History of Sacramento County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present, 1923, Part 109

Author: Reed, G. Walter
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: Los Angeles : Historic Record Co.
Number of Pages: 1026

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On July 15, 1920, at Sacramento, Mr. Fuller was married to Miss Genevieve Douglass, a popular belle of Sacramento, and the daughter of James and Eliz- abeth (Thellwell) Douglass; and they now have two children, Phyllis Mae and Marion Thellwell. In politics, Mr. Fuller is an Independent. Fraternally, he belongs to the Odd Fellows and the Woodmen of the World.

FRANK H. SCHARDIN .- Sacramento owes much of its fame, not only as the capital of Califor- nia, but as one of the most progressive, artistic cities in the United States, to such gifted leaders in the architectural world as Frank H. Schardin, whose work has long been in agreeable evidence here. A native son, he was born near Woodland, in Yolo County, on August 22, 1862, the son of Nicholas Schardin, one of six brothers who came out to Cali- fornia in the early fifties. The six young men en- gaged in mining, and spent, with other venturers, over $1,000,000 in hydraulic mining; and one of our subject's uncles was killed as the result of a blast. Nicholas Schardin married Miss Mary H. Polar, and engaged for a while in farming in Yolo County; he died in 1888. Mrs. Schardin breathed her last in Sacramento, on November 20, 1915, at the age of seventy-five.

The public schools of Woodland gave Frank Schardin his elementary education, and in 1880 he took up the study of architecture with N. D. Goodell, a pioneer architect in the city of Sacramento. Four- teen years later, enriched by years of additional study and much practical experience, Mr. Schardin estab- lished himself in business, succeeding Mr. Goodell. Mr. Schardin has specialized in residential work, and has designed many of the notable new homes in

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Sacramento, including the residences of J. L. May- den; William H. Devlin, at No. 1214 O Street; Mrs. Anna Yule, Fifteenth and M Streets; Fred and George Yoerk; and Samuel Leake. In Sacramento he also remodeled the old Crocker home, and con- nected it with the Crocker Art Gallery. For years he has so labored that he has not only come to enjoy an enviable reputation as one of the best architects in northern California, but has contributed what he could to the advancement of architectural study and taste generally. Mr. Schardin is a member of the American Institute of Architects.

In 1883, Mr. Schardin was married to Miss Marion Negel of Canada, by whom he has had three chil- dren. Roy K. Schardin studied vio'in in Germany, and is now in charge of a studio in Sacramento; Helen K. Schardin is a student at Stanford Univer- sity; and Herbert died aged two years.

CAPT. EDGAR F. ROGERS .- One of the many interesting citizens of Sacramento County and a trusted employee of the Sacramento Navigation Company, is Capt. Edgar F. Rogers, who was born on September 2, 1894, at Sacramento, the son of Charles H. and Lizetta (Strickett) Rogers. His father, a native son of the Golden West, was a sea- faring man; and his mother, a native daughter of Marysville, Cal., comes from a pioneer family of dauntless courage. They are now residing at 1310 S Street, in the city of Sacramento.

Edgar F. Rogers received his education in the public schools. For five years he was employed as a clerk in a shoe store, and thereafter employed in the shipyards. A man of integrity and alertness, attentive to business, and of studious habits, he received his captain's papers in 1919. Politically, Captain Rogers favors Republican principles, and takes a lively interest in the affairs of his party. He is a member of the National Mates and Pilots' Asso- ciation. Fond of outdoor life, he is especially inter- ested in hunting and baseball.

LEMUEL OSCAR LUMRY .- Prominent among the most popular of efficiently conducted dental of- fices is that of Lemuel Oscar Lumry, proprietor of the Pacific Dental Laboratory at 314 Hagelstein Building, 1109 Ninth Street, Sacramento. Born at Platteville, Colo., on October 27, 1889, Mr. Lumry is the son of Lemuel and Nellie (Pettee) Lumry, the former un- known to him personaly as a parent, for he died be- fore our subject was born. Mrs. Lumry and the family later moved to Denver, Colo., where Lemuel Oscar Lumry was reared and went to the grammar and high schools. While only sixteen years of age, he entered a dentist's office, and there learned the me- chanical end of the professional work; and when twenty years old he came to California and located in Sacramento. In 1911 he bought his present business, and now he employs thirteen men, and conducts a branch at Reno. Part of his trade is local, and part is a mail-order business, and in both he has been very successful.

Mrs. Lumry was Miss Sadie Clyma before her mar- riage to Mr. Lumry in Sacramento. She is a popular native daughter, born at Pennington, Cal. Mr. Lumry is a thirty-second degree Mason, a Knight Templar and a Shriner, and also belongs to the Lions Club. He is public-spirited, broadly non-partisan in all local

political affairs, and is ever ready to put his shoulder to the wheel and "boost" for both the city and the county of Sacramento.

RICHARD R. MOELLER .- A young man who, secing the great natural resources and the business opportunities in California, brought hither his re- sources and threw himself into the hustle of business life in Sacramento, is Richard R. Moeller, junior member of Moeller Auto Sales Company. He was born in Davenport, Iowa, on July 13, 1887, and was reared and educated in the excellent grammar and high schools of his native city, completing also the course of study at the Davenport Business College. Having ably assisted his father on the farm from his youth, and wishing to branch out into the work of producing on a larger scale, he removed to South Dakota and took up ranching near Aberdeen in that state, engaging in grain-raising on a large scale. After a period of six years, in which time he had met with gratifying success, he was attracted to Cali- fornia, where greater opportunities seemed to be of- fered. Disposing of his holdings in South Dakota, he came to Sacramento in 1917, joining his brother, A. H. Moeller, in business under the firm name of Moeller Auto Sales Company, and purchasing the Sacramento branch of the Ford Motor Company, since which time they have continued the business and built up one of the best agencies in northern California. The large brick building they erected and own at Twelfth and K Streets, which is used en- tirely in their business, well indicates what they have accomplished. Mr. Moeller is giving all of his time to furthering the interests of the company and to enlarging the scope of their usefulness.

In Sacramento, on August 30, 1920, occurred the marriage of Mr. Moeller and Miss Annabelle Mac- Donald, a popular young lady born in the capital city, and their happy union has been blessed with one child, Annabelle. Mr. Moeller was made a Mason in Tuscan Lodge, No. 81, A. F. & A. M., in Frederick, S. D. He is now a thirty-second-degree Scottish Rite Mason, and is a charter member of Ben Ali Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. Active in civic and social affairs, he is a member of the Sutter Club, the Del Paso Country Club, and the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce. He is an automobile enthusiast and thoroughly appreciates the wonderful motoring routes of California, which pass through the most beautiful country in the world, resplendent with scenery of mountain, sea and plain. He is throwing his every effort into the systematizing and building up of their business, at the same time assisting, as far as he is able, any worthy enterprise that has for its aim the development of this wonderful garden spot of the world.

FREDERICK NICHOLAS SCATENA, M. D .- A physician of broad and comprehensive training, who has devoted his time and talents to the study of the human system, is Dr. Frederick Nicholas Sca- tena, who was born on October 20, 1888, at San Francisco, the son of Fortunato and Teresa (Mas- soni) Scatena, who in 1874 came to San Francisco. Fortunato Scatena was a commission merchant and a member of the Scatena Bros. Wine Company of Healdsburg, Cal., pioneer wine-makers.

Frederick Nicholas Scatena was educated in the public schools of San Francisco and in 1914 he grad-

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uated from the University of California, receiving his B. S. and M. D. degrees. He served at the County Hospital, San Francisco, for fifteen months, and then practiced in his own offices in San Fran- cisco for one year. In 1916 he came to Sacramento, where he has remained ever since. Dr. Scatena has a thorough knowledge of medicine, and his kind and considerate disposition has made him a valuable ac- quisition to Sacramento County's medical fraternity.

In July, 1916, Frederick Nicholas Scatena was united in marriage to Miss Lucile Margaret Winter, who passed away in 1919. They were the parents of one child, Frederick Nicholas, Jr. Dr. Scatena was married a second time, in February, 1921, to Miss Mae Winter, the sister of Lucile M., his former wife. Mr. Winter was the man who located the Portland Bench mine in Nome, Alaska, which he sold for $50.000. He was one of the pioneer miners in Nome and was killed accidentally in San Francisco in 1913.

Dr. Scatena is a member of the advisory board of the Bank of Italy, Sacramento branch, and is vice-president of the Italian-American Club, a mem- ber of the board of directors of the Sacramento Tubercular Association, and the senior member of the Tubercular Clinic. He has held this posi- tion for six years. Fraternally he is an Elk, a Native Son of the Golden West, Sunset Parlor, and an Alpha Kappa Kappa, Sigma Chapter of San Fran- cisco. He is very fond of all athletics, especially out-of-door sports.

BENTLEY J. DUNWOODY .- Popular among the effective agencies for the promotion of human comfort and social life among the working classes is undoubtedly Lafayette Hall, the well appointed and well conducted club managed personally by the proprietor, Bentley J. Dunwoody. He was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, on July 27, 1856, and is the son of Edwin Perry and Rebecca (Buckwalter) Dunwoody, both of whom are now deceased.

Bentley Dunwoody was trained in the public schools of Pennsylvania, and gave five of his best years as a soldier in the United States Army, being a member of Company A, 1st United States Cav- alry. He joined the army in Nevada, in 1878, and was in active service all the time, under Capt. Thomas A. McGregor, who retired as a brigadier- general. He participated in many Indian fights, and was wounded once; and as one of a sheriff's staff, he lived for years on the frontier.

In 1912, Mr. Dunwoody located in Sacramento, and became a bookkeeper, and then was manager of Lafayette Hall; and in November, 1914, he bought the establishment. He has since devoted his best energies, a great deal of time and considerable capi- tal to the steady improving of these cosy and cheer- ful clubrooms, where the poor and hard-working man has a chance to obtain well-cooked, appetizing and nourishing food and to enjoy the best of entertain- ment.

Mr. Dunwoody was married, on November 24, 1895, to Miss Jessie Bernard, of Boston, by whom he has had three children. Bentley Russell is a graduate of the University of California and now manages his father's business. Donald K. is taking the university law course. Kenneth H. graduated from the high school, and entered the University of California in August, 1923. Mr. Dunwoody is a life member of the Spokane Elks. Lodge No. 228.

JAMES W. BREECH .- The proprietor of Breech's Welding Works in Sacramento, James W. Breech, is well known as a conscientious worker. He is a na- tive of Iowa, born at Imogene on July 1. 1884, the son of Charles S. and Ada M. (Bradburn) Breech, the former now deceased. James W. Breech received a public school education, and after leaving high school decided to become a locomotive engineer. Beginning at the bottom, he gradually worked his way to the top until he had fulfilled his ambition, and served for six years as a fireman and an engineer. His next step on the rounds of the ladder of life was in the welding and electrical business in Utah, where he continued until 1913.

In this year he arrived in Sacramento and was employed at his chosen vocation until 1921, when he concluded that he had worked long enough for others and decided to enter business for himself. He started his present business, now located at 1516 J Street, in February, 1921, and now employs two men of experi- ence to carry on the work brought to his establish- ment. He has a modern equipment, and no job is too extensive for him to undertake: and he gives each and every job his personal supervision.

James W. Breech was united in marriage with Miss Ada E. Thompson, a native of Utah, and they have the following children: Bertram, Donald, and Charles Glenn. Mr. Breech is a Republican in na- tional politics, while locally he supports the men and measures he considers best for the good of the whole community. He lives in his own home and enjoys the confidence of a wide circle of friends and business associates. His recreation is found in the ranks of the followers of Izaak Walton, and he also enjoys a good wrestling bout with his friends.

FRANK JAMES COYLE .- A man of valuable ex- perience pertaining to the motor world is Frank James Coyle, the popular manager of the Auto-Car Sales and Service Company of California, with head- quarters at Sacramento. He was born at San Fran- cisco, on May 6, 1890, the son of Thomas John and Elizabeth M. (Krenkel) Coyle; her father having been a native of St. John's, New Brunswick, while the mother came from Sonora. They were married in Nevada, for Mr. Coyle had come West, into the United States, when a boy. He had a stage-line, in early days, and played an historic part in the develop- ment of the West; he was laid to rest in 1905. Mrs. Coyle died in September, 1920. Both were esteemed by all who knew them.

Frank Coyle went to the public schools of Galt and Sacramento, and then served his apprenticeship as a machinist; and this trade work he followed until May 6, 1918, when he accepted the above-named post as manager for one of the favorite organizations cater- ing to the motoring public in California throughout the territory from San Joaquin to the Oregon line. He has been as successful in this as his company has been progressive; and he belongs to the Auto Asso- ciation, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Exchange Club.

On Augut 1. 1918, Mr. Coyle was married to Miss Amelia Westkamper, a native of Kentucky who later came to live in Sacramento, the ceremony taking place in Sacramento; and their union has been a pecu- liarly happy one. Mr. Coyle belongs to the Elks, the Woodmen of the World, the United Commercial Travelers and Motor Truck Dealers' Association,

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and the California State Automobile Association. He is fond of fishing and baseball, and enjoys boxing.

CLINTON HENLEY CANTRELL .- An ener- getic rancher who worthily represents both the spirit and the enterprise of Sacramento County, an ideal section for the progressive farmer, is Clinton Henley Cantrell. He was born on January 15, 1855, near the Cosumnes River. His father, Darbey Cantrell, was one of the early pioneers who came to California before the discovery of gold enticed other prospect- ors; his mother was Hannah Kirby before her mar- riage.

Clinton Henley Cantrell received a very liberal education in the rural schools and in St. Mary's College, of San Francisco. On completing his course at college, he worked on his father's ranch, and on the death of his father he took the heavy responsibilities of the mortgage on his young shoul- ders. Through his life of thrift and effort he has now become the owner of the ranch, which is clear property. In addition to this, he also has a 420- acre ranch on the upper part of Stockton Road, and altogether is the owner of approximately 770 acres of land, which is devoted to farming, stock- raising and dairying.

Mr. Cantrell has one child, Minnie, now Mrs. Cas- tella, who has one child. Mr. Cantrell is a home- loving man, but is very fond of outdoor life and sports, and he is especially interested in well-bred horses.

GEORGE VICE .- Among the county officials who are serving in an efficient and conscientious manner is George Vice, who is serving in the capac- ity of purchasing agent for the county. He is a native son of the Golden State, born in San Ber- nardino County, May 25, 1871, a son of David and Laura Vice, both pioneers of California. David Vice came to California from Ohio in 1855 and en- gaged in mining; the mother also came to the West in an early day and they were married here; both parents are now deceased.

The education of George Vice was begun in the public schools of his native county, but he was forced to earn his own living at an early age. For seven years, Mr. Vice was employed as a fireman for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. His ap- pointment by the board of supervisors dates from May, 1914, and the responsible position of purchas- ing agent for the county has been handled by him in a most careful and capable manner. Mr. Vice is among the most prominent Democrats in the county, where for a quarter of a century he has served as chairman of the county central committee. At all county and state conventions he takes an active and prominent part; he was alternate to the national Democratic convention at Baltimore in 1912, and was delegate when President Wilson was nominated at St. Louis, and also delegate to the national convention in 1920 at San Francisco. Mr. Vice was a director on the committee that restored Sutter's Fort and erected Marshall's Monument at Coloma.

Mr. Vice's marriage united him with Miss Edith Meiss, a native daughter of Sacramento, Cal., and they are the parents of one daughter, Helen. Fra- ternally Mr. Vice is a member of the Native Sons of

the Golden West and the Eagles Lodge of Sacra- mento.

LUDWIG GREGOR .- Representing the contribu- tion of chemistry to the oil industry, Ludwig Gre- gor, well-known chemist of Sacramento, has eight- een acres of land on which he has been prospecting and drilling for oil, near Clay, Cal., with every indica- tion that his experimental work will become a demon- strated reality. He was born in Czecho-Slovakia, on January 28, 1865. His father was John Gregor, a hotel man, at Butschowitz; and although he eventu- ally died as the result of accident, he lived to be about sixty years of age. He had married Miss Anna Wit- tek, and she was permitted to see the Biblical three score and ten years. They were the parents of seven children, who bore the names of Ludwig, Edmund, Sophie, John, Karl, Conrad and Frank.

Ludwig Gregor attended first the public schools, then college and finally the University of Vienna, and in the latter famous institution of higher learning he specialized in chemistry. He commenced to work in laboratories, passed his examination as a pharmacist, and then worked in pharmacies; and he was a chem- ist in a cane-sugar factory, in Queensland, Australia, for five years. He was next in the appraiser's divi- sion of the United States Customs at Manila, in the Philippine Islands, for two years; but having returned to his native land, he leased a pharmacy and became the manufacturer of pharmaceutical products. When this lease had expired, he came to the United States, in 1906, and for a while lived in San Francisco, reach- ing California by way of India and Australia; and he arrived at the Golden Gate, six days before the San Francisco earthquake. He then went on to New York, and remained in the metropolis from 1906 to 1912, where he worked as a professional chemist in laboratories. In 1912, he came West again, to San Francisco, where he stayed for a short time, when he came on to Sacramento, and he was four years with Helke's Pioneer Pharmacy. Then he came to Clay and purchased eighteen acres of land, and started to prospect for oil. He drilled to the depth of 1,357 feet; but lacking funds, he suspended opera- tions and then took up work at the Grey pharmacy and other pharmacies in Sacramento. Mr. Gregor is about to form a new oil company, to resume the drill- ing on his land. He is a member of the Pharmacist Association of America, and is a stanch Republican in favor of a high-wall tariff.

While at Brunn, in Moravia, Czecho-Slovakia, on November 17, 1890, Mr. Gregor was married to Miss Anna Chytil, a native of that district, and the daughter of Dr. Joseph Chytil, and his good wife, who was Miss Marie Malish before her marriage. Her father was the chief justice of the province of Moravia in Czecho-Slovakia, and he died at the age of sixty-seven, while his wife, who passed away only a short time ago, attained to her seventy-eighth year. There was one other daughter in the family besides Mrs. Gregor, and her name was Mary Chytil. One son has blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Gregor, and they have called him Otakar; and he is now living at Elliott, on a ranch in Christian Colony, where a Lodi company is now drilling for oil. The Gregors have built a good residence on their tract of eighteen acres, and there they maintain a cultured home and dispense a true Czecho-Slovakian hospi- tality.

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GUY S. PATTERSON .- Thanks to such men of affairs as Guy S. Patterson, the wide-awake proprie- tor of the popular "Auto-Lot" at 1419 J Street, Sacra- mento, the motorist of today, both resident, in need of secure parking, and tourist, in need of privacy and comfort, or wanting a first-class used car, is provided with accommodations unthought-of in the early years of the automobile. Mr. Patterson was born at Waveland, Ind., on October 26, 1884, the son of James and Jeannette Patterson. He was educated at the Waveland high school; and having been duly gradu- ated, he went to Fort Worth, Tex., where he was with Stromberg-Carlson in the construction of the Inde- pendent Telephone Exchange. Then he returned to Indianapolis, and from 1905 to 1908 engaged in elec- trical contracting; and after that, he was in the Parry Motor Company's building department, and then in the road-test and repair department, until 1910, when he was with Bob Burman in the racing team, as his repair man, having charge of the Buick repair crew racing team. In 1911, Mr. Patterson went to Lafay- ette, Ind., and opened a garage for himself, which he continued to manage until 1915; and then he estab- lished a wholesale accessory store, which he sold in 1918. In 1915, he raced with a "Saxon" car, taking part in eighteen races, and won money in sixteen of the contests; and his office today is adorned with sev- eral cups. Then he went to Los Angeles, and became manufacturers' agent for automobile accessories.

The year 1920 chronicled Mr. Patterson's advent in Sacramento, where he took charge of the sales de- partment for George F. Buell; and the following year he bought him out. Now he has the best headquar- ters in Sacramento for used cars, in which he deals exclusively. His wide experience with automobiles, including the various motors themselves, his acknowl- edged dependability, and his willingness to be satis- fied with a modest profit, have contributed to make him a favorite dealer in the second-hand car sought.

On September 29, 1912, Mr. Patterson was married to Miss Clara Kiltz, of Mt. Vernon, Ind., by whom he has had one child, Guy K. He is a thirty-second de- gree Scottish Rite Mason, a Shriner and an Elk.

BENSON F. BACHELOR .- A popular official who bears his well-earned honors with becoming modesty, is Benson F. Bachelor, the efficient harbor- master of Sacramento. He hails from Cincinnati, where he first saw the light on October 26, 1895, the son of William F. and Susie H. (Ferguson) Bachelor, who came out to San Francisco with their family in 1899, and eventually removed inland to the capital. Here Mr. W. F. Bachelor became the financial man- ager of the Wood-Curtis Company, of Sacramento. Both parents, the center of an enviable circle of de- voted friends, are still living. December 7, 1917, Mr. Bachelor enlisted at Camp Fremont, in the field hos- pital service. Studying at the base hospital at Palo Alto, he successfully passed the examination for sur- gical assistant and obtained the rating of surgical as- sistant. He served in the base hospital at Camp Fre- mont at the influenza emergency hospital during the "flu" epidemic of 1918. Late in 1918 and early in 1919, he served at the post hospitals at Camp Mills, N. Y., and Camp Lee, Va., being stationed at the latter place, and was under orders to sail for service abroad when the armistice was signed, November 11, 1918. He was honorably discharged at the Presidio in San

Francisco, February 15, 1919, and lost no time in get- ting back to the duties of private life.

The grammar and the high schools of San Fran- cisco afforded Benson F. Bachelor an excellent prep- aration for life, so that when in January, 1916, the Bachelors removed to Sacramento, he was ready to assume considerable responsibility. He had been fortunate, while in San Francisco, to work in the Ad- ministration office of the Panama-Pacific Exposition, then for Bradstreet's, and finally in the wholesale gro- cery trade; and after that, he was employed by the city of Sacramento to take charge of the garbage problems, and still later, to investigate water-charges and complaints.

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History of Sacramento County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present, 1923, Part 109

Author: Reed, G. Walter Publication date: 1923 Publisher: Los Angeles : Historic Record Co. Number of Pages: 1026

Author: Reed, G. Walter
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: Los Angeles : Historic Record Co.
Number of Pages: 1026