. Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of old settlers and representative citizens of the county . ll, but in 1873they removed to Minneapolis, IMinn. There was miller in one of the famous mills ofGov. C. C. Washburn, of Wisconsin, known asWashburn A, which was at that time the larg-est mill in the world, had in operation fortyrun of stones. Returning to Milwaukee he workedin the large mill of ,1. B. Kern, but subsequentlyconducted a rented mill on his own accountat Neosho, Wis. He again went back to the citywhere he did work
. Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of old settlers and representative citizens of the county . ll, but in 1873they removed to Minneapolis, IMinn. There was miller in one of the famous mills ofGov. C. C. Washburn, of Wisconsin, known asWashburn A, which was at that time the larg-est mill in the world, had in operation fortyrun of stones. Returning to Milwaukee he workedin the large mill of ,1. B. Kern, but subsequentlyconducted a rented mill on his own accountat Neosho, Wis. He again went back to the citywhere he did work in different mills. In 1881Mr. Le[)pcr came back to Menomonee Falls andrented from his old employer, Mr. Nehs, a half-in-terest in what is now known as the MenomoneeFalls Roller Mills. This is one of the best millsin this section. Until 1884 it continued to be aburr mill, but at that time a full roller system wasput in and its capacity increased to one hundredand fifty barrels per day. After conducting thebusiness thus for about a year and a-half, Mr. Nehsdisposed of the mill to Mr. Lepi)er and PeterSchlafer; the last named gentleman sold his interest. REV. AZEL I). COLE, D. D. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 313 in the business to Charles L. Mills and I. Tlie latter was succeeded by Kd Kauzer,the style of the firm becoiniM: M. F. Lepper it Co. In 188() Mr. Lepper erected a fine brick resi-dence, where he enjoys the comforts of home, sur-rounded by his wife and four happy children,Maggie, (George II., Arthur A. and Harry 11. In political principles Mr. Lepper is a Republi-can. Though lie has served as a tiiember of theVillage Board, lie has never been a seeker for posi-tions of trust and honor. Socially he in an hon-ored member of the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Cop-per has done not a little toward the upbuilding ofthe business interests of Menomonee Falls. (^ (^ -^) mn ^ REV. AZEL D. COLE, D. IX The life whichthis article sketches began at Sterling,Conn., December 1,
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