ADOLPH TEICHERT

Sacramento County

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ADOLPH TEICHERT

ADOLPH TEICHERT.--An honored and well known citizen of Sacramento is Adolph Teicher, the senior member of the paving-contracting firm of A. Teichert & Son. Through a residence of forty eight years, Mr. Teichert has firmly established himself in the regard of those with whom he has come in contact, and his attitude toward public questions has always been that of progressive citizenship. He was born in Germany, November 20, 1854, a son of S. D. and Betty (Brandt) Teichert, both natives of Germany and both now deceased. Adolph Teichert was educated in the public schools of Germany and was eighteen years old when he left his native land and came to New York City, where he remained for two years. Although a stonemason by trade, he worked for a party named Schillinger who had a patent for the construction of cement sidewalks providing for proper joints to control the cracking due to contraction in the setting of the cement. In 1875 he was sent to San Francisco, Cal., to instruct the California Artificial Stone Paving Company in the construction of this new type of cement walks. In 1877 his firm secured the contract to lay the cement walks in the Capitol grounds in Sacramento, which occupied a period of two years. He was therefore the first cement finisher in the state of California. In 1887 he entered the cement business independently and was engaged to lay all the walks in the city. Some of which are still being used. In 1912 he took up road and street work. In Sacramento County he paved the road from Galt to Thornton; and in Santa Clara County he was contractor for the road from Santa Clara to Mountain View. He also paved the road from Fresno to Kingsburg in Fresno County, and from Lindsay to Richgrove in Tulare County. He has also done considerable street-paving in different California cities.

The marriage of Mr. Teichert united him with Miss Carrie Knaul, a native of Zanesville, Ohio; and to them have been born three children. Bertha is now Mrs. W. G. Hansen; Adolph, Jr., is associated with his father in the paving business; and Caroline is now the wife of Ralph Skinner. There are seven grandchildren in the family circle, five boys and two girls. Mr. Teichert is a thirty-third-degree Scottish Rite Mason, a Knight of the Court of Honor, a member of the Commandery, and a charter member of Ben Ali Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., Sacramento, and with his wife is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. He is also a member of the Elks, and since 1875 has been a member of the Germania Club of San Francisco. In politics he is a Republican.

Transcribed by Patricia Seabolt.

Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches, Page 376. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.