By Bob Imhoff

Among the old representative industries of Ridgway is the house of Jacob Butterfuss, located at 134 Main Street, and founded in 1873. The store is of ample size and equipped with every facility for the conducting of this special line of business which consists of the manufacture of and sale of light and heavy harness, saddles, bridles, collars, blankets, brushes, whips, robes, nets, axle grease, harness oil: and horse furnishing, as well as a full line of toys and novelties. Mr. Butterfuss is a native of Germany but came to this country in 1870 and settled in Ridgway. He is one of the best known and most representative residents of the city.
Birthdate September 6, 1844
Birthplace Bayern, Deutschland, Germany Death August,26, 1913
Place of Burial Pine Grove Cemetery, Ridgway, Elk County, Pennsylvania Immediate Family Son of Christopher and Catharine Butterfuss
Husband of Louisa Butterfuss
Father of Emma Jean Jepson and Wallace Christopher Butterfuss
Brother of Mary Botholt and Half Brother of Henry Butterfuss and Catharine Barthal