Samuel B. Keppel

Samuel B. Keppel (December 10, 1846 – April 18, 1903) was an American politician from Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Berks County from 1891 to 1894.

Early life Samuel B. Keppel was born on December 10, 1846, in Honey Brook Township, Pennsylvania. He attended Waynesburg Academy and Millersville State Normal School (later Millersville University of Pennsylvania).

Career Keppel worked as a teacher for six years in Berks and Lancaster counties. He was a telegrapher for Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company for two years. From 1872 to 1877, he was a telegrapher and clerk for Moselem Iron Company (or Moselem Furnace) in Moselem. On April 1, 1877, he moved to Sinking Spring and started working in the coal, lumber and grain business. On April 1, 1881, he began working in the same business in Robesonia. He operated the business with C. D. Reber as Keppel & Reber until 1886 when Reber retired. He then operated the business individually. He was director of Citizen's Bank in Reading starting with its organization in May 1888. He was also a contractor and builder. He was director of the Manatawny Mutual Fire and Storm Insurance Company and became an agent of the Mutual and Stock Fire Insurance Company in 1881. He was a member of the St. John Reformed Church in Sinking Spring.