This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMunns7272 Surnames: Reed, Ives, Nicholson Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.lacrosse/2293/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 786. City of La Crosse CHARLES L. REED, M.D., is a native of Rutland Co., Vt., born in 1821; studied medicine at Castleton, Vt., graduating in 1846. He immediately commenced practice in Wallingford, Vt., and afterward at Clarendon Springs; went to California in the winter of 1851-52, and practiced in Auburn, Placer Co., till the spring of 1855, when he returned to Vermont and practiced in Wallingford till the spring of 1856, then came to Wisconsin, and settled in Horicon, Dodge Co., where he resided till the fall of 1866, since which time he has been practicing in La Crosse. Was examining surgeon during the war, and is still examining surgeon for pensions. His first wife, whose maiden name was Eliza Ives, died in February, 1855, in California, and soon after, returning to Vermont, he married Miss Mary H. Nicholson, of Wallingford, Vt. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMunns7272 Surnames: Rawlinson, Holmes Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.lacrosse/2292.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 786. City of La Crosse WILLIAM H. RAWLINSON, contractor and builder, has been in his present business in La Crosse since June, 1857. He was born in Cheshire, England, in 1837; son of James Rawlinson, who came to America in 1849; lived in Jersey City till 1858, then came to La Crosse, and died there Oct. 22, 1880, at the age of 66. Mrs. Rawlinson died Dec. 24, 1879, at the age of 60. Mr. Rawlinson learned the bricklaying and plastering trade in Jersey City, before he came to Wisconsin. Among the buildings he has put up in La Crosse, are the Edwards Block, La Crosse Opera House, Levy's Block, and the flouring-mill of Listman & Co. He was married in 1870, in La Crosse, to Miss Mary E. Holmes and has one child - William Henry. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMunns7272 Surnames: Rawlinson, Wallace, Barnett Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.lacrosse/2292/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 785 - 786. City of La Crosse JOSEPH E. RAWLINSON, contractor and builder, has been a resident of La Crosse since the spring of 1860. From that time till 1870, he was in partnership with his brother, William Rawlinson, firm of Rawlinson Brothers; from 1870 to 1876, was in partnership with David Wallace, firm of Wallace & Rawlinson, and since that has been doing business alone; was in company with his brother in building the La Crosse Opera House and several other prominent buildings. In company with Wallace, he built the schoolhouses of the Third and Fifth Wards, and since he was in business alone, built the gas works, the pump house for the City Water Works, and superintended the brick work of the new post office building. He was born in Cheshire Co., England, in 1840; son of James Rawlinson; came to America with his parents in 1849; learned the bricklayer's and plasterer's trade in Jersey City. He was married Dec. 14, 1868, in La Crosse, to Lottie Barnett, a native of Brighton, England, and daughter of! William Dowling Barnett. They have three children - Mamie, James and Mattie. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMunns7272 Surnames: Rau, Merz Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.lacrosse/2291/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 785. City of La Crosse JOHN RAU, son of Casper and Susan Rau, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, March 19, 1828. At the age of 24, he emigrated to America, landing in New York in the fall of 1852. He came West and located at Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio, and there worked at his trade, that of a rope-maker. Four years later, he went to Galesburg, Ill., and started in business for himself, having established a rope factory at that place. He remained in Galesburg until 1867, when he came to La Crosse, and engaged in general merchandising. With his quiet, unassuming manners, strict integrity, and fine business qualifications, Mr. Rau has succeeded in building up an extensive and lucrative trade. He was married Dec. 7, 1852, at Wooster, Ohio, to Sebalia Merz, a native of Germany. They have two children - Mary and John. Mr. Rau is a member of the I. O. O. F., being one of the originators of the La Crosse Valley Lodge, as also a member of the Deutcher Verein. He was an Alderman from the Second Ward for nine su! ccessive years. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMunns7272 Surnames: Rau, Dun Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.lacrosse/1.18.36.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 785. City of La Crosse CARL RAU, book-keeper at the Empire Brewery, was born Nov. 3, 1858, in Wurtemberg, Germany. His father, Gottfried Rau, died in Germany in 1868. Carl was educated in his native place, and came to the United States in 1872. He lived in Dubuque, Iowa, till the fall of 1878, since which time he has resided in La Crosse, where his mother, who came to the United States with him, also resides. The first two years of his residence in La Crosse, he was connected with the mercantile agency of R. C. Dun & Co., and has been in his present position since May, 1880. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMunns7272 Surnames: Rackelmann, Bower Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.lacrosse/2290/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 785. City of La Crosse JOHN RACKELMANN, butcher, place of business Pearl street, between Second and Third, was born in Bavaria in 1852; son of August Rackelmann; came to America in 1871, and has resided in La Crosse ever since; learned the butcher's trade in the old country, and has been in the business in La Crosse since 1874. He was married in January, 1881, to Mrs. Mina Bower, widow of John Bower. She has four children by the first husband - Maggie, John, Ott and Oscar. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMunns7272 Surnames: Putnam, Tupper, Anderson Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.lacrosse/2289/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 785. City of La Crosse W. R. PUTNAM, dealer in hats, caps and gentlemen's furnishing goods, No. 47 Main street, was born in Clark Co., Ohio, in 1846. His father, Rufus Putnam, born in Marietta, Ohio, in 1805, was a son of Judge Edwin Putnam and a grandson of Gen. Rufus Putnam, the first white man in Ohio. He was a brother of Gen. Israel Putnam, and, in company with Gen. Tupper, purchased 1,500,000 acres of land in what is now the State of Ohio, at 62-1/2 cents per acre, and in April, 1788, laid out the city of Marietta, this being the first settlement made in the Northwest. W. R. Putnam enlisted in the early part of 1863 in the 31st Ohio V. I., Company H, and was in the service about five months when he was accidentally shot and discharged for disability. He was afterward in the service about four months, under the hundred-day call, in 1864. He resided in different parts of Ohio till 1867, the last four years in Cincinnati; came from there to Chicago, and from Chicago to La Crosse, in 1873, to acc! ept a position in the dry goods house of Mons Anderson, where he remained four years, since which time he has been in his present business. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMunns7272 Surnames: Prutz, Manthi Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.lacrosse/2288/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 785. City of La Crosse HERMAN PRUTZ, blacksmith in the C., M. & St. P. shop at North La Crosse, was born in Prussia in 1830; was married there in 1850, to Louise Manthi; learned his trade in the old country, and came to America in 1865, since which time he has resided in La Crosse; has but one child - Carl. Mr. Prutz is Vice President of the Concordia Society of La Crosse. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMunns7272 Surnames: Prutz, Smith, Merrill, Allis, Thornely, James, Werel Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.lacrosse/2287/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 785. City of La Crosse CHARLES PRUTZ, saloon-keeper, corner of Third and Grove streets, was born in Prussia in 1850. His father, Herman Prutz, came to the United States, with his family, in 1866, and now lives in North La Crosse. Charles learned the machinist's trade of Smith & Merrill, in La Crosse, working there four years. From 1870 to 1875, he was employed in the Reliance Works of E. P. Allis, in Milwaukee; came back to La Crosse in 1875, and has worked for Thornely & James and William H. Smith most of the time since. He was married in 1872, in Milwaukee, to Miss Elizabeth Werel, of that place; has five children - Herman, Charles, Eddie, Annie and Clara. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMunns7272 Surnames: Prastequarn, Johnson Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.lacrosse/2286/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 785. City of La Crosse ANDREW J. PRASTEQUARN, saloon-keeper, on North Third street, North La Crosse, was born in Norway in 1837; son of John Johnson (Prastequarn), a miller; came to America in 1861, and has since been a resident of La Crosse County; has been in his present business since 1870, and owns the building in which he is located. He was married in 1870, to Mary Johnson, a native of Norway, and has three children - John, Eddie and Thea. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMunns7272 Surnames: Powers, Harris, Knight Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.lacrosse/2285/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881", p. 784 - 785. City of La Crosse W. P. POWERS, son of David J. and Eliza A. (Harris) Powers, was born in Whitewater, Wis., Nov. 8, 1842. His father, who is well known in Wisconsin as an early pioneer of the State, built the first frame building in Whitewater, in which he kept hotel; he subsequently laid out the village of Palmyra, Wis., and there built the first saw and grist mill. Afterward he became a member of the State Legislature from Jefferson County; editor of the "Wisconsin Farmer"; Secretary of the State Agricultural Society, and President of the Madison Mutual Insurance Company, and is now President of the Union Wire Mattress Company, of Chicago, Ill. W. P. Powers, the subject of this sketch, removed with his parents to Palmyra, Wis., in the fall of 1842, and remained there until 1850, when he went to Waukesha. In 1852, returned to Palmyra, and, during this year, his father was elected to the Legislature. In the spring of 1853, he removed to Madison where he received his education, having graduate! d from the State University as a member of the class of 1860. He served two years in the war of the rebellion. He enlisted at Madison and was mustered in as a member of Company A, 1st Wisconsin heavy artillery. In the fall of 1863, he was promoted to First Lieutenant of the 4th Wisconsin Light Battery, and served with them in the Army of the Potomac, and commanded the battery at the siege of Vicksburg during the summer of 1864. His health having failed him, he resigned in November, 1864, and returned home to Madison. He engaged in the agricultural machinery business at Madison, which he continued until 1867, when he came to La Crosse and established his present business. He was married November 18, 1865, to Maggie F. Knight, of Summit, Waukesha Co., and daughter of B. W. Knight, a pioneer of that section of the State. They have four children - Fred, Mary, Donald and Robert. Mr. Powers is a member of the Knights of Honor, and Legion of Honor. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMunns7272 Surnames: Plumb, Peck, Pixley Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.lacrosse/2284/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 784. City of La Crosse P. M. PLUMB, foreman of round-house, C., M. & St. P. R. R. Co., at North La Crosse; has been in his present position since Jan. 12, 1867. He is a native of Bridgeport, Conn., born Aug. 10, 1833, son of Joseph and Nancy (Peck) Plumb; came to Wisconsin in February, 1861, from Aurora, Ill., where he had resided seven years. Was in Portage City till June 12, 1867, when he came to La Crosse. He was married July 3, 1862, at Portage City to Miss Hattie M. Pixley, daughter of Bemus J. Pixley of that place. Has three children - Fannie, Jennie and Nellie. Has been Trustee of village two terms, Alderman, six years, and a member of the School Board, on second term. Has followed railroading ever since he was seventeen years old. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMunns7272 Surnames: Platz, Davis, Medary, Heck Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.lacrosse/2283/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 784. City of La Crosse A. PLATZ, of the firm of Davis, Medary & Platz, proprietors of the La Crosse tannery, was born in Prussia in 1840, son of F. Platz, a tanner, who came to America with his family in 1855; went into the tanning business in Racine, Wis., in 1860, and still continues the business of that place. A. Platz learned the trade of his father in Germany, and was in partnership with him in Racine from 1860 till 1877, when he came to La Crosse and became a member of the present firm. He was married in Racine in 1867 to Miss Margaret Heck, and has three children - Minnie, Max and Albert. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMunns7272 Surnames: Pfulter, Winkler Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.lacrosse/2282/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 784. City of La Crosse CHRISTIAN PFULTER, saloon-keeper, Third street, was born in Saxony, Germany, in 1831; came to America in 1870, and lived two years in Milwaukee, one year in Minnesota, three years in Cedarburg, Wis., and came to La Crosse in 1878. He was married in Milwaukee in 1871 to Mrs. Laura Winkler, widow of Fritz Winkler, who died in Milwaukee, leaving three children - Oscar, Bernhart and Laura. Has two children by the second marriage - Robert and Adolph (twins). [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMunns7272 Surnames: Pfluger, Simon Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.lacrosse/2281/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 784. City of La Crosse JOHN PFLUGER, cooper, corner Third and Ferry streets; has been a resident of La Crosse since July, 1858. He was born in Baden, Germany, in 1829, son of George Pfluger; came to United States in May, 1858, and settled in La Crosse. He was married in Baden in 1856 to Magdalena Simon, and has nine children - Johanna, Florian, Frank, Peter, john, Jacob, Mary, Gertie and Annie, all at home. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMunns7272 Surnames: Pfiffner, Howard Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.lacrosse/2280/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 784. City of La Crosse A. PFIFFNER, manufacturer of and wholesale and retail dealer in harness and saddlery; has been in his present business in La Crosse since May, 1853, his being the oldest establishment of the kind in the city. He was born in Switzerland, in 1828; learned his trade there, and came to the United States in 1849. He was engaged in business in Galena, Ill., till he came to La Crosse in 1853. He was married in Galena in 1853, and has three sons. The oldest one, Albert, being a member of the drug firm of E. Howard & Co., of La Crosse; the other two, Forrest and Ulysses are at home. Mr. Pfiffner has built and still owns several business blocks in La Crosse. No. 39 Main street, a two-story brick, 20x60, he built in 1868; No. 40, 20x80, in same year; No. 42, 24x80, in 1873, and No. 44, 25x80, in 1875, all two-story bricks. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMunns7272 Surnames: Pfeiffer, Luntz, Kriebs Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.lacrosse/2279/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 784. City of La Crosse VALENTINE PFEIFFER, of the firm of Luntz & Pfeiffer, proprietors of the Court House Meat Market, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, in 1842; son of Jacob Pfeiffer; came to America in the spring of 1866, and has been in La Crosse most of the time since. He was married in 1874, to Mary Kriebs, and has two children - Rosa and Lizzie. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMunns7272 Surnames: Pettingill, Davis, Kenrick Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.lacrosse/2278/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 783 - 784. City of La Crosse J. L. PETTINGILL, County Clerk of La Crosse County, was born in Ostego Co., N. Y., Nov. 10, 1840. His father, Alonzo Pettingill, was born Dec. 27, 1802, and his mother, Lucy, nee Davis, was born April 5, 1807, both in the same county of Ostego, and at this time are both residents of La Crosse County. In the spring of 1854, his father moved with his family to Flint, Genesee Co., Mich., where they resided two years, and on the 24th day of April, 1856, arrived in Lewis Valley in the town of Farmington, La Crosse Co., Wis., where he resided with his father up to the time of his election as County Clerk. Was married to E. Antoinette Kenrick Nov. 19, 1861. Was elected Town Clerk in the spring of 1863, of the town of Farmington, and was re-elected in the springs of 1864, 1865, 1866 and 1867, and in the spring of 1869. Was elected Chairman of the Town Board of Supervisors in the springs of 1870, 1871 and 1872. Was elected Chariman of the Board of Supervisors of La Crosse County, Jun! e 7, 1871, receiving all the votes cast but one. Was elected County Clerk of La Crosse County Nov. 4, 1873, which office he has held since, and is now on his fourth term. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMunns7272 Surnames: Paul, Leach Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.lacrosse/2277/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 783. City of La Crosse JOHN PAUL, lumberman, was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, December, 1833. Here he attended school and commenced the learning of the machinist's trade, but the firm with whom he was learning soon afterward failed, so that he did not completely master his trade. In 1850, he removed to London, England, and there worked in machine-shops. In 1852, he emigrated to America, and located in Albany, working there and at Schenectady at the machinist's trade, until 1854, when he removed to Chicago, and there also worked in machine-shops. In 1855, he removed to Muskegon, Mich., and there became engaged in the lumber trade, by putting in machinery and operating a saw-mill for a Chicago company. Moved from Muskegon to La Crosse in May, 1857, and here built a small saw-mill, but finding that the mill business alone did not pay sufficiently, he formed a partnership in the foundry and machine business with George M. Leach, which, together with his mill, he conducted up to 1861, when he built a mi! ll on his present location, and has been actively and successfully engaged in the lumber business since. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMunns7272 Surnames: Patz, Neuman, Berger Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.lacrosse/2276/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 783. City of La Crosse A. PATZ, jeweler, has been in his present business in La Crosse since June, 1854, having the oldest establishment in that line in the city. He is a Hungarian by birth, and was born in 1823; came to America in 1848, and lived in Pennsylvania till he came to La Crosse, in 1854. He was married in La Crosse on Sunday, July 19, 1857, to Miss Sophia Neuman, and on the same day his store was robbed of $10,000 in money and jewelery, only a small part of which was ever recovered. Mr. Patz has only two children, both daughters - Lillie and Rebecca - the latter being the wife of H. Berger, of the dry goods firm of H. Berger & Co. He has been successful in business, and owns considerable real estate in the city. Mrs. Patz died of apoplexy, March 9, 1881, aged 43. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.