My Genealogy Hound

Fred Wolters, the manager of the Tennessee Brewing Agency, Little Rock, Ark., came originally from the Kingdom of Prussia, Germany, where his birth occurred in 1852. When fourteen years of age, he left for America to join his parents, who had preceded him in 1853, and on arriving here he was sent to Blackburn College two terms. After this he teamed for some time, and then learned the cooper’s trade, working as an apprentice three years. He then became foreman of the cooperage established by his father at Carlinville, Ill., and subsequently proprietor of the same, working in all sixteen years. At the end of this time he went to Memphis, entered the employ of the Tennessee Brewing Association, and so highly did they esteem his services, that after two years he was placed as general agent over the agency established for their business in that place. He was married in November, 1874, to Miss Eugene Zaepffel, who was originally from Alsace, France, where her birth occurred in 1854, and three children are the result of this union: Hellen, Oscar and Nellie. Mr. Wolters is the oldest of seven children born to his parents: Henry (in Little Rock), Lizzie (is the wife of Eugene Glaekler), Gussie (is in Memphis, Tenn.), Albert (is engaged in the grain business in Illinois), Bernard (is in the drug business in Havana, Ill.) and Charles (has the old cooper shop in Illinois). The father’s name was Fred. Wolters.