Casper A. Krupp, superintendent and general manager of the mills of Nye, Lusk & Hudson, of Eidsvold, and a resident of section 28, Thorp Township, Clark County, was born in New Holstein, Calumet County, Wisconsin, October 12, 1858, the son of John and Clar (Filz) Krupp, both natives of Prussia. The father came to the United States in 1852, settling in Wisconsin, where he lived with an uncle near Milwaukee. He now resides in Calument County. The mother had five children by a former marriage, only one of whom survives-Bernard Broeder.

Casper A., our subject, was reared to farm life, and was educated in the elementary schools and State Normal School of Oshkosh. He afterward taught eleven years-six in Calumet County, two in Sheboygan County, and three in this county. He came to Clark County in the fall of 1884, and first lived in Thorp until December, 1889, when he removed to Eidsvold. He was first engaged in scaling logs for the company, and April 1 entered upon the duties of his present position. He was married in Thorp, October 11, 1888, to Johanna L. Tiedemann, a daughter of Christian Tiedemann, County Surveyor at Thorp. Mr. and Mrs. Krupp have one child, Raymond C., born July 2, 1889. Mr. Krupp has served as Justice of the Peace several years, and is now Town Clerk of Thorp and Postmaster of Eidsvold. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and also of the Catholic Church. His wife is a member of the Lutheran Church.

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