Jacob Schmitt
Jacob
Schmitt, who is in business in Sacramento, on H street, opposite the Driving
Park, is a native of Prussia, born at Daubach, June 12, 1844. He was reared to
farm life and received his education between the ages of six and fourteen
years. In 1866 he came to the United States, sailing from Hamburg and landing
at New York. He was there and at Willimasburgh and Brooklyn until 1868, when he
came to California leaving New York March 20, on the steamer Nebraska and coming
by the way of Panama. He landed at San
Francisco April 13, 1868. He went to San Jose and from there came to
Sacramento, and obtained employment across the river in Sacramento County. He
afterward went to Butte County where he worked for three years, and then came
to Sacramento. In 1873 he started in the saloon business on K street, between
Seventh and Eighth, where he built up a large trade. In 1885 he erected his
handsome building at 2012 H street, and moved into it on the 14th of
July. He is a member of Schiller Lodge, No. 105, I.O.O.F. Mr. Schmitt has
prospered since coming to Sacramento, and has a good patronage and many
friends.
An Illustrated History of Sacramento County, California.
By Hon. Win. J. Davis. Lewis Publishing Company 1890. Page 315.
© 2004 Marla Fitzsimmons.