PETER  KRIPPLEBAUR,  late  of  Ashland,  Schuylkill  county,  was  a
veteran  of  the  Civil  war.  His  parents,  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Kripplebaur,
brought  their  family  to  America  from  Germany  in  the  year  1852.  They  landed
at  New  York  after  a  voyage  of  forty-eight  days,  and  coming  then  to  Schuyl-
kill county.  Pa.,  located  at  St.  Clair,  where  the  mother  died,  some  forty-seven
years  ago,  the  rest  of  the  family  moving  to  Ashland,  where  the  father  died
at  the  home  of  his  son  Peter.  They  were  the  parents  of  two  children,  Peter
and  one  daughter,  Elizabeth,  Mrs.  Hasel,  now  living  at  Girardville,  Pennsyl-
vania.
Peter  Kripplebaur  was  bom  Dec.  25.  1843,  in  Bavaria,  Germany.  He
worked  in  the  mines  of  Schuylkill  county  from  early  boyhood  until  his  retire-
ment. On  Feb.  15,  1864,  he  enlisted  at  Philadelphia  for  service  in  the  Civil
war,  joining  Company  H,  17th  Pennsylvania  Cavalry,  and  remained  in  the
army  to  the  close  of  the  conflict,  taking  part  in  a  number  of  battles  and  skir-
mishes. He  was  wounded  in  battle,  and  was  present  when  Jefferson  Davis,
president  of  the  Confederacy,  was  taken  prisoner.  The  war  over,  Mr.  Krip-
plebaur was  mustered  out  at  Macon,  Ga..  receiving  his  honorable  discharge
at  Harrisburg,  and  returned  to  his  home  in  Schuylkill  county.  Mr.  Kripple-
baur was  a  much  respected  citizen  of  Ashland,  where  his  industrious  and  hon-
orable life  gained  him  many  friends  and  well-wishers.  He  was  living  in
retirement  at  the  time  of  his  death  in  191 5.
On  Oct.  3,  1865,  Mr.  Kripplebaur  was  married  to  Margaret  Husler,  of  St.
