Rev. August F. Schepp, pastor of the Holy Communion Episcopal church at Rock Springs, in which connection his labors are fruitful of excellent results, was ordained in October, 1902, and since that time has devoted his undivided attention to the holy calling which he has chosen as a life work.
    He was born in Munich, Bavaria, March 3, 1867, a son of Adam Schepp, who was also a native of Bavaria and passed away in Munich, January 4. 1913, at the age of seventy-nine years. He was a teacher and followed his profession throughout his entire life through appointment of the government, being recognized as a prominent factor in educational circles in that country. He married Katharine von Maduska, a descendant of the Polish count von Maduska, whose grandson, the present Graf von Maduska, is a member of the Reichstag at this time. An own cousin of Mrs. Schepp is the late Rt. Rev. Baron von Senestrey, bishop of Ratisbon, Bavaria, a Roman Catholic bishop. The Rev. Schepp of this review has an uncle, Franz Schepp. who was in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 and who received the cross of a first class knight for conspicuous military service. He is now a retired colonel in Munich. He has a son, Fern Schepp, a prominent physician, who has a private hospital in Munich and is also well known in military circles and is at present serving his country in the Red Cross Society. The mother of Rev. Schepp passed away September 7, 1903, at the age of fifty-nine years. Her family numbered two sons and two daughters, all of whom are living and are still residents of Munich save the subject of this review.
    Rev. Schepp, the third in order of birth, was educated in the Ludwig Gymnasium and in the University of Munich, from which he was graduated in 1889 with the Ph. D. degree. Following his graduation he served in the Second Infantry, a Munich regiment, for a year as an Einjähriger. In 1890, while on a leave of absence from military service, he made his escape from the country, being opposed to militarism, and crossed the Atlantic to Canada, settling in Toronto, where he continued for seven years. He there engaged in teaching, but having detemiined to enter the ministry, he won a scholarship in Greek from the Virginia Seminary near Washington, D. C., for meritorious work and, on the completion of his term of study there, within two years, he received the degree of Bachelor of Divinity in 1903. While attending the seminary he acted as private tutor to the two daughters of Angus Crawford and a daughter of the late Dr. Paul Micou. In June, 1902, he was ordained as a deacon at the seminary and in October of the same year was ordained to the priesthood and assigned to St. Mary's Episcopal church at Thoma, Wisconsin, where he remained for six months. He then became pastor of the Church of The Epiphany at Detroit, Michigan, and later went to St. Charles, Missouri, where for three years he was pastor of the Trinity Episcopal church. His next westward move brought him to Wyoming, where he arrived on the 17th of March, 1909. He took charge of the Episcopal church at Lander and for the past six years has been connected with the Holy Communion church at Rock Springs. At the time that he took charge it was but a mission which had been established by General Coolidge, a retired brigadier general. At the time that he established the mission General Coolidge adopted Sherman Coolidge, a full-blooded Arapahoe Indian, who is now president of the American Association of Indians and a resident of Sheridan, Wyoming, and an honorary canon of the cathedral at Laramie. During his pastorate Rev. Schepp has greatly developed the church at Rock Springs and it is now one of the strong forces for moral progress in the community.
    On the 7th of July, 1896, in Toronto, Canada, Rev. Schepp was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Hare, a native of St. Catherines, Ontario, and a daughter of C. B. and Catherine Hare. Mrs. Schepp is a graduate of Toronto University, having received the Master of Arts degree from that institution in 1897. Rev. and Mrs. Schepp have become the parents of two children, namely : Franz, who was born in Toronto, Canada, July 23, 1899; and Aimee Marie, who was born in Alexandria, Virginia, January 12, 1901. Both are graduates from the Rock Springs high school with the class of 1918.
    Rev. Schepp has attained high rank in Masonry, having taken the degrees of York and Scottish Rites, being a Consistory Mason of the Cheyenne Consistory. His attention, however, is chiefly concentrated upon his church work and during his pastorate in Rock Springs the membership has increased to one hundred and sixty-five communicants. The church is now in excellent condition, its work being well organized in the various departments, and its influence is proving a most potent force for good in the community.