Sacramento County
Biographies
TIM ANSPACH
TIM ANSPACH.--The California auctioneer is usually a man of exceptional experience, at least one may judge so from the example of Tim Anspach, the live-stock dealer noted for his extensive and varied operations, and also locally famous as a popular auctioneer. He came from Iowa, having been born there on December 10, 1886, when he was welcomed into the family circle of E. W and Alice (Wharton) Anspach; he grew up the son of a live-stock dealer, and so from boyhood had the advantage of learning much, of what he wished to know for his business equipment in life, from his father, who was formerly in business at the Union Stockyards at Omaha. Mrs. Anspach, whom everyone loved who once came to know her, has breathed her last, but the father is still living.
Getting the foundation of his educational training in the grammar and the high schools, Tim Anspach also pursued college studies, and then he made his first ventures in the live-stock business. He came to Sacramento in 1915, to buy horses for the French government, and then he went to Cheyenne, for the same purpose. In the spring of 1917, however, having been so agreeably impressed by the capital city, he located permanently in Sacramento; and until the armistice, he was kept more than busy supplying horses to the United States government, at Roseville. At the close of the war, he established the Tim Anspach mule agency, and for a season was located at the fair grounds. Then he bought property at the corner of Thirtieth and R Streets, and there he both sells and rents stock to contractors, making notable wholesale deals. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, and does what he can to support the progressive programs of this important Sacramento institution.
Mr. Anspach was married to Miss Maria Charlton in 1916, the ceremony taking place at Kimball, Nebr., and she shares his delight in fine horses, in horsemanship and in the game of polo. Mr. Anspach belongs to Lodge No. 39 of the Elks at Omaha; he is public-spirited, and with his good wife is always ready to support heartily any well-endorsed movements promising uplift or progressive development.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches,
Pages
957-958. Historic Record Company, Los
Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.