Sacramento County
Biographies
CHARLES H. LEMERY
CHARLES H. LEMERY.—Charles H. Lemery was born September 14, 1890, at Oakland,
the son of Charles H. and Lucy (Harkness) Lemery. He attended the public schools of Sacramento
and when he was seventeen years old in 1907, he went to work for the Bowman
Carriage Company and with them learned the blacksmith and carriage-maker’s
trade as well as body building, and carriage and automobile painting; and he
has remained there ever since. In 1917, he became manager of the shop, and
in 1919 became a member of the firm. In 1921 they built their new plant at
Twelfth and B Streets, a large brick building eighty by one hundred sixty feet,
and here they handle all kinds of automobile work, body building and top
manufacturing, and employ about twenty-five men. They have manufactured
ninety per cent of all the motor stages owned and operated out of Sacramento
by the different stage and motor transit companies.
Charles
H. Lemery served his country in the late World
War. In June, 1918, he enlisted in the aviation section, U.
S. army, and was placed in charge of the blacksmith
department at Mather Field, Sacramento,
serving for a period of nine months, when he was honorably discharged. He
was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Mary Avery, of Sacramento,
on September 24, 1915. He is very fond of the great out-of-doors and is
especially interested in hunting and fishing. Mr. Lemery
is a member of the Chamber of Commerce; he is thoroughly honorable in all his
dealings, being enterprising and public-spirited, and as an esteemed citizen
has made and retained many friends.
Transcribed 8-24-07
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 999. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Marilyn R. Pankey.