Sacramento County
Biographies
HENRY L.
ECKMAN
HENRY L. ECKMAN, one of the prominent young business men of Sacramento who has made his start in this city, is a native of Germany, born at Hamburg on the 15th of November, 1857, his parents being Henry L., Sr., and Katie (Deden) Eckman, the father a business man. The subject of this sketch was reared and educated at his native place, and there took his first lessons in the handling of business. In 1881 he came to the United States and located in Sacramento, California, where he engaged as clerk for Mr. Steinmeyer, on the corner of Fourth and P streets. On the 1st of January, 1884, Mr. Eckman succeeded to the proprietorship of the store, and has built up a very large trade by fair and honest dealing, and the exercise of judicious business principles. The store was started by John Schoeness, who put up the building for the purpose. He was succeeded by F. W. Steinmeyer (who formerly kept across the street), and as before stated Mr. Steinmeyer was succeeded by Mr. Eckman in 1884. Mr. Eckman was married in this city December 19, 1887, to Miss Annie Dressler, a native of Germany. Mr. Eckman is a member of Friendship Council, No. 65, Chosen Friends, and of the Verein-Eintracht. Mr. Eckman belongs to the younger class of business men in Sacramento, who are now becoming such an important factor in commercial circles here, as elsewhere. He is an active, enterprising man, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of his friends and patrons.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Davis, Hon. Win. J., An Illustrated History of
Sacramento County, California. Pages 743-744. Lewis
Publishing Company. 1890.
© 2007 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.