Sacramento County
Biographies
CASPER G. AMACKER
CASPER G.
AMACKER.--A man of recognized worth
and ability, highly respected and honored among his many acquaintances, is
Casper G. Amacker, who was born on March 24, 1893, at Tacoma,
Wash., the son of Casper J. and Effie (Towles) Amacker. His
father was born in Switzerland and the mother in Huron, S. D., of Scotch parentage.
His parents came to California in 1898. Casper J. Amacker has been employed by the
Sacramento Transportation Company for a great many years as superintendent of
the construction work in the boat yards, and he and his wife are now residing
in Sacramento.
Casper G. Amacker, the second oldest of
two children, was educated in the public schools of Sacramento. He attended Howe’s Academy and was employed as a fireman
on boats for the Sacramento Transportation Company. He soon became barge pilot
and then pilot, and in 1920 received his papers as captain and has had charge
of boats ever since.
In Portland, Ore., on January 13, 1912, Casper G. Amacker married Miss
Clarice Johnson, born in Alameda, a native daughter of the Golden State. She is the daughter of Christ and Clarice (Weiding)
Johnson, old-timers in San
Francisco, where
her father was chief engineer on the Southern Pacific ferry-boats till his
death. Her mother resides in Alameda. Mr. and Mrs. Amacker are the parents of three
children: Alberta, Dorothy, and George, all of whom are attending
school. Captain Amacker is nonpartisan in his political affiliations.
He is a Red Man, and a member of the National Mates and Pilots’ Association of
America, and is very fond of hunting, fishing, and all outdoor sports,
especially baseball. He is deeply interested in Sacramento, and does his utmost to be numbered among the
public-spirited citizens of his community.
Transcribed by Vicky Walker, 7/17/07.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 967.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Vicky Walker.