Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882.  Cass County.

HENRY RUPPEL, dealer in boots and shoes, Beardstown; was 
born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, Jan. 28, 1836. At the age 
of fourteen he began learning the shoemaker's trade, at 
which he served three years' apprenticeship. He then worked 
about six months at Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, 
afterward conducting a shop in his native village till 
1854, when he emigrated to this country. He worked at his 
trade for a time in New York City, and at Rushville, New 
York, and after working at various occupations in different 
places, found employment at his trade in Rochester, N.Y. He 
left there in January, 1856, and came, by way of Chicago, 
to Springfield, Ill., and worked as journeyman there until 
December, 1857, when he visited his native country, 
returning the following year to Springfield, Ill., where he 
worked for his former employer till 1859. He then carried 
on a custom shop in Springfield, where, in 1860, he married 
Elizabeth Weigand, who was born in his native village, 
Hesse-Darmstadt. In 1861, by the failure of the Illinois 
banks, he lost $400, and again worked as a journeyman until 
1869, when, in March, that year, he came to Beardstown, 
where he and his brother, Adam, bought a stock of boots and 
shoes, and carried on business in company till 1873, when 
Henry bought out his brother's interest, and since January, 
1880, has occupied his present place of business, carrying 
a large stock of boots and shoes, also doing repairing. His 
store, which is sixty-five by twenty-two feet, is one of 
the finest in Beardstown. Mr. Ruppel has six children 
living.

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