Napa-Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Von Schilling, August 1840 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co.

BARON A. VON SCHILLING.—This gentlemen is the manager of the celebrated Edgehill
vineyard, near St. Helena, one of the finest large vineyards set out in this
part of the valley, and long famous for the fine quality of the wines
manufactured. It was originally set out by a General Heath many years ago, and
has associated with its history many well-known names. The estate comprises
1,500 acres, running from the valley to the summit of the mountains, possesses a
great abundance of water, a desideratum in the Napa Valley, and is splendidly
improved. The residence is one of the finest in the vicinity, has fine grounds
and commands an expanded view. The wine cellars, etc., are solidly constructed
and conveniently arranged. The vineyard proper comprises 160 acres, planted with
the choice varieties of grapes. Messrs. George W. Phillips, capitalist, E.
Dichman, banker and lawyer, both of New York city, are the chief owners of the
Edgehill vineyard, and direct its general affairs. As a matter of friendship for
them, Baron Von Schilling has taken charge of the Edgehill. The Baron is also
the general manager in California for the American Concentrated Must Company,
which erected the successful Must Condensing establishment (Springmuhl patent)
at Geyserville, Sonoma County, now in successful operation.

  Baron August von Schilling Canstatt is a member of one of the oldest and most
famous German families, the genealogical or historical tree of which goes back
to 1019, A. D., and includes statesmen, warriors and leading men in almost every
department of life, and has its home at Canstatt, Wurtemberg. A cousin of the
Baron, the Baron Paul von Schilling Canstatt, now dead, was a member of the
Russian Imperial ministry and the inventor of the electro-magnetic telegraph in
1835. By imperial decree the first telegraphic cable was laid between Peterhof
and Canstatt in the Finnish bay, in May, 1837.

  Baron August was born January 12, 1840, at Carlsruhe, in Baden, and is the
youngest of his family, his oldest brother still residing on the family estate.
Baron August was educated as a civil engineer and architect, although on the old
home place also learning thoroughly the business of a farmer. For fifteen years
he was engaged in the building of railroads in Germany, until in 1881 he came to
America, and was sent with a Mr. Windsor to travel over the country and inspect
the line of the Northern Pacific for Mr. Villard, going in this way on horseback
across Minnesota, Montana, Idaho. Oregon and Washington, visiting the
Yellowstone Park and the Sionx and Crow Indians. After this journey he remained
in Portland until Villard resigned the presidency of the road, in 1884. The
Baron then came to San Francisco, went thence to Blue Lake, Lake County, where
he had an interest in the Blue Lake summer resort, and thence to Geyserville, to
take charge of the condensed must plant, which is succeeding so well.

  He is an unmarried man, a gentleman in the fullest sense of the word, whom it
is a pleasure to meet.


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Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.


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