AMANDUS S. KLEPPINGER, son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Anewalt) Kleppinger, was born in Allen Township, Northampton County, Jan. 1, 1847. He was educated in the township schools and at the Weaversville Academy, and as a young man became a clerk in his uncle's store at Bath, where he remained ten years, after which he spent some time at Chicago, Ill. He then engaged for a time in the shoe business, after which he became a travelling salesman, first for spices, and later for chemicals, in the territory of Lehigh, Northampton, Berks and Montgomery counties. He remained in this business for 25 years, during 24 years of which time he resided in Allentown. In February, 1910, he removed to Old Zionsville, where he cultivates the 92-acre Mechling farm, which his wife received from her father. Mr. Kleppinger is a member of the Lutheran church in Zionsville, and of the P. O. S. of A. He is also the owner of a cigar factory at Shoenersville, conducted by Reuben Snyder. He married, in 1875, Sallie A., daughter of Anthony and Mary N. (Shinier) Mechling. They have two sons: Barton M., a traveling salesman, residing in Kansas City, Mo., who has three children: Vernon, Sara G., and Robert; and George B., superintendent of a silk mill at Macungie, who married Elizabeth Halteman and has two children: Edward H. and Charles W.

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