Tehama County CA Archives Biographies.....Fickert, Charles W. 1827 - 1890 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com February 21, 2007, 9:59 pm Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891) CHARLES W. FICKERT.-Prominent among the leading business men and citizens of Red Bluff, Tehama County, California, we find the name of Charles W. Fickert, now deceased. His parents were natives of Germany, and he was born in that country, December 14, 1827. When he was eight years of age he came with his parents to America. They settled in New York city where he was reared and educated and learned the trade of jewelry-case making. He removed to Philadelphia and carried on his business there until 1861, when he came to Red Bluff, California. Here he started in business as a cabinet-maker and continued it until 1868. In that year he turned his attention to the furniture business. He subsequently erected the building, 32x115 feet, which he used as his furniture store. His business grew with the development of the town and county, and, under his able management, it soon became the leading enterprise of the kind in Tehama County. Mr. Fickert built one of the finest residences in the city, at the corner of Jefferson and Cedar streets. He was a stockholder in and one of the organizers of the Tehama Bank of Red Bluff, and he erected the building in which it was located. For forty-one years he was a member in good standing of the I. O. O. F., and filled all the chairs of the order. In 1853 Mr. Fickert married Miss Bertha Hagar, a native of Hesse-Cassel, Germany. Three children were born to them in Camden, New Jersey. One died in that city and two, Laura M. and William Charles, they brought with them to California. Mrs. Fickert's death occurred July 5, 1888. January 18, 1890, Mr. Fickert was taken suddenly ill with heart disease and expired fifteen minutes from the time he was taken sick. His sudden death was a great shock to his bereaved family and his many friends throughout Tehama County. During his life he had often expressed his preference for that kind of death when his time should come to go. William C. had been his father's assistant in the business since 1872, and had grown up to thoroughly understand its every department. He was reared and educated in Red Bluff, and upon the death of his father he became his successor to the business. In 1887, Mr. Fickert took for his wife Miss Nellie A. Bartell, a native of Russia. This union has been blessed with a son, Arthur H., born in Red Bluff. Mr. Fickert is a member of the I. O. O. F., in which order he has occupied all the chairs. He is also a Master Mason, and is Steward of his lodge. Politically he is a Republican. Mr. Fickert resides with his family in their fine residence in Red Bluff. Additional Comments: Extracted from 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/tehama/bios/fickert760gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 3.8 Kb