the leading
manufacturers of Carlinville, where he is engaged in the manufacture of
carbonated beverages of various kinds. He was born in Alsace, France, May
14, 1839, and is a son of John and Mary Ann (Blumstein) Zaepffel.
John Zaepffel was among the leading wine merchants of France, where he owned
large vineyards.
Augustus Zaepffel received his education in his
native country, and after completing his education engaged in work in the
vineyards of his father, where he continued until 1857, when he left his
native country and came to America, landing in New Orleans, where he
remained three years, after which he removed to St. Louis, Missouri. After
living in the Mound City a short time, he removed to Brighton, Illinois. In
1861, he enlisted in the United States service in Company D, 2d Reg.,
Illinois Vol. Cav., under Colonel Marsh, this regiment being assigned to the
Army of the Tennessee. At the end of the term of his enlistment, he was
discharged at Columbus, Ohio. He then returned to Brighton, Illinois, where
he remained from 1866 till 1869, and then removed to an 80-acre farm that he
had purchased, where he engaged in farming for one year. He then sold his
farm and removed to Carlinville and engaged in a business, which he sold
several years later, and in 1874 engaged in the manufacture of carbonated
beverages of various kinds. He has the reputation of being an excellent
business man, and of manufacturing carbonated beverages of a very superior
quality. He has in past years greatly enlarged his business and is
constantly improving the methods of his works. Besides operating this plant
he has represented several large brewing companies as agent and collector
and has proved himself to be a man of much ability. At the present time he
is a wholesale dealer in the keg and bottled beers of the Reisch Brewing
Company, of Springfield.
Mr. Zaepffel was united in marriage
December 28, 1870, to Sophia Mack, a native of France, and they are the
happy parents of six children, whose names are as follows: Mary, who is the
wife of Joseph Westmeyer; Gus J.; Clara, who married Julius Barrick;
Adelaide; Louisa; and John, who died in infancy. Our subject is a stanch
Democrat, active in politics; he has served in the City Council of
Carlinville and at present is a member of the Board of Education.
Fraternally, he is a member of Orient Lodge, No. 95, Knights of Pythias.
Extracted 2018 May 05 by Norma Hass from Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Macoupin County, Illinois, published in 1904, pages 83-84.
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