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Reppentine, Henry, one of the leading farmers and dairymen of Tonawanda, was born in Prussia in 1840, one of
fifteen children born to Fred and Rachel (Haman) Reppentine. Fred, the father, was a railroad and canal contractor
and builder. Henry Reppentine has spent his life as a farmer. He served in the Prussian army three years and was
also a soldier in the Prussian and Denmark war, where he was the hero of nine battles, participating in every battle
in which his regiment was engaged and was at the taking of Fort Duppel; he was also a soldier in the war with Austria,
where he fought in the battle of Yetcheyene and Fort Kenelsgriff. In June, 1867, he came to America, arriving in
Tonawanda, where he hired out to do farm work and after two years purchased a farm of forty acres, since which
time he has devoted himself successfully to farming and dairying. He now operates a farm of 200 acres and since
1882 has conducted a dairying business in connection with his farming, retailing his milk in the village. In politics
he is a Republican. In 1869 he married Margaret Hollar, daughter of Anthony and Barbara (Philips) Fix, and they
had five children: Henry G., Joseph A., Margaret V., William S. and Frank P. Mrs. Reppentine had three children
by her first husband: Josephine, Angeline and Mary; one child, Peter, died in infancy. In religion Mr. Reppentine
is a Protestant. Mrs. Reppentine was reared in the Catholic faith and has brought her children up in the same faith.
Mr. Reppentine is a member of the order D. O. H.
Source:
Our County and it's people
a descriptive work on Erie County, New York
Edited by: Trumen C. White
The Boston History Company, Publishes 1898
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