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Henry Frederick Pape, junior member of the firm of McKibben & Pape, was born in Fort Smith, Ark., in 1854, and is a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Ziegenbein) Pape. The father was a contractor and builder of Hanover, Germany, and after his marriage immigrated to the United States in 1849, locating in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1852 he moved to Fort Smith, where he died in 1866. He was a skillful workman, and erected a large number of buildings in that city. The wife was born in Germany in 1827, and is yet living and the mother of seven children: Minnie, wife of Mr. McKibben; Henry F.; Charles A.; Frank P., died in 1867, aged nine; William B.; and Annie M. and Ada D. (twins.) Henry received his education in Fort Smith and at the State University at Fayetteville. When his father died his partner in the mercantile business was A. Haglan, and Jacob Ziegenbein, his brother-in-law, then took charge. Four years later Mr. Z. died, and Charles A. Pape became the manager. In 1876 our subject took charge of the business, and held that position until 1880, when he became a partner of Mr. McKibben at Van Buren [see sketch of F. R. McKibben]. Mr. Pape is a prosperous business man, and is a stockholder in the Van Buren Canning Co. October 1, 1884, Miss Lucy S. Southmayd, daughter of L. C. Southmayd, became his wife. She was born in Van Buren in 1857, and is the mother of one child, Charles A. Mrs. Pape is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mr. Pape is a Republican in politics.