Sacramento County
Biographies
CAPT. CALVIN H. SMITH
CAPT. CALVIN H. SMITH.--A man of pleasing personality and an interesting career is Calvin H. Smith, who was born on a farm in Adams, Iowa, on December 18, 1882, the son of Jacob and Deborah (Bullock) Smith. Mrs. Smith visited Sacramento in 1916; her husband is deceased. They were both natives of Ohio, and came to Iowa in an early day.
Calvin H. Smith was educated in the public schools and graduated from the high school at Courtland, Iowa, when he was seventeen years old. When he came to California in 1899, he located in Stockton and resided there for ten years; and he started to work as a deck hand on a steamboat, and was promoted until he became Captain in 1914. He worked for the Farmers' Transportation Company and in 1918 he began with the Sacramento Transportation Company.
On November 18, 1912, Calvin H. Smith was united in marriage with Mrs. Elizabeth Schade, a native daughter of the Golden State. Both of her parents were born in Monterey, and were numbered among the early pioneers of California. Mr. Smith is a member of the National Mates and Pilots' Association of America. He is very fond of outdoor sports, being especially interested in hunting.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Pages 850-853. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.