Sacramento County
Biographies
Edward Garlick, whose death, on November 20,
1927, was deeply deplored throughout Sacramento, of which community he was a
lifelong resident, had for the space of a generation been actively identified with
the planing mill business in this city, while later he lived retired. He was
born in Sacramento on the 31st of March, 1860, a son of Aaron and
Mary (Hardy) Garlick, both of whom were natives of England. The father was a
stationary engineer and was employed in the iron works located at Front and
Second Streets. The family home at that time was on Second Street, which was
then practically the center of the town. He and his wife had two sons, James
and Edward.
Edward Garlick received his
elementary education in Mr. Goethe’s private school and later attended the
public schools of the town. He then started to learn the planing mill business,
entering the employ of Bassett & Minford, on Front Street, with whom he
remained for fourteen years. During the following thirteen years he was with
Siller Brothers, after which he spent six years in Cutter’s mill. In the
meantime his son Edward A. had formed a partnership with J.P. Moore, under the
firm name of Moore & Garlick, at 1716 Alhambra Boulevard, and the father
became associated with that firm, remaining in that line of business to the
time of his death, in the sixty-eighth year of his age.
Mr. Garlick married miss Belle
Outen, and to them was born a son, Edward Aaron. His second marriage, on
September 8, 1903, was to Miss Louisa Oldfield. He was a stalwart republican in
his political alignment, was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and his religious connection was with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints. A man of sterling qualities, he stood for those things which promote
the public welfare, and his relations with his fellowmen were such as commanded
to a marked degree in their confidence and respect.
Transcribed by Debbie Walke Gramlick.
Source: Wooldridge, J.W. Major History of the Sacramento Valley California, Vol. 2 pgs. 45-46. The Pioneer Historical Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
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2005 Debbie Walke Gramlick.