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HENRY EICKHOFF
EIKHOFF, HENRY, Attorney, San Francisco,
California, was born in New York
City January 17, 1856.
His father, Anthony Eickhoff, of German birth,
was a prominent philogist and journalist in New
York, at one time congressman and subsequently in the Treasury
Department, under Cleveland, where
he had charge of the Consular Service.
Mr. Eickhoff’s mother, Elisa Neuenschwander, was of Swiss origin.
On
September 13, 1882, he was married in San Francisco
to Miss Jessie M. Lowe, and is the father of Gregory H., Victor, Tekla and Henry Eickhoff, Jr.
His
early education was obtained in the public and private schools of New
York City, followed by a business and classical course at the St.
Francis Xavier
Academy.
He was graduated from the Columbia Law
College in 1875, and in June of the same year
came to San Francisco, where he
began his professional career as clerk for Paul Neumann, whose partner he
became two years later, continuing as such until 1883, when Mr. Neumann was
appointed Attorney General of Hawaii.
For several years thereafter he practiced alone, with encouraging
success, and in 1886 entered into partnership with Judge Curtis H. Lindley,
under the present title of Lindley & Eickhoff.
Mr.
Eickhoff’s temperament and inherited leanings soon
prompted his activity in reform movements.
With J. J. Dwyer, Judge Jeremiah F. Sullivan, Sam H. Daniels and A. A. Watkins
he was one of the reorganization committee that ousted Chris Buckley from
political control of San Francisco,
and was Trustee of San Rafael. His
interest in club life has also been keen.
He is ex-president of the Cosmos Club, a Mason and a member of the San
Francisco Commercial and the Merchants’ Exchange Clubs, of the German
Benevolent Association and a number of other organizations.
Transcribed by Betty Vickroy.
Source: Press Reference
Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page
498, International News
Service, New
York,
Chicago, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2007 Betty Vickroy.
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