The Evansville Daily Journal (Evansville, Indiana)
24 Jan 1870, Mon
Page 4
We were pleased to meet on Saturday, H.W. Biedenkopf, one of the substantial citizens of Rockport who is in the city on business.
HENRY W. BIEDENKOPF (deceased) was born near Hagerstown, Md., February 10, 1834, being one of seven children born to William and Eva Biedenkopf, natives of Germany. He came to Cincinnati when he was two years old, and received both an English and German education in the schools of that city. He learned the cigar-makers' trade when a youth, and followed it until he came with his parents to this county. They bought a farm in Grass Township, where his father died March 6, 1857, and the mother July 20, 1860. In 1861 Mr. Biedenkopf moved to Rockport, where he engaged saccessfully in conducting a bakery, grocery, restaurant, a confeccionery store and saloon until 1870, when he erected a hotel, which he managed with good success until his death, which occurred May 11, 1880. He was united in marriage March 3, 1861, to Catharine Scherer, a native of Germany, by whom he was the father of four children: Eva C. (wife of George Hibbs), William T. (deceased), Catharine R. (wife of J. Morris), and Henry P. Since Mr. Biedenkopf s death, his widow, assisted by her son, has conducted the hotel, it being known as the Occidental House.
from Biographical Sketches OHIO TOWNSHIP. History of Spencer Co., IN
Contributor: Mel Davis (49103460) • [email protected]""
24 Jan 1870, Mon
Page 4
We were pleased to meet on Saturday, H.W. Biedenkopf, one of the substantial citizens of Rockport who is in the city on business.
HENRY W. BIEDENKOPF (deceased) was born near Hagerstown, Md., February 10, 1834, being one of seven children born to William and Eva Biedenkopf, natives of Germany. He came to Cincinnati when he was two years old, and received both an English and German education in the schools of that city. He learned the cigar-makers' trade when a youth, and followed it until he came with his parents to this county. They bought a farm in Grass Township, where his father died March 6, 1857, and the mother July 20, 1860. In 1861 Mr. Biedenkopf moved to Rockport, where he engaged saccessfully in conducting a bakery, grocery, restaurant, a confeccionery store and saloon until 1870, when he erected a hotel, which he managed with good success until his death, which occurred May 11, 1880. He was united in marriage March 3, 1861, to Catharine Scherer, a native of Germany, by whom he was the father of four children: Eva C. (wife of George Hibbs), William T. (deceased), Catharine R. (wife of J. Morris), and Henry P. Since Mr. Biedenkopf s death, his widow, assisted by her son, has conducted the hotel, it being known as the Occidental House.
from Biographical Sketches OHIO TOWNSHIP. History of Spencer Co., IN
Contributor: Mel Davis (49103460) • [email protected]""
The Evansville Daily Journal (Evansville, Indiana)
24 Jan 1870, Mon
Page 4
We were pleased to meet on Saturday, H.W. Biedenkopf, one of the substantial citizens of Rockport who is in the city on business.
HENRY W. BIEDENKOPF (deceased) was born near Hagerstown, Md., February 10, 1834, being one of seven children born to William and Eva Biedenkopf, natives of Germany. He came to Cincinnati when he was two years old, and received both an English and German education in the schools of that city. He learned the cigar-makers' trade when a youth, and followed it until he came with his parents to this county. They bought a farm in Grass Township, where his father died March 6, 1857, and the mother July 20, 1860. In 1861 Mr. Biedenkopf moved to Rockport, where he engaged saccessfully in conducting a bakery, grocery, restaurant, a confeccionery store and saloon until 1870, when he erected a hotel, which he managed with good success until his death, which occurred May 11, 1880. He was united in marriage March 3, 1861, to Catharine Scherer, a native of Germany, by whom he was the father of four children: Eva C. (wife of George Hibbs), William T. (deceased), Catharine R. (wife of J. Morris), and Henry P. Since Mr. Biedenkopf s death, his widow, assisted by her son, has conducted the hotel, it being known as the Occidental House.
from Biographical Sketches OHIO TOWNSHIP. History of Spencer Co., IN
Contributor: Mel Davis (49103460) • [email protected]""
24 Jan 1870, Mon
Page 4
We were pleased to meet on Saturday, H.W. Biedenkopf, one of the substantial citizens of Rockport who is in the city on business.
HENRY W. BIEDENKOPF (deceased) was born near Hagerstown, Md., February 10, 1834, being one of seven children born to William and Eva Biedenkopf, natives of Germany. He came to Cincinnati when he was two years old, and received both an English and German education in the schools of that city. He learned the cigar-makers' trade when a youth, and followed it until he came with his parents to this county. They bought a farm in Grass Township, where his father died March 6, 1857, and the mother July 20, 1860. In 1861 Mr. Biedenkopf moved to Rockport, where he engaged saccessfully in conducting a bakery, grocery, restaurant, a confeccionery store and saloon until 1870, when he erected a hotel, which he managed with good success until his death, which occurred May 11, 1880. He was united in marriage March 3, 1861, to Catharine Scherer, a native of Germany, by whom he was the father of four children: Eva C. (wife of George Hibbs), William T. (deceased), Catharine R. (wife of J. Morris), and Henry P. Since Mr. Biedenkopf s death, his widow, assisted by her son, has conducted the hotel, it being known as the Occidental House.
from Biographical Sketches OHIO TOWNSHIP. History of Spencer Co., IN
Contributor: Mel Davis (49103460) • [email protected]""
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