Shasta County
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JOSEPH W. JEHLE
Joseph
W. Jehle, of Redding, a painting contractor, has built up a good business in
Shasta County, where he has resided much of the time for the past seven
years. Born in Illinois, October 19,
1876, he is a son of Joe and Nancy (Persinger) Jehle. His father, a native of Pennsylvania, was a
farmer in that state, and later followed farming in Illinois, where his death
occurred. His wife died in Kansas City,
Kansas. They were the parents of six
children: Josephine, George, Mary and
Katherine, all of whom are deceased; Mattie, the wife of Frank Hively, a farmer
in Lucerne Valley; and Joseph W.
Mr.
Jehle completed the course of the grade schools and then went to work in a
grocery store in Kansas City, Kansas, where he remained five years, after which
he started to learn the painting trade, which he has followed to the present
time. In 1920 he went to Los Angeles,
California, where he worked at his trade about three years. He has since been in various parts of this
state and in 1923 located in Redding, where he remained two years. In 1925 he went to Las Vegas, Nevada, where
he did contract painting for four years, after which he returned to Redding, where
he still resides. He is engaged in business
as a painting contractor and is widely known for his skill in his line. He takes pride in the high quality of his
work, doing well everything that he undertakes, and is meeting with very
gratifying success.
In
1893 Mr. Jehle married Miss Maude Brunner, whose father, Frank Brunner, was a
farmer in Nebraska, but he and his wife died in Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Jehle are the parents of four
children: Roy M., a successful sign
painter in Los Angeles; Joseph, a mechanic in Seattle, Washington; and two who
died in infancy. Mr. Jehle gives his
political support to the Republican Party, and is a member of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles at Kansas City, but in late years has not been active in that
order. He owns a nice home in Anderson,
California, but rents it and lives in Redding.
A lover of outdoor sports he is partial to hunting and fishing as a
means of recreation. He is a man of
sterling personal qualities, a good citizen in the best sense of the term, and
is highly regarded by all who known him.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Wooldridge,
J. W. Major, History of the Sacramento Valley California, Vol. 3 Pages
274-276. Pioneer
Historical Publ. Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010 Gerald Iaquinta.
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