Butte County
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CHARLES H. HINTZ
CHARLES H. HINTZ.--A prominent business
man and lumber manufacturer who is a native son of Butte County, Charles H.
Hintz was born at Centerville,
April 23, 1863. His father, Henry Hintz was born in Germany,
where he learned the trade of blacksmith; he married Fredericka Gunter, and
they came to San Francisco,
Cal.,
in 1860. Making his way to Butte
County, Henry Hintz ran
blacksmith shops in mining camps on Butte Creek. He was an expert tool-maker
and was engaged in making mining tools for the miners. He worked in a
blacksmith shop in Chico as early as 1867, and
ran a shop at Diamondville, then at Centerville,
and afterwards in different mining camps. He purchased a home in Centerville in
1867, where both he and his wife died, highly esteemed by all who new them. Of their seven children four are living,
Charles H. being the third oldest in order of birth.
Charles
H. Hintz was reared in Centerville
and educated in its public schools. From a lad he worked with his father at
mining on Butte Creek and also worked at saw-milling. He was employed with the
Burnham mill at Inskip, and there learned the trade of sawyer. Afterwards he
ran saw mills for others and himself on Magalia Ridge for about twenty years.
He owned and ran a mill at Nimshew and at Doon
near Lovelock, and one at Inskip, which he sold to the Diamond Match Company.
He then became superintendent of streets in Chico, a position he
filled to the satisfaction of all concerned. During this period the paving of
the principal streets was accomplished and cement sidewalks were universally
laid, our subject superintending the construction of street paving, etc., under
Martin C. Polk, City Engineer. After six years he resigned to engage in
mercantile business at Centerville.
His family continued to make their home in the comfortable residence he owns on
First Street, in Chico.
In
1917, seeing an opportunity to again engage in lumber manufacture, Mr. Hintz
sold his store in Centerville
and became associated with William P. Lynch, under the firm name of Hintz and
Lynch. They built a sawmill at Luce Spur, one and one half miles east of Courtland,
where they manufacture lumber of all kinds and grades, which is loaded on cars
at Luce Spur and shipped to San Francisco, Oakland and other Bay cities. The
mill is modern and well equipped, having two boilers, the largest being one
hundred horse power. The mill has a capacity of twenty thousand feet over in a
ten-hour run.
Mr.
Hintz was married in San Francisco,
August 1, 1895, being united with Miss Ada E. Woods, a native daughter of that
city. Her father, David H. Woods, was born in Ohio,
crossing the plains to California in 1849; he
was an artist of much ability and followed painting in Sacramento
and San Francisco.
His wife, Angeline Shaw, was born in Iowa
and crossed the plains in the fifties. Mr. Hintz had six children, five of whom
are living: Irma, Mrs. C.B. Rushmer of Oakland;
Leona and Vera, who reside at home; Hamilton, assisting his father; Ada Belle,
who died at ten months; and Frederick, who is also under the paternal roof.
Mr.
Hintz is a member of Chico Lodge, No. 423, B. P. O. Elks. He is enterprising
and progressive, full of energy and perseverance, and is truly an upbuilder of the community.
Transcribed
by Kim Buck.
Source: "History of
Butte County, Cal.," by George C. Mansfield, Pages 1141-1142, Historic Record Co, Los Angeles, CA, 1918.
© 2009 Kim
Buck.
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