John George Repplier

John George Repplier^1,2

• Birth*: 20 November 1812; Reading, Berks Co., Pennsylvania¹
• Baptism: 13 December 1812; Pennsylvania¹
• Marriage*: 29 May 1839; St. John the Evangelist Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania; Spouse: Mary McGauley³
• Marriage*: 21 January 1851; Westminister, Maryland; Spouse: Agnes Mathias⁴
• Death*: 8 July 1888; Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania; Return of a Death in the city of Philadelphia, Physician's Certificate: John G Repplier, age 76, widower, died 8 July 1888, cause Sehile? Cerebral sclerosis, merchant, born Reading, resided 4015 Locust, buried St Johns 11 July 1888.⁵
• Burial*: 11 July 1888; St. John's, Vault #7, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania; "John G. Repplier, 76 years"⁶

Parents:

Family 1:

Mary McGauley b. 25 Mar 1815, d. 24 Aug 1846

• Marriage*: 29 May 1839; St. John the Evangelist Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania; Spouse: Mary McGauley³

Children:

John George Repplier+¹³ b. 8 Apr 1840, d. 10 Mar 1888
Jacob Lancaster Repplier+ b. 15 May 1844, d. 21 Apr 1901

Notes

• Note*: In his biography of Agnes Repplier, George Stewart Stokes writes:
  
  "John George Repplier, originally from Reading, Pennsylvania, had been living in Philadelphia for some years. It was there that he managed the retailing of coal for a mining business in which, with his three brothers, he was a partner. At one time, many years later, the Repplier brothers' coal lands near Pottsville were valued at more than a half million dollars. Charles, John George, George and Joseph rightly looked upon themselves as men of some substance." (p. 3-4)
  
  "About the year 1863 the Repplier family moved to a large home at Twentieth and Chestnut Streets...built for [Mrs. Repplier] by her husband." In 1865 Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession passed by a block away. (p. 16)
  
  "One day [about 1871] Mr. Repplier announced simply and undramatically that he had lost his money...he had sold his coal holdings...He had invested it in iron...He had invested his money in a foundry down on the Delaware River, and the venture had proved unsuccessful...he could perhaps go back in the coal business as representative for one of the larger New York firms. It would be only on a commission basis." (p. 46)⁷
• Note: Jacob B. Lancaster and John George Repplier must have been friends:
  - Jacob was married to Belinda McGauley, sister of John's first wife Mary McGauley.
  - Jacob witnessed John's first marriage, to Mary McGauley.
  - John appears to have named his second son after Jacob.
  - Jacob & Belinda's daughter Susan P. Lancaster married John's brother Joseph.
  - John and his brother Charles witnessed a 17 March 1860 codicil to Jacob's will.
  - Jacob's father Thomas Lancaster appears to have married John's sister-in-law Mary Ann McGauley Keough.
• Note: The name Repplier first appears in Philadelphia city directories in the year 1837:
  Repplier C.A., dry goods, N E 3rd & Race, h 127 N 12th
  Repplier C.A. & J., dry goods, N E 3rd & Race
  Repplier John G., mer., N E 3rd & Race
  
  In the 1839 directory they are then coal dealers at Walnut st wharf, Sch., office 75 Dock⁸
• Note: Newspaper add: Illustrated New Age 13 Dec 1865:
  "A meeting of gentlemen favorable to the formation of an American Industrial League, will take place at the Philadelphia Board of Trade rooms, on Thursday, Dec. 14th inst., at 11 o'clock A.M. John G. Repplier, Chairman"⁹
• Note: Philadelphia residences of John George Repplier during his second marriage:
  North 11th Street, by 1855.
  2005 Chestnut Street, from about 1863.
  4015 Locust Street, West Philadelphia, by 1877.^7,10
• Note: 1850 US Census
  John George Repplier not found after extensive searching, nor his two sons.
  [Possibly John Ripplier, 36, Philadelphia Dock Ward, in a boarding house.]
  
  1860 US Census - Philadelphia Ward 10 East District
  Jno G Reppleir 45, coal dealer, personal estate $4,000, born Pa.
  Mrs. Reppleir 32, born Md.
  J L Reppleir 16, clerk; Mary Reppleir 10; Agnes Reppleir 6; Louis Repplier 1.
  
  1870 US Census - Philadelphia Ward 9 Dist 27 (2nd Enum)
  Repplier Jno. 55
  Mrs. Agnes 40
  Mary 19; Agnes 15; Louis 11.
  
  1880 US Census - Philadelphia
  John G. Repplier 62, dealer in coal, father's birthplace Alsace
  Agnes Repplier 54
  Mary Repplier 26; Agnes Repplier 24; Louis Repplier 20, insurance clerk.¹¹
• Note: John George Repplier appears to have died intestate.
  
  Index to Administrations, Philadelphia: 1888 #941, J George Repplier, Bk Z, page 373, no inventory, no account.¹²