Sacramento County
Biographies
LOUIS
FLEISCHBEIN
LOUIS FLEISCHBEIN.--A man of especial worth, who easily impresses others with both his natural ability and his acquirements through experience is Louis Fleischbein, who was born July 8, 1865, at Quincy, Ill., the son of Anton and Anna B. Fleischbein. He attended the public schools and the D. L. Musselman Business College at Gem City. His first position was as an elevator boy. He then went to work in a boiler shop, where he learned the trade and was later employed as a machinist. For three years he had charge of Chic & Alton Company’s shops, located at Bloomington, Ill. He then went to Bearing Cross, Ark., where he took charge of the shops there. In 1910, he came to California and was with the Western Pacific Company for one year. For five years he conducted a general merchandise store on Mormon Island. He sold out and settled in Oak Park. On September 1, 1921, he built the Buck Horn Garage, a fireproof structure.
Mr. Fleischbein was married to Mary R. Doty of Liberty, Adams County, Ill., March 20, 1888. They are the parents of three sons and one daughter: Nina May, the eldest, deceased when seventeen months old; C. L., who fought in the World War; W. H., who served as chief machinist and interpreter in the Navy during the World War; and O. J., who was in the first draft drawn in California. The sons are members of the firm and are first-class mechanics. They do general repair and machine work, and have a full line of general supplies. This garage is the only place in Sacramento that possesses a two-ton Manly wrecker, which is a decided asset to them, inasmuch as it can take a machine out of a river, and can handle some of the most difficult and hopeless situations where cars have been run into ditches, etc.
Mr. Louis Fleischbein is a Scottish Rite Mason, belonging to the Commandery. He has always been fond of hunting and has a fine collection of animal heads from the animals which he has killed. As a Republican, he has sought to elevate civic life standards, and is particularly interested in the growth and prosperity of the community.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches,
Pages
955-956. Historic Record Company, Los
Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.