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JOSEPH PLATZ, a well-known and highly respected citizen of Dubuque, claims Germany as the land of his birth. He was born in Wurtemberg on the 8th of April 1829, and is a son of Joseph and Helena (Lippe) Platz. They were also natives of Germany, and in that country were reared and married. There the mother spent her entire life, her death occurring at the age of sixty-five years. The father survived her for several years and passed away in Germany at the age of seventy-three.

No event of special importance occurred during the childhood of Joseph Platz of this sketch. His boyhood days were uneventfully passed midst play and work and in attendance at the public schools, where he acquired a good education that fitted him for the practical and responsible duties of life. When a young man of twenty years he bade adieu to friends and native land and sailed for the United States, landing in New Orleans, from whence he made his way up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. In that city he remained for a year, after which he went up the Missouri River to Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.

The year 1852 witnessed the arrival of Mr. Platz in Dubuque, and with the interests of this place he has since been identified during tile greater part of the time. For one year he worked at his trade of stone mason, and then went to New Orleans, returning by steamer to Louisville, Ky., and then to Dubuque, spending forty-five days on the water. When he again reached this city he sought and secured work as a stone mason, and to that business devoted his time and energies until 1861, when he built a lime kiln at Eagle Point and was engaged in the manufacture of lime until 1892. He built up an extensive trade, doing a large and lucrative business, which yielded to him an excellent income that now enables him to live, retired.

In 1854 Mr. Platz was united in marriage with Miss Wilhelmina Angelhorn, a native of Baden, Germany. To them were born two children, Wilhelmina and Georgie, but both are now deceased. They reside at No. 1433 Washington Street, where they have a pleasant home. Mr. Platz has become the possessor of considerable property and now spends his time in looking after his real-estate interests, or else in following his own inclinations, for the handsome competency which he has made enables him to enjoy a well earned rest. He had no capital when he came to America, but was industrious and persevering, and making the most of his opportunities he has steadily worked his way upward to prosperity.