Sacramento County
Biographies
JOHN J. BAUER
JOHN J. BAUER.—One of the well-known
attorneys of Sacramento, John J.
Bauer, is a native son of the county and the son of John J. And Jennie (France)
Bauer; the father was born near Bellefort,
Alsace, France,
August 8, 1837, the son of Michael and Maria (Weir) Bauer. The family came
to the United States in 1846, spent
six months in Texas and then located in St.
Louis, where the parents died, Michael, on July 5,
1864, and Maria, in 1858. John J., the second, was educated in St.
Louis and received a fine musical training, and in 1854 he came to California
with a brother, who was also a musician, coming by way of the Isthmus on the
"John L. Stephens," and landing at San Francisco
on April 2 of that year. July 12, 1854, he came to Sacramento
and with the Herget Bros. Engaged in fishing on the
river, continuing this occupation until 1859. That year he became a
partner with J. T. Mier in a grocery store on Front
Street, continuing with him until
1872, after which Mr. Bauer carried on the business alone for one year and then
sold out.
In 1873 Mr. Bauer was elected supervisor on the
Independent ticket, served one year, and was again elected in 1877, this time
on the Republican ticket, and served three years. Following this he
learned the hide and pelt business and with L. Schloss
& Company, and on May 1, 1882, went on the road as purchasing agent, and
remained with them until 1884, when the firm closed out. He then engaged
in the same business under the firm name of E. Hammond & Company, until
December 1886. He was appointed collector for the city water works and
held the position until April 1, 1887.
The marriage of Mr. Bauer occurred
February 17, 1862, in Sacramento, and united him with Miss Jane France, born in
Lancashire, England, and six children blessed their union: Alice M., Charles
E., Annie F., Emile F., Jennie E., and John J. Mr. Bauer was an Odd
Fellow, being a past grand of Sacramento Lodge; he belonged to the Veteran Odd
Fellows and was a member of the A. O. U. W., and for five years he belonged to
the Neptune Hose Company, serving for four and one-half years as secretary, and
on the advent of the paid fire company he became an exempt. His demise
took one of Sacramento’s most loyal citizens, and he will long be remembered as
a man of progressive ideas and high standards.
John J. Bauer, the third, was born in Sacramento, December 30, 1876, and received his education in the
public schools of the city, graduating from the high school in 1894. He
then took a business course and entered the office of W. A. Gett,
attorney, and there studied law, taking his examination and being admitted to
the bar May 2, 1898. The following year he removed to the office of McKune and George, and after six years with them he engaged
in the practice of law for himself, meeting with deserved success in his chosen
profession. Fraternally he is a member of the Elks and of the Masons, and
his many friends in the city attest to his genial nature and strict business
integrity. Naturally deeply interested in the further development of his
native county, he takes his share of the burden in whatever projects are under
way with that end in view, and is public-spirited to the degree found in all
true Californians.
Transcribed 8-22-07
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 1000. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Marilyn R. Pankey.