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FRANK ESHBACH
Among the efficient members of the
Stockton police department is Frank Eshbach, sergeant of the identification
department of the police force, his duties including the taking of fingerprints
and photographs. He is a native son of
Stockton, born January 10, 1866, a son of Henry and Madaline (Robert)
Eshbach. Henry Eshbach was born in
Switzerland, and came to the United States and settled in a French colony near New Orleans in the ‘40s and in the early ‘50s came to
California; the mother was born in Alsace-Lorraine, near Strasbourg. Two children were born to this pioneer
couple: Frank and Henry. Henry Eshbach, the father of our subject,
followed the carpenter’s trade in Stockton and later ran a dairy. He owned a tract of land northwest of
Stockton, which later became known as Meyers
tract. Frank Eshbach attended the
Stockton grammar and high schools and subsequently took a commercial course. At twelve years of age he took his first job
in a cigar store, working at odd hours and during summer vacation; then he
worked in the jewelry store of Charles Haas and thoroughly learned the jewelry
business. He removed to Portland,
Oregon, where he worked at his trade for four years, then
on account of failing health he returned to Stockton, where he established the
plating works now known as the California Plating Works; he sold this business
to the Levy Brothers in 1908. Twelve
years ago he became identified with the Stockton police department, where he
has shown his capabilities to a marked degree.
The marriage of Mr. Eshbach occurred
in San Francisco, June 2, 1897, which united him with Miss Lucy E. Benjamin, a
native of Stockton and a daughter of C. D. Benjamin. Mrs. Eshbach received her education in the
Stockton grammar school and the Dolores Convent in San Francisco. Two children have blessed this union, Katheryn V. and Francis H.
Mr. Eshbach is a veteran of the National Guard and held the commission
of lieutenant in the Signal Corps of the National Guard; he was captain of the
Washington National Guards, and also captain and aide-de-camp to
Brigadier-General Lehe’s staff, and was also rifle
inspector in the same command. After the
close of the Spanish-American War he was deputy county recorder of San Joaquin
County. He is a Democrat in politics and
fraternally is a member of Parlor No. 7, N. S. G. W., of Stockton, and Mrs.
Eshbach is the president of the Ladies’ Catholic Aid Society.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George H., History of San
Joaquin County, California , Pages
1468-1469. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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