Charles W. Kaeppel    

CHARLES W. KAEPPEL, son of Christopher A. Kaeppel and wife, Charlotte (Kreilich), was born at Allentown, Pa., on March 18, 1877. After attending the public schools until thirteen years of age, he was employed for a year in the store of Haire & Morrissey, then conducted at Sixth and Hamilton Streets, Allentown, and in the Adelaide Silk Mills. Leaving the mills, be attended the American Business College, and in the spring of 1893 was employed as stenographer by Hon. James L. Schaadt, then district attorney for Lehigh County. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Kaeppel was appointed assistant official stenographer and later official stenographer of the Northampton County courts by the late Judge Henry W. Scott, an office he is still filling. After entering the employ of Mr. Schaadt, it was suggested to him by Mr. Schaadt that he take up law as a profession. The suggestion met with favor and under the able tutelage of Mr. Schaadt, Mr. Kaeppel registered as a student at law and on May 20, 1901, was admitted to the bar. He is a member of many of the social and fraternal organizations of the city, as well as the Chamber of Commerce. While attending to the active practice of his profession, in association with Mr. Schaadt, and to his duties as court stenographer, Mr. Kaeppel finds time to devote to the development of the city and welfare of the community.

Men of Allentown, Allentown, Pa. by Fred L. Shankweiler, 1917, page 35. View the image of this page on line, Free Trial  More Lehigh County History Books   Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.