The Death of Levi Strauss

In 1880, it was reported that Mr. and Mrs. Levi Strauss attended a dinner in the president's honor, but Levi never got married. It is unclear if he had taken a female relative to this event or an acquaintance, or if the paper simply got the facts wrong. Another devastating loss came in 1893 when Levi's nephew, Nathan, who had been running the New York offices for the firm, shot himself in his office bathroom. There are no clear evidence as to actually what had led him to that moment.