Lacrosse-Rock County WI Archives Biographies.....Opitz, F. 1827 - 
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F. OPITZ, saloon-keeper, on Pearl street, near the International Hotel, has 
resided in La Crosse since Aug. 15, 1853. He is a tailor by trade, and 
followed that business till 1866, since which time he has been in the saloon 
business. He was born in Saxon, Altonburg, Germany, in 1827; son of Christian 
Opitz, came to America in 1849, arriving in New York City on the 23d of June; 
came direct to Wisconsin, and lived in Janesville six months; then went to 
Galena, Ill., where he remained till the spring of 1853; then lived three 
months in St. Paul, Minn., and came from there to La Crosse in August of that 
year. He has eight children - Carl, Louisa, John, Peter, Eta, Mena, Emma and 
Alfred. His wife was Christina Hotmann, also a native of Germany.

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From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 782.

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