Sacramento County
Biographies
O. HAROLD COPE
The magnitude of the realty transactions
in Sacramento necessarily indicates great activity on the part of the
real-estate firms of the city and among these the Cope Real Estate Company, of
which Mr. Cope acts as president and manager, handles its considerable quota of
business, bringing together buyers and sellers in deals large and small,
negotiating for properties, and otherwise carrying forward the varied
enterprises associated with the realty business. In addition to the
organization and management of this concern Mr. Cope during June of 1909
organized the Sacramento Mutual Investment Company, of which since he has
officiated as a director. Another position which engages a portion of his
time and attention is the Del Paso Heights, Incorporated, of which he acts as
president and which has a capital stock of $25,000. From this it will be
seen that his activities are far-reaching and as varied as his mental
endowments.
One of the organizations to which Mr. Cope
belongs is the Native Sons of the Golden West, this association resulting from
his nativity in California. Marysville is the place of his birth and
December 18, 1888, the date thereof, his parents having been Charles H. and
Agnes (Bowen) Cope. Descended from an old eastern family, Charles H. Cope
was born at Colerain, Ohio, January 3, 1851, and received his education at that
place, where he learned the trade of a miller in young manhood. Coming to
California in 1877, he settled at Marysville and secured work in the Buckeye
flour mill, remaining there as miller until 1900, when he came to
Sacramento. For the next eight years he held the position of miller with
the Pioneer Milling Company, but in 1908 he resigned the position in order to
remove to Oakdale, Stanislaus county, where now he
manages the manufacture of flour for the Oakdale Milling Company.
After having attended the public and high
schools of Marysville until the completion of their prescribed studies, Mr.
Cope took a commercial course in the Sacramento high school, from which in 1907
he was graduated. His first employment was that of bookkeeper for the
Earl Fruit Company in Sacramento, but after six months he left that concern and
entered the real-estate office of Charles T. Hill as a bookkeeper and
collector. During 1909 he engaged with the real-estate and insurance firm
of Kleinsorge & Heilbron
as manager and salesman. June 7, 1910, he organized the Cope Real Estate
Company, which has since successfully conducted a growing business in the
capital city. While devoting his attention quite closely to his varied
business interests, he does not neglect his duties of citizenship, but keeps
posted concerning national issues as well as concerning all enterprises for the
material benefit of his home city. He is president of the Riverside
Improvement Club, the object of which is the advancement of Riverside district
in Sacramento. The Progressive party receives his ballot in all general
elections. His interest in politics is not that of a partisan and he has
never been a candidate for any office, although well qualified for such work,
should his inclinations direct him to any participation in public
affairs. He is a member of the Presbyterian church
and a contributor to many of the movements for the upbuilding
of the church and the broadening influences of Christianity. In fraternal
relations he holds membership with the Modern Woodmen of America. In 1912
he organized the Riverside Country Club, of which he was selected president. This
is a social club of about one hundred and seventy-five members, which erected
their own club house on the banks of the Sacramento river.
In Sacramento, December 22, 1909, Mr. Cope was united in marriage with Miss
Ethel Gladys Hampton, of this city, and they are the parents of a daughter,
Mildred Ethel.
Transcribed by Sally Kaleta.
Source: Willis,
William L., History of Sacramento County,
California, Pages 813-814. Historic
Record Company,
© 2006 Sally Kaleta.