August Knuppel
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August A. Knuppel | |
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Mayor of Appleton, Wisconsin | |
In office 1915–1916 |
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Personal details | |
Born | 1857 Germany |
Spouse(s) | Adeline Machmueller |
August Knuppel was a German-born mason and contractor who assisted in the development of Appleton, Wisconsin. Knuppel was born in Germany in 1857. He came to the United States in 1879. After briefly residing in Philadelphia and Milwaukee, he settled in Appleton. In 1900, August Knuppel organized the Appleton Lumber & Fuel Company. In 1904 he organized the Fox River Marble, Granite and Cut Stone Works.1
Knuppel also involved himself in politics, and, after losing the mayoral race in 1911 by just two votes, served as mayor of Appleton from 1915-1916.²
References
1http://www.foxvalleymemory.org/Ryans/Textfiles/part11r.html
²http://www.foxvalleymemory.org/photoindex/index.html