Sacramento County
Biographies
JACOB FREES
JACOB FREES.--Among the popular hotel men of Sacramento is the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. He is a native of Freimesheim, Germany, born February 4, 1845, his parents being Bernard and Barbara (Arm) Frees. His father was a master mason in the building trade, who died in 1858, but his mother lived until 1871. Jacob Frees was educated at his native place from his sixth year until he was fourteen, and in 1859 came to America, sailing from Havre to New York. He remained in the latter city until 1863, then came to California via Panama. Landing at San Francisco, he came to Sacramento, and engaged at the butchering business with Charles Mahrt, on Sixth street, between J and K. He was so employed until 1866, when he went to Idaho, and was for the next year located at a place called Hogham, near Idaho City. He then returned to Sacramento, and after working awhile at his old job, bought the California Market, on J street, between Eighth and Ninth. He ran it a year, then went to Virginia City. After butchering there for two years, he returned to Sacramento and entered the employ of his father-in-law, J. B. Kohl, with whom he remained until February, 1874. Since that time he has been the proprietor of the Bevidere Hotel, which, though not a large house, enjoys an excellent reputation under his able management. Mr. Frees was married in this city to Miss Lena Kohl, a native of St. Louis, who came here with her parents in 1852. They have two children, viz: John B., and Jacob. Mr. Frees is a member of Schiller Lodge, I. O. O. F., and of Sacramento Lodge, A. O. U. W. He is a Democrat politically. He is a man of high standing in the community, and enjoys a large circle of friends.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Davis, Hon. Win. J., An Illustrated History of
Sacramento County, California. Page 748. Lewis
Publishing Company. 1890.
© 2007 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.