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Below is a family biography included in The History of Sebastian County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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W. L. Euper, assessor of Sebastian County, was born at Fort Smith August 2, 1852, and is a son of Melchior and Eva (Herold) Euper, natives of Wittenburg, Germany, and Vienna, Austria, respectively. The father was a glove-maker, and was married in Vienna. In 1849, with his wife and two sons and two daughters, he immigrated to America, landing at New Orleans the same year. In 1850 the family came to Fort Smith, where Mr. and Mrs. Euper are now enjoying their old age. In this county our subject passed his youth, and after attending Cane Hill College, engaged in mercantile pursuits, in 1878 going into business for himself. In 1882 he was elected justice of Hartford Township, and in 1886 was elected county assessor, to which office he has since been re-elected consecutively. Mr. Euper married Miss Lena Refald, foster daughter and niece of the Hon. W. D. Carroll, and a native of Pine Bluff, Ark. Mr. and Mrs. Euper are regular communicants at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, and have a family of three children: Clayton, John Henry and Edna White. Mr. Euper is a Catholic Knight.
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This family biography is one of 217 biographies included in The History of Sebastian County, Arkansas published in 1889. For the complete description, click here: Sebastian County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps
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