Yolo County CA Archives Biographies.....Sandrock, William 1850 - ************************************************ 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 22, 2006, 11:59 pm Author: Tom Gregory (1913) WILLIAM SANDROCK Time has wrought manifold changes in the aspect and environment of Yolo county since first Mr. Sandrock arrived in this portion of the state. The vast tracts of land that then awaited the first turn of a furrow now have been brought under cultivation. Villages have been transformed into thriving centers of population and commerce. Schools and churches betoken the mental and religious aspirations of the residents. Into this work of upbuilding and development he threw the energies of middle age and by his own painstaking industry, by his progressive spirit and by his consistent uprightness he proved a valuable citizen to the community with whose destinies his own fate had been sealed. Of late years and indeed during the greater part of his residence in the county he has been a business man of Blacks Station, where he still resides, occupying a comfortable home, but now to some extent retired from the enterprises that engrossed his energies in youth and early maturity. Born in New York City February 24, 1850, William Sandrock passed the years of youth at Boonville, Mo., and there learned the trade of a blacksmith. Coming to California in 1869, he settled at Woodland, Yolo county, and secured employment in a shop. Later, in 1881, he removed to Blacks Station and bought out a blacksmith's business, establishing at that time a trade that developed with the enlarging population of the surrounding country. The shop and his cottage were destroyed by a fire, but he rebuilt the shop and bought another residence, so that he soon recovered from the heavy loss entailed by the catastrophe. Until 1908 he continued as proprietor of the shop, but in that year he disposed of the business and invested his funds so as to secure an income without heavy manual labor on his part. For a few years after coming to the west Mr. Sandrock remained a bachelor, but in October of 1882 he was united with Miss Crona Eominger, who was born in Germany, but grew to womanhood in California and received her education in local schools. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Sandrock comprises five children, namely: Freda, wife of Louis Schlieman, a prosperous rancher of Yolo county; Henry W., employed as a fireman on the Southern Pacific Railroad; Arthur, bookkeeper for the Southern Pacific Railroad at Marysville, Cal.; Annie and Lawrence. Ever since coming to California and attaining his majority Mr. Sandrock has voted with the Republican party in state and national elections. In local campaigns he gives his influence to the men whom he considers best qualified to discharge the duties of the offices in question, without regard to their opinions concerning the national problems. While at no time solicitous for office himself, he has consented to fill positions of local trust, the most important of these being the office of justice of the peace, to which he was elected and in which he continued for a number of terms. On several occasions the party organization has chosen him to act as delegate to county conventions and in such gatherings his influence has been given to measures for the benefit of the party in the county. No question interests him more keenly than that of education and for some fourteen years he gave efficient service to the district in the capacity of director, meanwhile striving to promote the welfare of the schools and to surround the boys and girls with advantages enabling them to prepare for the responsibilities of active life. While not identified with any religious movement he contributes to the Lutheran Church, to which his wife belongs and in which faith she was reared. Many years ago he joined the lodge of Odd Fellows at Davisville, but of recent years he has held membership with the lodge at Blacks Station and has passed through the chairs up to and including that of past grand, while his wife for a time was very active in the work of the allied organization of Rebekahs. 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] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/yolo/bios/sandrock679bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/ File size: 4.9 Kb