Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Patz, A. 1823 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Roxanne Munns rmunns@uwalumni.com April 13, 2007, 6:06 pm Author: Unknown 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. Additional Comments: From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 783. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/lacrosse/bios/patz302gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb