Bio: Riplinger, Frank (GAR-Civil War - 2017)

Transcriber: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
 
Surname: O’Brien, Riplinger, Schill

----Source: The Tribune - Phonograph (Abbotsford, WI) 5/31/2017

By: Kevin O’Brien

Frank Riplinger, who was born in Germany in 1843, participated in General Sherman’s famous “March to the Sea,” a bold and brutal campaign to strike at the heart of Confederate forces in Savannah, GA.

After serving in the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, he became the namesake of what is still known as Riplinger when he and his two sons started a general store long the Central Wisconsin Railroad route from Owen to Spencer.

He died in 1925 at the age of 82, and is buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery.

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Colby St. Mary’s Cemetery Index: Riplinger, Frank & Katharine (Schill)
http://www.wiclarkcountyhistory.org/cemeteries/colby/colbystmary/R.htm 

Obit: Riplinger, Frank
http://www.wiclarkcountyhistory.org/4data/83/83896.htm 

Obit #1: Riplinger, Katharine (Schill)
http://www.wiclarkcountyhistory.org/0data/19/19494.htm 
Obit #2: Riplinger, Katharine (Schill)
http://www.wiclarkcountyhistory.org/4data/83/83891.htm