Member of historic Hohenberg family visits Wetumpka

Rudi Scheidt is a descendant of the Hohenberg family, which played a large economic role in Wetumpka during the late-19th and early-20th centuries. He was taking a trip with his wife, Caryn, and daughter, Rachel, who he said had planned their travels. They said they take their dog, Juno, with them on their road trips.

A descendant of a family who played a vital role in the town’s history, spent the last day of what was called a “family pilgrimage,” touring the sites of the businesses founded during the late 19th century by the Hohenberg brothers.

Rudi Scheidt said his great grandfather and great uncle, Adolphe and Morris Hohenberg, founded, the Hohenberg Brothers Cotton Company in the late 1800’s, along with Wetumpka’s, First National Bank.

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