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Surnames: Fatscher
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20th Century Souvenir Edition of the Ossian News. January 1st, 1900, page 49-
When it comes to merchant tailoring Ossian has no cause to be afraid of her representative
in that line of business. Mr. Jacob Fatscher learned the tailoring trade among people who
were accustomed to do correctly whatever they tried to accomplish.
Mr. Fatscher was born July 8, 1850 in Rein Bayern, Germany. When but two years of age his
parents left the fatherland and located in Brooklyn, New York. Mr. Fatscher's early
years were spent with his father in his shop, acquiring the principle which has made him
the champion tailor of Wells County. In 1869 he went to a "cutting school" for
two terms to perfect the knowledge he had already become master of. Until 1889 Mr.
Fatscher worked in his father's large establishment, and fashioned fancy habiliments
for many of the elite of Brooklyn, then tiring of the city he came to Ossian on a trip of
investigation and in 1889 established his business here. A success from the beginning,
Mr. Fatscher's trade increased until he was obliged to move his shop from his
residence to the new room on Main street. Here an ever increasing trade has occupied all
his time.
Mr. Fatscher's work stands comparison with that of any tailor in the state. Long
experience in the fashionable shop in New York cultivated a taste, and gave an experience
and knowledge not met with among ordinary contemporary workmen. A general increase in
patronage has necessitated from time to time alterations in the business room occupied.
Mr. Fatscher is a very busy man and finds employment not alone for himself but his son
Henry who is a neat capable workman. It would be a hard matter to find a more affable,
jovial, patriotic, whole-hearted man than this same enterprising Jacob Fatscher, sole
merchant tailor of the town of Ossian.