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FRANCIS SEDLETZKY, president and manager of the Southwestern Furniture Association of Tell City, is a native of Bohemia, born November 22, 1822. His parents, Wenzel and Johanna (Ritter) Sedletzky, were natives of Bohemia, where they lived and died. Francis remained at home until about fourteen years old, when he went to Vienna and learned the cabinet-maker’s trade, which he followed there until 1852, with the exception of two years when he was in Italy and Tyrol. In 1852 he came to the United States, and worked at his trade in Cincinnati until 1859, when he came to Tell City as one of the stockholders of the Tell City Furniture Company, of which he was treasurer from 1860 to 1872. In the latter year he engaged in the furniture manufacturing business with George W. Lyon, and in 1876 they converted the firm into an incorporated association with Mr. Sedletzky as president and general manager, which position he has since filled. In 1868 he married Mary Mautwitz, a native of Bohemia, by whom he was the father of four children, those living are Mary, Fanny and Ella. Mr. Sedletzky is a Republican, a member of the I. O. O. F., and one of the most influential and highly respected business men of the county.