Eugenie Louise Hepler (1872 - 1920)

Born 16 Jan 1872 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Died 4 Nov 1920 at age 48 in Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, United States

Biography

Eugenie was born in 1872. She was the daughter of Peter Hepler and Mary Seymour. She passed away in 1920.

Research notes

In 1880 a Henry Seymour (66, b. MA, bookkeeper, both parents b. CT) headed a Keokuk, IA (Lee County) household with wife Ann E. Seymour (63, b. MA, both parents b. MA), daughter Lucy S. Seymour (37, b. MA, clerk in store, single, both parents b. MA), daughter Nettie J. Seymour (23, b. IA, at home, single, both parents b. MA), and Herbert S. Seymour (18, b. MO, father b. MA, mother b. OH), daughter Mary E. Hepler (33, b. MA, works in sash factory, both parents b. MA) and granddaughter Eugenie L. Hepler (8, b. MO, father b. OH, mother b. MA).

In 1900 a Mary S. Hepler (b. Dec 1847 in MA, widowed, married 28 years, 1 child [still living], both parents b. MA) headed a Keokuk (Lee County) household with daughter Eugenie L. Hepler (b. Jan 1875 in MO, teacher, single, father b. OH, mother b. MA), sister Lucy L. Seymour (b. Aug 1843 in MA, saleslady, single, both parents b. MA), and sister Jaenette Seymour (b. Mar 1865 in IA, none, single, both parents b. MA).

An obit headline noted that she was prominent in work in normal and industrial schools through the South. An article noted that she taught "colored boys and girls" at a normal and industrial college in Morristown, TN.^[1]

A Eugenie Louise Hepler died 4 Nov 1920 in Keokuk, IA (Lee County). Born 16 Jan 1872 in St. Louis, MO, she was the daughter of Peter L. Hepler (b. OH) and Mary C. Seymour (b. MA). Eugenie was a single school teacher at the time of her death. She was buried in Oakland (Cemetery) 6 Nov 1920. Lucy Seymour of Keokuk was the informant.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114505836/eugenie-louise-hepler
2. ↑ "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP2H-C5P5 : 18 October 2019), Peter L Hepler in entry for Eugenie Louise Hepler, 4 Nov 1920, Keokuk, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #5605020, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 102869859.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114505836/eugenie-louise-hepler
• "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP2H-C5P5 : 18 October 2019), Peter L Hepler in entry for Eugenie Louise Hepler, 4 Nov 1920, Keokuk, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #5605020, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 102869859.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Edward Trever for creating WikiTree profile Hepler-627 through manual input on 19 Mar 2023. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Ed and others.