Eppert, Charles E.
(circa 1836-1923)




Birth: February 23, 1836, Clay County
Death: 1923, Terre Haute, Vigo County, IN
Parents: John and Mary Freedman (Elston or Elstun) Eppert
Spouse: Badgley, Mary C., married May 11, 1862
Known Children: Grace, George M.
Family Photographers: Badgley--probably bro-in-law of Eppert; son Geo M
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Individual Number: 679


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1858*-1918* Charles Eppert apprentice, gallery owner/partner Terre Haute, Vigo County, IN





1858 Charles Eppert Studio owner Terre Haute, Vigo County, IN No. 1 Prairie City Block





1860-1863 Charles Eppert Studio owner Terre Haute, Vigo County, IN 111 Wabash Ave., bet. 4th & 5th





1864-1869 Charles Eppert Studio owner Terre Haute, Vigo County, IN 87 Main St., bet. 3rd & 4th sts.





1878 Eppert & Son Studio owner / Partner Terre Haute, Vigo County, IN 323 1/2 Wabash Ave.
Charles Eppert,Charles Eppert,





1895 Eppert & Son Studio owner / Partner Terre Haute, Vigo County, IN





1901-1916 Eppert & Son Studio owner / Partner Terre Haute, Vigo County, IN Naylor-Cox Bldg.





1916 Charles Eppert Studio owner Terre Haute, Vigo County, IN 423 S. Fifth St.























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Parents: John and Mary Freedman (Elston or Elstun) Eppert
Children: Grace, George M.
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FamilyInPhotography: Badgley--probably bro-in-law of Eppert; son Geo M
OriginalNotes: EDUCATION: When about 22 he went to Terre Haute and learned photography.
CENSUS INFORMATION: 1860 Census

Letter from Jeannette Spangler Maxey, Nov. 1996, 3124 Thayer, Kalamazoo, MI 49004-1948: Eppert was nephew of an ancestor of her husband. He retired in 1918. Mary C. Badgley, b. in NJ, Feb 6, 1840 daughter of John and Mary J. Thorpe who moved to Vigo County in 1856.

Haskett Family Tree, posted by dcano81 on http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/51332/person/6058343748?ssrc=&ml_rpos=1, viewed 25 July 2014
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State: IN
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OriginalSource: St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, Nov. 1903, p. 530:
Frank M. Pickering sold photo materials to Charlie Eppert of Terre Haute in the late 1870s.

Nov. 1996 letter from Jeannette Spangler Maxey, 3124 Thayer, Kalamazoo, MI 49004-
1948: When about 22 he went to Terre Haute and learned photography and followed that business until he retired in 1918.

1860 IN Census, Chas. Eppert, daguerrean artist

1873: dated CDV

1879-80 Williams & Co. Indiana State Directory, p. 369

1880-81 Polk's Ind. State Gazetteer & Business Directory, p. 1028

CDV printed on verso: "C. Eppert, Photographer [in artists palette], Terre Haute, Ind." dated "Photo taken July 30th 81."

1882-83 Indiana State Gazetteer, p. 1088

1884-85 Polk's Ind. State Gazetteer & Business Directory, p. 1064

1887-88 Indiana State Gazetteer, p. 1332

1890 Polk's Indiana Gazetteer, p. 1207
OriginalWorkerType: apprentice, gallery owner/partner
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PersonID: 630 CATNUM: 679 NameFirst: Charles NameLast: Eppert LocationID: 2552 Address1: No. 1 Prairie City Block Address2: City: Terre Haute State: IN StudioID: 2087 ---------------------------------- ID: 2087 StudioName: Charles Eppert SeeAlso: SeeAlsoPeople: SeeAlsoStudio: StudioSummary: Sources: Output: False CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:53:52 PM CreatedBy: sa LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 6:07:12 PM ModifiedBy: sa ---------------------------------- Name: Charles Eppert Alternate Studio Names: StartMonth: StartDay: StartYear: StartCA: EndMonth: EndYear: EndDay: EndCA: KnownMonth: KnownDay: KnownYear: KnownCA: StudioLocationID: 2596 SeeAlso: SeeAlsoStudio: SeeAlsoPerson: StudioSummary: Sources: Output: False County: Vigo Country: USA Longitude: Latitude: NameNewFirst: Charles KnownDates: 1858 OriginalLocationNotes: OutputStartMonth: OutputStartYear: 1858 OutputEndMonth: OutputEndYear: OutputStartStar: OutputEndStar: OutputStartS: OutputEndS: NameMiddle: E. NameMaiden: PersonHonorificTypeID: OriginalSource: Hawes, Indiana State Gazetteer, 1858-59, p. 366 Charles Eppert, Ambrotypist, No. 1 Prairie City Block OriginalWorkerType: Studio owner PersonSexTypeID: 1 PersonColorTypeID: PersonStudioLocationID: 2682

PersonID: 630 CATNUM: 679 NameFirst: Charles NameLast: Eppert LocationID: 2549 Address1: 111 Wabash Ave., bet. 4th & 5th Address2: City: Terre Haute State: IN StudioID: 2087 ---------------------------------- ID: 2087 StudioName: Charles Eppert SeeAlso: SeeAlsoPeople: SeeAlsoStudio: StudioSummary: Sources: Output: False CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:53:52 PM CreatedBy: sa LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 6:07:12 PM ModifiedBy: sa ---------------------------------- Name: Charles Eppert Alternate Studio Names: StartMonth: StartDay: StartYear: StartCA: EndMonth: EndYear: EndDay: EndCA: KnownMonth: KnownDay: KnownYear: KnownCA: StudioLocationID: 2593 SeeAlso: SeeAlsoStudio: SeeAlsoPerson: StudioSummary: Sources: Output: False County: Vigo Country: USA Longitude: Latitude: NameNewFirst: Charles KnownDates: 1860, 1862-1863 OriginalLocationNotes: OutputStartMonth: OutputStartYear: 1860 OutputEndMonth: OutputEndYear: 1863 OutputStartStar: OutputEndStar: OutputStartS: OutputEndS: NameMiddle: E. NameMaiden: PersonHonorificTypeID: OriginalSource: 1860-61 Hawes Ind. State Gaz. & Bus. Dir., p. 500 Chas. Eppert, 111 Wabash, bet. 4th & 5th, ambrotype & photograph artist 1860-61 Sutherland & McEvoy's Terre Haute City Directory, p. 59 Charles Eppert, ambrotype and photographer, 111 Wabas, bds same 1862-1863 Hawes Indiana State Gazetteer, p. 296 Ambrotype, Daguerrian and Photographic Artists: Charles Epperts, Terre Haute, Vigo p. 257 Terre Haute: Charles Epperts, daguerrean artist, 111 Main [Main St. became Wabash Ave.] OriginalWorkerType: Studio owner PersonSexTypeID: 1 PersonColorTypeID: PersonStudioLocationID: 2679

PersonID: 630 CATNUM: 679 NameFirst: Charles NameLast: Eppert LocationID: 2551 Address1: 87 Main St., bet. 3rd & 4th sts. Address2: City: Terre Haute State: IN StudioID: 2087 ---------------------------------- ID: 2087 StudioName: Charles Eppert SeeAlso: SeeAlsoPeople: SeeAlsoStudio: StudioSummary: Sources: Output: False CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:53:52 PM CreatedBy: sa LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 6:07:12 PM ModifiedBy: sa ---------------------------------- Name: Charles Eppert Alternate Studio Names: StartMonth: StartDay: StartYear: StartCA: EndMonth: EndYear: EndDay: EndCA: KnownMonth: KnownDay: KnownYear: KnownCA: StudioLocationID: 2595 SeeAlso: SeeAlsoStudio: SeeAlsoPerson: StudioSummary: Sources: Output: False County: Vigo Country: USA Longitude: Latitude: NameNewFirst: Charles KnownDates: 1864-1866, 1869 OriginalLocationNotes: OutputStartMonth: OutputStartYear: 1864 OutputEndMonth: OutputEndYear: 1869 OutputStartStar: OutputEndStar: OutputStartS: OutputEndS: NameMiddle: E. NameMaiden: PersonHonorificTypeID: OriginalSource: CDV CDV: C. Eppert, 87 Main St., Terre Haute [Phil Schlee dates these to about 1869 based on age of child in photo] CDV with tax stamp [Main Street later became Wabash Ave.] OriginalWorkerType: Studio owner PersonSexTypeID: 1 PersonColorTypeID: PersonStudioLocationID: 2681

PersonID: 630 CATNUM: 679 NameFirst: Charles NameLast: Eppert LocationID: 1996 Address1: 323 1/2 Wabash Ave. Address2: City: Terre Haute State: IN StudioID: 2666 ---------------------------------- ID: 2666 StudioName: Eppert & Son SeeAlso: SeeAlsoPeople: SeeAlsoStudio: StudioSummary: Sources: Output: False CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:55:32 PM CreatedBy: sa LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 6:07:12 PM ModifiedBy: sa ---------------------------------- Name: Eppert & Son Alternate Studio Names: Charles Eppert,Charles Eppert, StartMonth: StartDay: StartYear: StartCA: EndMonth: EndYear: EndDay: EndCA: KnownMonth: KnownDay: KnownYear: KnownCA: StudioLocationID: 3540 SeeAlso: SeeAlsoStudio: SeeAlsoPerson: StudioSummary: Sources: Output: False County: Vigo Country: USA Longitude: 0 Latitude: 0 NameNewFirst: Charles KnownDates: 1878-79, 1887, 1889, 1890-91, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1896-97 OriginalLocationNotes: OutputStartMonth: OutputStartYear: 1878 OutputEndMonth: OutputEndYear: OutputStartStar: OutputEndStar: OutputStartS: OutputEndS: NameMiddle: E. NameMaiden: PersonHonorificTypeID: OriginalSource: The Blue Book for Amateur Photographers American Edition, 1895, p. 242, Eppert & Son 1878-79 R. L. Polk & Co. Terre Haute City Directory, p. 73 Charles Eppert, photographer 323 1/2 Main, res 423 S 4th 1887 Chas. O. Ebel & Co. Terre Haute City Directory, p. 179 Charles Eppert, photographer, 323 1/2 Wabash ave, res 423 S 4th 1889 Chas. O. Ebel & Co. Terre Haute City Directory, p. 191 Eppert & Son (Charles and George M Eppert), photographers, 323 1/2 Wabash Ave (see next page for ad), Charles Eppert (Eppert & Son), res 423 S 4th 1890-91 Chas O. Ebel & Co. Terre Haute City Directory, p. 207 Eppert & Son (Charles and George M. Eppert), photographers, 323 1/2 Wabash ave, Charles Eppert (Eppert & Son), res 423 S 4th 1892 Chas O. Ebel & Co. Terre Haute City Directory, p. 201 Eppert & Son (Charles and George M. Eppert), photographers, 323 1/2 Wabash ave, Charles Eppert (Eppert & Son), res 423 S 4th 1894 Ebel & Byers' Terre Haute City Directory, p. 199 Eppert & Son (Charles and George M Eppert), photographers, 323 1/2 Wabash av, Charles Eppert (Eppert & Son), res 423 S 4th 1896-97 Chas. O. Ebel & Co. Terre Haute City Directory, p. 218 Eppert & Son (Charles and George M Eppert), photographers, 323 1/2 Wabash av, Charles Eppert (Eppert & Son), res 423 S 4th OriginalWorkerType: Studio owner / Partner PersonSexTypeID: 1 PersonColorTypeID: PersonStudioLocationID: 3697

PersonID: 630 CATNUM: 679 NameFirst: Charles NameLast: Eppert LocationID: 3431 Address1: Address2: City: Terre Haute State: IN StudioID: 2666 ---------------------------------- ID: 2666 StudioName: Eppert & Son SeeAlso: SeeAlsoPeople: SeeAlsoStudio: StudioSummary: Sources: Output: False CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:55:32 PM CreatedBy: sa LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 6:07:12 PM ModifiedBy: sa ---------------------------------- Name: Eppert & Son Alternate Studio Names: StartMonth: StartDay: StartYear: StartCA: EndMonth: EndYear: EndDay: EndCA: KnownMonth: KnownDay: KnownYear: KnownCA: StudioLocationID: 3538 SeeAlso: SeeAlsoStudio: SeeAlsoPerson: StudioSummary: Sources: Output: False County: Vigo Country: USA Longitude: Latitude: NameNewFirst: Charles KnownDates: 1895 OriginalLocationNotes: OutputStartMonth: OutputStartYear: 1895 OutputEndMonth: OutputEndYear: OutputStartStar: OutputEndStar: OutputStartS: OutputEndS: NameMiddle: E. NameMaiden: PersonHonorificTypeID: OriginalSource: 1895-96 Polk's Ind. State Gazetteer & Business Directory, p. 986 (not sure that this is Charles Eppert) St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, Apr. 1900, p. 169: C. E. Eppert and son have now completed the fitting of their new quarters in Terre Haute, and have every reason to be proud of the gallery. St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, Sept. 1900, p. 429: Geo. M. Eppert, of Eppert & Son, Terre Haute, IN, has accepted a position as demonstrator with the Hammer Dry Plate Co. OriginalWorkerType: Studio owner / Partner PersonSexTypeID: 1 PersonColorTypeID: PersonStudioLocationID: 3695

PersonID: 630 CATNUM: 679 NameFirst: Charles NameLast: Eppert LocationID: 3433 Address1: Naylor-Cox Bldg. Address2: City: Terre Haute State: IN StudioID: 2666 ---------------------------------- ID: 2666 StudioName: Eppert & Son SeeAlso: SeeAlsoPeople: SeeAlsoStudio: StudioSummary: Sources: Output: False CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:55:32 PM CreatedBy: sa LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 6:07:12 PM ModifiedBy: sa ---------------------------------- Name: Eppert & Son Alternate Studio Names: StartMonth: StartDay: StartYear: StartCA: EndMonth: EndYear: EndDay: EndCA: KnownMonth: KnownDay: KnownYear: KnownCA: StudioLocationID: 3541 SeeAlso: SeeAlsoStudio: SeeAlsoPerson: StudioSummary: Sources: Output: False County: Vigo Country: USA Longitude: Latitude: NameNewFirst: Charles KnownDates: 1901-02, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1915, 1916 OriginalLocationNotes: OutputStartMonth: OutputStartYear: 1901 OutputEndMonth: OutputEndYear: 1916 OutputStartStar: OutputEndStar: OutputStartS: OutputEndS: NameMiddle: E. NameMaiden: PersonHonorificTypeID: OriginalSource: 1901 Terre Haute City Directory, p. 977, Photographers Eppert & Son, Naylor-Cox bldg. 1901-02 Chas. O. Ebel & Co. Terre Haute City Directory, p. 259 Eppert & Son (Charles and George M. Eppert), Photographers, 2d floor Naylor-Cox bldg, Charles M. Eppert (Eppert & Son), res 423 S 4th 1904 Moore & Langen Printing Co. Terre Haute City Directory, p. 218 Eppert & Son (Charles and George M. Eppert), phootgraphers, 2d floor Naylor-Cox bldg, Charles Eppert (Eppert & Son), res 423 S 4th 1906 R. L. Polk Terre Haute City Directory, p. 172 Eppert & Son (Charles and George M.), photogs 2 Naylor-Cox bldg, Charles Eppert (Eppert & Son), h 423 S 4th 1907 R. L. Polk Co. Terre Haute City Directory, p. 172 Eppert & Son (Charles and George M.), photogs 2 Naylor-Cox Bldg, Charles Eppert (Eppert & Son), h 423 S 4th 1908 R. L. Polk & Co. Terre Haute City Directory, p. 187 Eppert & Son (Charles and George M), photogrs 2 Naylor-Cox Bldg, Charles Eppert (Eppert & Son), h 423 S 4th 1910 R. L. Polk & Co. Terre Haute City Directory, p. 181 Eppert & Son (Charles and George M), photog 2 Naylor-Cox bldg, Charles Eppert (Eppert & Son), h 423 S 5th 1912 R. L. Polk & Co. Terre Haute City Directory, p. 204 Eppert & Son (Charles and George M.), photog, 2 Naylor-Cox Bldg, Charles Eppert (Eppert & Son), h 423 S 5th 1915 R. L. Polk & Co. Terre Haute City Directory, p. 212 Eppert & Son (Charles and George M.), photog 2 Naylor-Cox bldg, Charles Eppert (Eppert & Son), h 423 S 5th 1916-17 Polk's Ind. State Gazetteer, p. 1668 OriginalWorkerType: Studio owner / Partner PersonSexTypeID: 1 PersonColorTypeID: PersonStudioLocationID: 3699

PersonID: 630 CATNUM: 679 NameFirst: Charles NameLast: Eppert LocationID: 2550 Address1: 423 S. Fifth St. Address2: City: Terre Haute State: IN StudioID: 2087 ---------------------------------- ID: 2087 StudioName: Charles Eppert SeeAlso: SeeAlsoPeople: SeeAlsoStudio: StudioSummary: Sources: Output: False CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:53:52 PM CreatedBy: sa LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 6:07:12 PM ModifiedBy: sa ---------------------------------- Name: Charles Eppert Alternate Studio Names: StartMonth: StartDay: StartYear: StartCA: EndMonth: EndYear: EndDay: EndCA: KnownMonth: KnownDay: KnownYear: KnownCA: StudioLocationID: 2594 SeeAlso: SeeAlsoStudio: SeeAlsoPerson: StudioSummary: Sources: Output: False County: Vigo Country: USA Longitude: Latitude: NameNewFirst: Charles KnownDates: 1916 OriginalLocationNotes: OutputStartMonth: OutputStartYear: 1916 OutputEndMonth: OutputEndYear: OutputStartStar: OutputEndStar: OutputStartS: OutputEndS: NameMiddle: E. NameMaiden: PersonHonorificTypeID: OriginalSource: The Association News (Photographers' Association of America), Sept. 1916, Active Members, p. 336: C. Eppert, 423 S. Fifth St., Terre Haute, Ind. OriginalWorkerType: Studio owner PersonSexTypeID: 1 PersonColorTypeID: PersonStudioLocationID: 2680




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