A. Seitz

SEITZ, FLORA, CORTRIGHT, PATTERSON

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/22/2004 at 20:59:12

A. Seitz established a grocery business in June, 1882, and now is having a good trade in his line. Mr. Seitz was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, in 1843. His parents, Isaac and Elizabeth(Flora) Seitz, were also natives of said state. In about 1846 the family migrated to Illinois and settled in Lee county, where the parents died, leaving six children, three of whom are now living – Mary, now Mrs. John Cortright, and Isaac and Abraham, twins; the latter, who is the subject of this sketch, resided in Lee county until 1865, then came to Iowa, and has since been a resident of Butler county. In 1866 he married Miss Sarah Patterson, daughter of William Patterson. He followed farming in Jackson township until he engaged in his present business. The children are – William H., Fredrick O., Forest I., and Frank.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 538