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Strauss, Mathias, Buffalo, was born in Remich, in the grand'duchy of Luxemburg, Germany, April 15, 1836, and
came to America with his parents in 1850. His ancestors, including his father and grandfather, had been manufacturers
of wool and sheep leather in their native town for over one hundred years. The family settled in Buffalo, where
both father and son were employed in the Breithaupt & Schoellkopf tannery, the former at seventy-five cents
and the latter at thirty-seven and a half cents per day. Within five years Mathias Strauss became foreman of the
department for finishing and dyeing fancy sheep leather. In 1860, with a capital of $200, he rented the tannery
and began business for himself, employing from eightyfive to one hundred men. In the spring of 1895 the plant was
burned but it was rebuilt within six months, and is now one of the most important establishments of the kind in
Buffalo. Mr. Strauss is a leading Democrat and was councilman in 1892 and 1893-95. He is a member of St. Mary's
church and the Old German Society of Buffalo, an honorary member of the Knights of St. John, and a founder of a
working boy's home, a church and an orphan asylum. November 15, 1859, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Charles
Brosart of Buffalo, and they have two sons, John A. and Charles, who are associated with their father in business.
Source:
Our County and its people
A descriptive work on Erie County, New York
Edited by: Truman C. White
The Boston History Company, Publishes 1898
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