Sacramento County
Biographies
THOMAS EMORY BRICKELL
The well-known Oak Park real estate man whose name appears above is a brother of
Jerome F. Brickell and has lived in Sacramento since 1906. He was born in Niles, Mich., a son of Thomas Jefferson and Elizabeth Brickell, was educated in public schools and was graduated
from the Niles high school in 1877. After leaving school he was for
a time an assistant to his father. When he was only nineteen years old he
came to California and located at Truckee, where he was for three and a half years manager of a
general store.
From Truckee Mr. Brickell
went to Spokane, Wash., where he lived twenty-five years, variously employed, but
always busy and prosperous. He operated one farm seven years and was
secretary and treasurer of the Fidelity Mortgage Company of Spokane ten years. When he came to Sacramento in 1806 he helped his brother incorporate the Oak Park
Realty Company. Politically he is a Democrat and at different times in Washington and California has been offered important public offices which he has
refused to accept, yet while his personal ambitions have impelled him to this
course he has been active and influential in political work. Since 1880
he has been identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and for a time
he affiliated with the Modern Woodmen. He is a helpful member of the
Methodist Episcopal church. As a citizen he is a
public-spirited to a degree that makes him very useful to his community.
It is probable that he inherits some of his rather remarkable business ability
from ancestors who made their mark on civilization of their time and
locality.
Miss Clara Vincent became Mr. Brickell's wife and they have had three children, two of
whom survive: Harry, of San Francisco, and Lilah
E., at home; the oldest child, Emory, who was chief clerk in one of the
departments of the Southern Pacific railroad, having died aged twenty-four
years.
Transcribed by Sally Kaleta.
Source: Willis,
William L., History of Sacramento
County, California, Pages 638-641. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1913.
© 2006 Sally Kaleta.