The foreign - born Bepler settled in the United States in 1851 ; within four years he had formed a company to manufacture paper bags in the Cincinnati - area village of Lockland .
Bepler relocated the firm to Cincinnati in 1858 .
The foreign - born Bepler settled in the United States in 1851 ; within four years he had formed a company to manufacture paper bags in the Cincinnati - area village of Lockland , although he relocated the firm to Cincinnati in 1858 .