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Author: Tom Gregory (1913)

MRS. JAKIE GREIVE

    For half a century and more the Deck family, to which Mrs. Jakie Greive
belongs, has been identified with the progress of the west, her father, H. S. G.
Deck, having come to California by way of Cape Horn in 1849. He was a native of
Virginia, and was among those fortunate prospectors who acquired wealth in the
mines at that period. There were no railroads then, and as Mr. Deck had erected
a grain warehouse at Maine Prairie it was necessary to haul the grain across the
country and ship by boat to San Francisco. He finally disposed of this, however,
and became proprietor of a mercantile house in old Silverville, which he
successfully conducted until his return to the grain business, which he followed
for a time. His later life was passed in Davis, Yolo county, Cal., where he
served two terms as justice of the peace, and here his death occurred in 1907.

    H. S. G. Deck had become a well-known and popular man throughout this
district. His sterling worth as a business man, as well as his trustworthy
service as a public official, had been the means of securing him the general
good will and high respect of all his associates and fellow citizens, and his
death was mourned by all who knew him. His wife, who survives him, was before
her marriage Martha York, and she came to California with a large party in the
year 1857, among them being the Ely and Griffith families. There were two
children born to the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Deck, viz.: James and Jakie, the
latter becoming Mrs. Albert N. Greive. It is of interest to note that there are
now living four generations of the Deck family, namely: Mrs. H. S. G. Deck; her
daughter, Mrs. Albert N. Greive; the latter's daughter, Vera (the wife of Dr. R.
Asbill), and her child.

   In 1887 Jakie Deck was united in marriage to Albert N. Greive, who was born
at Fort Atkinson, Jefferson county, Wis., the son of Robert and Eliza (Lircombe)
Greive, the former a native of Scotland and the latter of England. To the
marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Greive have come two children, Vera, who .r, the wife
of Dr. B. Asbill, and Jack.

   Albert N. Greive is a member of a large family, whose parents were early
settlers in this part of the country. Accustomed to the life of a pioneer,
through their experiences in Canada, and also in Wisconsin, they settled on a
ranch of six hundred acres in Solano county about 1854, to which the father had
previously come, crossing the plains; but he had returned east by the Panama
route. Eobert Greive passed away here in 1895, and was closely followed to the
grave by his wife, who passed away two years later. Twelve children and
fifty-two grand and great-grandchildren survived them.

   Albert N. Greive was the third youngest of his parents' family, and was
brought up on his father's place in Solano county, on August 20, 1891, embarking
in the livery and hotel business for himself. In January, 1897, he built a hotel
upon the Lillard property, which was destroyed by fire in 1906, and Mr. Greive
immediately began the plans for his present substantial four-story structure,
which contains sixty-seven rooms and which is known as the Buena Vista. The
Greives are making a success of this enterprise, and enjoy a prosperous and
flourishing business. Mr. Greive has the earnest and valuable assistance of his
wife, whose clever management of various departments of the work has done much
to make it the superior class of place it is today.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

HISTORY OF YOLO 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

HISTORY BY
TOM GREGORY
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913]


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