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WILLIAM SCHAEHFER, merchant, Ripley, is a son of Daniel and Magdalen (Shoenig) Schaehfer, and was born in Germany in 1845. When twenty-one years of age, he crossed the ocean to select a home in the land of the free. His first location was made at Walkertown, near Windsor, Can., where for one year he engaged in business. The following July, 1867, he came to Ripley, and engaged as a clerk in the store of N. P. Wiles. Subsequently, he acted as salesman with W. H. Armstrong and Mr. Linn, of this city, and in 1875 returned to Bavaria, Germany, to visit his parents. Returning the same year, he established himself in the dry goods trade at No. 15 Main street. Subsequently, he purchased the building of his present location, where he has since been actively and successfully engaged. The building has a frontage of twenty-four feet, and is fifty-six feet deep. The interior is stocked with a full line of foreign and domestic dry goods, and will give an average invoice of $3,000 to $5,000. Mr. Schaehfer enjoys a very large trade, and is one of Ripley’s enterprising, prosperous merchants. He was married in November, 1872, to Miss Katie Linn, a sister of Peter and Carl Linn, of this city. Two children, Amelia and Hedwig, are the fruits of this union.