Individual Stories

George W. Kepner

Occupation: 

1902 Beam painting payroll. George Kepner worked as a laborer at the Capitol, although he listed his trade as tilelayer in the 1902 City Directory. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1872 and moved to Minnesota with his parents in 1874. He died in 1948 and is buried in Elmhurst Cemetery, St. Paul, according to Find a Grave.

James King

Stone cutters William Hamilton and Peter Diamond also lived at this address along with Phelix Arthur who was killed working in the stone cutting shed May 4,1898.
James M. King was a friend of fellow Capitol stone cutter William Benson and vouched for him when he was Naturalized in 1900.Stone cutters William Hamilton and Peter Diamond also lived at this address along with Phelix Arthur who was killed working in the stone cutting shed May 4,1898.

John King

Occupation: 

Clerk book keeper John A. King was born in Minnesota of Irish parents in 1870. He worked for the Butler Bros. as a book keeper while living with his parents in St. Paul. By 1920 he had married and moved to San Francisco.

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