TALIAFERRO COUNTY, GA - BIOS Saggus, Patrick M. ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Terri Saturday Patrick M. Saggus Patrick M. Saggus was the seventh child to Obed Marshall Saggus and Mary Elizabeth Lyle, who had a total of ten children. Patrick was born in 1884, opened a new café and pressing club in Crawfordville on October 15, 1925. Patrick grew up in Taliaferro County and was found boarding awhile in Atlanta before returning to his hometown to open the café and pressing club. Patrick’s brother, Marshall R Saggus owned and operated a dry goods store on the corner across the street from City Hall. Their specialty was men’s clothes. Marshall R Saggus, born 1882 married on June 10, 1908 to Nellie Gunn, daughter of Thomas Oliver Gunn and Amanda S Buelbe. Nellie worked a long side her husband at the Saggus store. Their daughter Christine was a very talented person. She married Emile Williams, born 1915 son of the Drug store owners George and Lillian Googer Williams. Their son Everett was a photographer who married Elizabeth Hill and lived in Elberton, Georgia. I was talking with Miss Josie Bird and she spoke of Marshall and Nellie’s son Oliver. Oliver was an architect in Atlanta and developed the plans for the beautiful house Miss Josie lives in. I would love to meet anyone related to the families above to give an updated version of the family history. NOTE: researched by Cathy Fussell fussell_cathy@colstate.edu Apparently a pressing club was a laundry business. Sometimes they washed clothes, too, but sometimes they just ironed. They were often, but not always Black-owned, as was the one in my hometown. Often they were located "behind" another business; that is, the pressing club owner rented space in the rear of a larger business owned by somebody else. Pressing clubs are associated with barber shops and sometimes even pool halls. In some instances men would take off their trousers and have them pressed in the pressing club while they waited for their shoes to be shined. Opening a pressing club didn't require a lot of capital; all you needed was an iron and an ironing board. Many pressing clubs, though, grew to later include dry cleaning. I've located historical references to pressing clubs all across the South -- from Texas through the Carolinas. (located through Google)