Siskiyou
County
Biographies
HENRY SCHOCK
For sixty-five years Henry Schock has lived in Siskiyou county
and has been a witness of and a participant in the remarkable development that
has characterized this section of the Sacramento Valley. He has stood consistently for those things
that contribute to the welfare of a community and is regarded as one of the
substantial citizens of Yreka, where he was born on the 24 of September, 1865,
a son of Chris and Henrietta (Denamon) Schock, both of whom were born in Gotha, Germany. The father came to the United States in 1852
and at once started for the Pacific coast, crossing the plains with ox team and
covered wagon. In due time he arrived at
Yreka, where he followed his trade, that of a butcher. During the war with the Modoc Indians, he
butchered for the government, the troops coming to his slaughter house to get
their meat. Later he took up the dairy
business, and also began hauling of fuel, wood, and similar lines, in which he
continued until the time of his death, which occurred in 1922. His wife passed away in 1916, and both are
buried in the Yreka cemetery. Of the
seven children who blessed their union, two are living, Henry, of this review,
and Emma, the wife of William Minaker, a fruit
merchant in San Francisco.
Henry Schock
attended the public schools, after which he took up the transfer business, which
he has followed continuously since, developing a large and profitable
enterprise. He has been connected with
the Standard Oil Company for thirty-seven years and has been a local manager
for that company for many years, delivering its products to Scott Valley, Happy
Camp and all points in the Yreka district.
He has done some prospecting for gold, but was never successful, though
he has never been intensely interested in the subject.
In 1908, Mr. Schock
was united in marriage to Miss Ollie Clark, a daughter of Henry and Lucina (Blanchard) Clark, who came across the plains in an
early day and settled in Siskiyou county, where they
reared their family. Both parents are
deceased. The father was a rancher and
stock man and was greatly respected by all.
He and Mr. Schock’s father were in the Modoc
Indian war and “bunked” together and they passed away only two months
apart. Mr. and Mrs. Schock
are the parents of a daughter, Dorothy, who at the present time is a music
teacher in the Weed grade schools. She attended
grammar and high schools, then the College of the Pacific at Stockton, for one
year, and afterward the Chico State Normal, from which she graduated in
1929. In politics Mr. Schock is an independent, voting according to his judgment
as to men and measures. He is a member
of the Knights of Pythias and the Fraternal Order of
Eagles at Yreka, and is very highly regarded by all who know him.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Wooldridge, J.W.Major History of Sacramento Valley
California, Vol. 2 Pages 152-153. Pioneer Historical
Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010
Gerald Iaquinta.
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