Biographical Sketch of A. Koppitz, Franklin County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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A. Koppitz, of the firm of Koppitz & Smith, proprietors of the "Banner
Roller Mills" of Pacific, was born April 27, 1852 in Kuttelberg, Aus-
tria.  When thirteen years old he learned the blacksmith's trade, and
two years later his father took him into the mill to learn the milling
business, which he followed for the following two years. From the time
he was seventeen years old until he was twenty he traveled quite ex-
tensively through several of the European countries, to post himself
on the different systems of milling.  He then emigrated to the United
States, settling first in Chicago, Ill., where he resumed the black-
smith's trade for about one year, and subsequently engaged in the 
saloon business three years.  He then moved to Edwards County, Kas.,
and engaged in farming three years, when he returned to Chicago and
worked in a flouring-mill; six months later he went to Lawrenceburg,
Ind., and was placed in charge of the flouring-mill of Roots & Co., in
which capacity he was employed two years.  The firm then built a mill
in Cincinnati, Ohio and Mr. Koppitz was given general supervision of
the mill for about two years.  He then moved to Columbia, Ill. and 
took charge of the "Columbia Flouring Mill", where he remained until
June, 1885, when he came to Pacific and purchased his present mill 
property of Davison & Co., in partnership with W. B. Smith.  They re-
paired and refurnished the mill, and have more than trebled its cap-
acity, and for the past two years, excepting about three months before
harvest, having been running the mill night and day.  The mill is
supplied throughout with rolls.  Beside one-half interest in his 
splendid mill property, Mr. Koppitz owns one-half interest in the 
"Pacific Grain Elevator."  He was married July 26, 1873, to Miss 
Babeth German, a native of Bavaria, Germany, who came to this country 
with her uncle when fifteen years old, settling in Chicago, Ill.  Mr.
and Mrs. Koppitz have had five children: Conrad (deceased), Albert,
William, an infant unnamed (deceased), and Tillie.  Mr. Koppitz is a
member of the Protestant Church, and is Independent in politics.  He
was elected city alderman in the spring of 1887.  He is a Master 
Mason and a member of the A. O. U. W.  He was the sixth of ten child-
ren of Benjamin and Johanna (Pfleiger) Koppitz, natives of Austria,
where they now reside. 

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