My Genealogy Hound

ALBERT EHRENSPERGER, a stockholder of the Cabinet Makers’ Union, of Tell City, is a native of Canton Zurich, Switzerland, born June 15, 1852, being one of a family of three children born to Henry and Elizabeth (Phister) Ehrensperger. The father, who was a house painter, came to the United States in 1854, and located in Dubuque, Iowa, where he followed his trade until 1858. In that year he came to Tell City, and worked for the Tell City Furniture Company, and later bought an interest in the Chair Makers’ Union. In 1868 he bought an interest in the Cabinet Makers’ Union, which he still owns. During the Rebellion he served nine months in the One Hundred and Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Albert received his education in the schools of the town, and at the age of fourteen years he began to learn the varnisher’s trade in the Tell City Furniture Company’s factory. He worked for the Southwestern Furniture Company for two years, and was then engaged in the spring mattress-business for two years. In 1876 he bought an interest in the Cabinet Makers’ Union, and is now foreman of the varnishing department of that institution. January 4, 1876, he wedded Hannah Kieser, a native of Perry County, by whom he is the father of three children: Henry A., Elizabeth and Lena M. Both he and wife are Protestants by faith, and he is a member of the I. O. O. F. and Encampment.