ZEPPENFELD, Ernst

Date of birth:  1827 – Germany
Date of death: 14 Apr 1897 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, April 16, 1897,
Volume XXXVII Number 40, page 1 column 4

LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

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Ernest Zeppenfeld, age 70 years, died at four o’clock Wednesday morning at his home in West Franklin. He was born near Coblentz, Germany and came to America in 1859, locating in Frank­lin, where with his brother, August, he established a tannery. During his long residence here he established a repu­tation for industry and honesty and gained the respect and confidence of all. He leaves a wife and two children, Miss Jeannette Zeppenfeld, professor of modern languages in the College, and Louis Zeppenfeld, teller in the Franklin National Bank. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at two o’clock at his late residence, conducted by Rev. L. P. Marshall.

Link to Ernst Zeppenfeld’s grave

Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 239, referencing Book H-18, page 7, records that Ernest Zeppenfeldt [sic], a seventy-year-old white male, died 14 Apr 1897 in Franklin.

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry