JASPER COLLEGE
JASPER, INDIANA, 1890-1911
Jasper College was founded in 1889.
It was incorporated in January 1890 in conjunction with St. Meinrad's College.
The institution was supervised and conducted by the Benedictine Fathers of St. Meinrad's Abbey.
The school was located on the outskirts of Jasper, the county seat of Dubois County.
GRADUATES
1890-91
Gustave Gramelspacher
1891-92
John Zehnder
William Friedman
Conrad Kremp
1892-93
John Garaghan
Roswell Carter
1893-94
Joseph Sermersheim
Mark Weedman
Leo Jahn
John Sum
1894-95
Philip Scheneider
John Burk
Anthony Griesam
1895-96
Andrew Worland
Charles Dehler
1896-97
Martin Sergeskoetter
Paul Vernia
Harry Hicks
Harry Melchior
Clement Lacy
1897-98
Albert Schuler
David Padgett
Edward Collignon
Edward Meyer
John Steinhauser
Alphonse Erblang
Wendolin Leighton
1898-99
John Schenk
George Wildeman
James Hicks
Oscar Ludwig
Frank Backer
Harold Grobmyer
Harry Grobmyer
Timothy Kavanaugh
1899-1900
William G. Burger
Henry Ulrich
1900-01
Joseph Donnelly
John Felix
Thomas Giles
William Schellhase
Emit Sehuler
Frank Steinhauser
George Miller
John Kilfoil
1901-02
Martin McFall
Joseph Kiefer
Edward Schellhase
John Teder
Alphonse Sermershcim
Henry Seng
John Wissing
1902-03
Henry Bell
Andrew Foster
Henry Owen
Hugh Worland
1903-04
Shelby McFall
Charles Cruz
George Clements
John Wirtz
Marion Drone
Frank Endress
Clement Wissing
1904-05
William Brinkman
Guy Bulleit
Albert Fritch
William Gosman
Francis Kempf
William Koehler
Edward Ochs
Ralph Oliver
Joseph Ryan
Oscar Salb
Alexius Eckstein
Alois Sermersheim
Omer Kuebler
1905-06
Max Backer
Hugh Melchoir
Edward Frisse
Anthony Rosenberger
Raymond Gohmann
Edward Saum
Marshall Higginson
John Wertzler
John Kaufman
Joseph Wethington
1906-07
Louis Blessinger
William Clements
Paul Collignon
Robert Collignon
Joseph Erblang
Raymond Friedman
Virgil Gramelspacher
Edward Kunkler
Otto Litzelman
William Mitchell
William Raef
Otto Schaaf
Herbert Snyder
Albert Sturm
Victor Sturm
Victor Salb
Leslie Yaggi
1907-08
Fred Aubrey
Harry Dixon
Paul Dober
Paul Gaw
Henry Herrernan
Maurice Hoffman
William Kunkler
Lawrence Polys
Fred Roeder
Leo Sweeney
Albert Sonderman
Rudolph Vollmer
Henry Worland
1908-09
Gus Alhlinger
Ike Bakeer
Charles Bledsoe
Carl Bolt
Paul Coleman
Geoffrey Fink
William Gore
Roy Higginson
Clement Koehler
John McGinty
Max Rubel
William Schenk
Frank Trainor
William Urich
Joseph Yost
1909-10
George Aubrey
Edward Cruz
Leo Drone
Leonard Drone
Vincent Drone
John Geiger
Albert Hamilton
Humus Marrin
Carl Merles
William McTegart
Patrick Payne
Arnold Wimsatt
James Worland
1910-11
John Ablinger
John Bergmann
Vincent Bockhold
Linus Bohnert
Nolon Dant
Henry Emig
Arthur Fink
Neal Funke
William Hamilton
Walter Hermann
Kark Knapp
Byron Rady
Paul Thomas
Everett Thompson
Frank Wellinghoff
Carl Woods
SOME OF OUR GRADUATES MOLDING PROMINENT POSITIONS IN THE COMMERCIAL WORLD
GUSTAVE GRAMELSPACHER—Bookkeeper and Assistant Cashier in the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Jasper.
WILLIAM FRIEDMAN, M.D.—Specialist of the Eye, Ear and Throat.Oakland. Cat.
CONRAD KREMP—Secretary and Treasurer with the law firm of Kenneson, Emlcy and Rubino, New York City.
ROSWELL CARTER—Attorney at Law, Florence, Ariz.
JOHN GARAGHAN—Co-partner in the Kabel and Kaufman establishment, Washington, Ind.
LEO JAHN—Bookkeeper in the Famous Jasper Desk Factory, Ja-sper, Ind.
ANDREW WORLAND—Professor at the Jasper College.
PAUL VERNIA—Stenographer in the Monon R.R. Office, New Albany, Ind.
RUDOLPH VOLLMER—Stenographer Southern R.R.
CARL BOTT—Bookkeeper and Stenographer in I.C.R.R. officer, Louisville, Ky.
EDWARD FRISSE—Bookkeeper for the I.C.R.R., Evansville, Ind.
G. WILDEMAN—Cashier of the First National Bank, Barnesboro. Pcnn.
WILLIAM GOSSMAN—Deputy Clerk of Dubois County.
WILLIAM BRINKMAN—Stenographer in the E. & T.H.R.R. Office. Terre Haute.
A.A. ERBLANG—Instructor in Commerce, The Academy of Idaho.
GUS. ABLINGER—Teacher at St. Marie, III.
JOSEPH ERBLANG—Bookkeeper in the National Bank, Fairbault, Minn.
CHAS. S. BLEDSOE—Bookkeeper and Cashier to Edw. N. Hill, Hatter and Haberdasher, Evansville, Ind.
JOSEPH KIEFER—Teacher of the Public Schools, Obdyke, III.
VICTOR STURM—Bookkeeper for the Jasper Novelty Works.
JOHN TEDER—Professor at the Jasper College.
JOHN WISSING—Bookkeeper for the Ebner Ice Factory, Vincennes, Ind.
ALPHONSE SERMERSHEIM—Bookkeeper for the Sermershiem Gents' Furnishing House, Jasper, Ind.
ANDREW FOSTER—Cashier of the Posey ville Bank.
JOHN McGINTY—Bookkeeper, Indianapolis, Ind.
MARION DRONE—Cashier, First National Bank, Ridgway, Ill.
JOSEPH WETHINGTON—Professor of Biology and Chemistry, State Normal, Bowling Green, Ky.
LESLIE YAGGI—Bookkeeper, Colonial Hotel, West Baden Springs, Ind.
WILLIAM McTEGART—Bookkeeper, Hercules Manufacturing Company, Evansville, Ind.
MARTIN McFALL—Stenographer, Post Office Department, Washington, DC.
NOTE—The above are but a few of the graduates of Jasper College who are now successfully working their way in the world.
Originally published in The Hoosier Genealogist Vol. 39 No 1 March 1999
JASPER, INDIANA, 1890-1911
Jasper College was founded in 1889.
It was incorporated in January 1890 in conjunction with St. Meinrad's College.
The institution was supervised and conducted by the Benedictine Fathers of St. Meinrad's Abbey.
The school was located on the outskirts of Jasper, the county seat of Dubois County.
GRADUATES
1890-91
Gustave Gramelspacher
1891-92
John Zehnder
William Friedman
Conrad Kremp
1892-93
John Garaghan
Roswell Carter
1893-94
Joseph Sermersheim
Mark Weedman
Leo Jahn
John Sum
1894-95
Philip Scheneider
John Burk
Anthony Griesam
1895-96
Andrew Worland
Charles Dehler
1896-97
Martin Sergeskoetter
Paul Vernia
Harry Hicks
Harry Melchior
Clement Lacy
1897-98
Albert Schuler
David Padgett
Edward Collignon
Edward Meyer
John Steinhauser
Alphonse Erblang
Wendolin Leighton
1898-99
John Schenk
George Wildeman
James Hicks
Oscar Ludwig
Frank Backer
Harold Grobmyer
Harry Grobmyer
Timothy Kavanaugh
1899-1900
William G. Burger
Henry Ulrich
1900-01
Joseph Donnelly
John Felix
Thomas Giles
William Schellhase
Emit Sehuler
Frank Steinhauser
George Miller
John Kilfoil
1901-02
Martin McFall
Joseph Kiefer
Edward Schellhase
John Teder
Alphonse Sermershcim
Henry Seng
John Wissing
1902-03
Henry Bell
Andrew Foster
Henry Owen
Hugh Worland
1903-04
Shelby McFall
Charles Cruz
George Clements
John Wirtz
Marion Drone
Frank Endress
Clement Wissing
1904-05
William Brinkman
Guy Bulleit
Albert Fritch
William Gosman
Francis Kempf
William Koehler
Edward Ochs
Ralph Oliver
Joseph Ryan
Oscar Salb
Alexius Eckstein
Alois Sermersheim
Omer Kuebler
1905-06
Max Backer
Hugh Melchoir
Edward Frisse
Anthony Rosenberger
Raymond Gohmann
Edward Saum
Marshall Higginson
John Wertzler
John Kaufman
Joseph Wethington
1906-07
Louis Blessinger
William Clements
Paul Collignon
Robert Collignon
Joseph Erblang
Raymond Friedman
Virgil Gramelspacher
Edward Kunkler
Otto Litzelman
William Mitchell
William Raef
Otto Schaaf
Herbert Snyder
Albert Sturm
Victor Sturm
Victor Salb
Leslie Yaggi
1907-08
Fred Aubrey
Harry Dixon
Paul Dober
Paul Gaw
Henry Herrernan
Maurice Hoffman
William Kunkler
Lawrence Polys
Fred Roeder
Leo Sweeney
Albert Sonderman
Rudolph Vollmer
Henry Worland
1908-09
Gus Alhlinger
Ike Bakeer
Charles Bledsoe
Carl Bolt
Paul Coleman
Geoffrey Fink
William Gore
Roy Higginson
Clement Koehler
John McGinty
Max Rubel
William Schenk
Frank Trainor
William Urich
Joseph Yost
1909-10
George Aubrey
Edward Cruz
Leo Drone
Leonard Drone
Vincent Drone
John Geiger
Albert Hamilton
Humus Marrin
Carl Merles
William McTegart
Patrick Payne
Arnold Wimsatt
James Worland
1910-11
John Ablinger
John Bergmann
Vincent Bockhold
Linus Bohnert
Nolon Dant
Henry Emig
Arthur Fink
Neal Funke
William Hamilton
Walter Hermann
Kark Knapp
Byron Rady
Paul Thomas
Everett Thompson
Frank Wellinghoff
Carl Woods
SOME OF OUR GRADUATES MOLDING PROMINENT POSITIONS IN THE COMMERCIAL WORLD
GUSTAVE GRAMELSPACHER—Bookkeeper and Assistant Cashier in the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Jasper.
WILLIAM FRIEDMAN, M.D.—Specialist of the Eye, Ear and Throat.Oakland. Cat.
CONRAD KREMP—Secretary and Treasurer with the law firm of Kenneson, Emlcy and Rubino, New York City.
ROSWELL CARTER—Attorney at Law, Florence, Ariz.
JOHN GARAGHAN—Co-partner in the Kabel and Kaufman establishment, Washington, Ind.
LEO JAHN—Bookkeeper in the Famous Jasper Desk Factory, Ja-sper, Ind.
ANDREW WORLAND—Professor at the Jasper College.
PAUL VERNIA—Stenographer in the Monon R.R. Office, New Albany, Ind.
RUDOLPH VOLLMER—Stenographer Southern R.R.
CARL BOTT—Bookkeeper and Stenographer in I.C.R.R. officer, Louisville, Ky.
EDWARD FRISSE—Bookkeeper for the I.C.R.R., Evansville, Ind.
G. WILDEMAN—Cashier of the First National Bank, Barnesboro. Pcnn.
WILLIAM GOSSMAN—Deputy Clerk of Dubois County.
WILLIAM BRINKMAN—Stenographer in the E. & T.H.R.R. Office. Terre Haute.
A.A. ERBLANG—Instructor in Commerce, The Academy of Idaho.
GUS. ABLINGER—Teacher at St. Marie, III.
JOSEPH ERBLANG—Bookkeeper in the National Bank, Fairbault, Minn.
CHAS. S. BLEDSOE—Bookkeeper and Cashier to Edw. N. Hill, Hatter and Haberdasher, Evansville, Ind.
JOSEPH KIEFER—Teacher of the Public Schools, Obdyke, III.
VICTOR STURM—Bookkeeper for the Jasper Novelty Works.
JOHN TEDER—Professor at the Jasper College.
JOHN WISSING—Bookkeeper for the Ebner Ice Factory, Vincennes, Ind.
ALPHONSE SERMERSHEIM—Bookkeeper for the Sermershiem Gents' Furnishing House, Jasper, Ind.
ANDREW FOSTER—Cashier of the Posey ville Bank.
JOHN McGINTY—Bookkeeper, Indianapolis, Ind.
MARION DRONE—Cashier, First National Bank, Ridgway, Ill.
JOSEPH WETHINGTON—Professor of Biology and Chemistry, State Normal, Bowling Green, Ky.
LESLIE YAGGI—Bookkeeper, Colonial Hotel, West Baden Springs, Ind.
WILLIAM McTEGART—Bookkeeper, Hercules Manufacturing Company, Evansville, Ind.
MARTIN McFALL—Stenographer, Post Office Department, Washington, DC.
NOTE—The above are but a few of the graduates of Jasper College who are now successfully working their way in the world.
Originally published in The Hoosier Genealogist Vol. 39 No 1 March 1999