Amador
County
Biographies
JOHN F. VICINI
John
F. Vicini is an outstanding figure in the business life of Jackson, being the
owner and manager of the National Hotel, which is one of the historic old
hotels of this section of the country.
He was born in Sutter Creek, Amador County, on the 20th of
July, 1890, and is a son of Stephen B. and Jeanette (Jensen) Vicini. His father was a member of an old pioneer
family that during the period of the great gold rush, settled in Calaveras County,
where he was born, reared and educated, and later engaged in the hotel
business. During his later years he was
more actively identified with mercantile affairs. He died in 1913. He is survived by his widow, who also comes
from old pioneer stock, the Jensen’s having located at Sutter Creek during the
early settlement of Amador County, where she was born, reared and married.
Of
the three children of Stephen B. and Jeanette Vicini, John F. Vicini is the
only survivor. He was educated in the
public schools, after which he was employed as a clerk in various stores. Later he worked at the quartz mills, and when
twenty-two years of age leased the National Hotel, which he afterward bought. This hotel is one of Jackson’s historic
institutions and in it have been entertained not only local celebrities, but
also many of the country’s famous men who came through this section of the
state in former days. The hotel contains
sixty rooms, all well furnished, while the dining room is maintained to the
highest standard of excellence in all of its appointments. Mr. Vicini completely remodeled the hotel,
both inside and outside, installing baths and showers, and in many other
respects making it thoroughly modern. It
is a typical mountain hotel, with its wide veranda, standing at the head of the
business street of Jackson. Mr.
Vicini was united in marriage to Miss Guilda Jones, of Calaveras County, who
volunteered for service in the World War and spent eighteen months in France,
where she was associated with a Miss Lee in looking after the sick and wounded
soldiers. Mr. Vicini also was in the
government service during the War, having been assigned to the spruce
division. He is now serving his first
term as member of the board of trustees of Jackson, in which capacity he is
carefully and conscientiously looking after the public welfare. He gives his support to the Republican Party,
and is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Lions Club. A man of sterling qualities and agreeable
address, he is not lacking in warm and loyal friendships, and all who have been
associated with him regard him as a valuable citizen of his community.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Wooldridge, J.W.Major History of Sacramento Valley
California, Vol. 2 Pages 442-443. Pioneer Historical
Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010
Gerald Iaquinta.
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