Yolo-Sacramento County CA Archives Biographies.....Leinberger, Henry 1830 - 
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Author: Tom Gregory

HENRY LEINBERGER

    The acquisition of a trade or profession is one of the most important
features of the preparation of youth for the journey through life. The man who
knows how to do one thing well, and who possesses sufficient business ability to
make capital of his knowledge is certain to succeed sooner or later. Mr.
Leinberger, one of Washington's leading citizens, and owner of the only
slaughter house in this locality, learned his trade in Germany, where he was
born in 1830. In 1850 he immigrated to America, landing at Wilmington, Del. For
a time he worked in Philadelphia, but returned to Wilmington, going thence to
Baltimore, where he carried on his trade a number of years. Again removing to
Wilmington, he opened a butcher shop of his own, which he conducted until his
marriage in 1858 with Miss Minnie Gilla, a native of Delaware, whereupon the
young couple took passage on the steamer St. Louis, bound for the isthmus, which
they crossed, boarding on the opposite shore the ship John L. Stevens. In San
Francisco, which they reached April 1, 1858, they resided for a time, Mr.
Leinberger traveling north during the excitement of the discovery of gold in the
Fraser river section. After prospecting several months he returned to
California, where he secured employment on a ranch near Hicksville, Sacramento
county. Later he established a butcher shop in Sacramento, and in the fall of
1860 located in Washington, Yolo county, where he purchased a small shop.
Through his efforts and tireless energy, his trade grew rapidly and he later
erected a slaughter house, which he has since enlarged and of which at the
present time the daily output is about forty sheep, five to six cattle and
several hogs, which he disposes of to the wholesale market in Sacramento. In
1911, from July 5 to August 11, nine hundred and twelve sheep were dressed in
his abattoir, which is conceded to be one of the most up to date in the country.
Not long since Mr. Leinberger took his son into partnership with him and the
firm is now known as H. L. Leinberger & Son.

    Mr. and Mrs. Leinberger were blessed with five children, as follows: Henry,
Jr., of Washington; Charles, of Sacramento; William J., a partner in the
business; Louisa, Mrs. F. P. Smith, of Sacramento; and Elizabeth, the wife of
Thomas Limnell, of Washington. Since 1863 Mr. Leinberger has been an Odd Fellow,
being a charter member of Schiller Lodge of Sacramento, and he enjoys the
distinction of being the oldest Odd Fellow in Washington.


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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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