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Title: George Reeb Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1862-1910
Box Number: 702-704
Creator:
Reeb, George, 1831-1913
Extent: 3 boxes
Repository:
California State Library
Sacramento, California
Language:
English.
Unrestricted.
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[Identification of item], George Reeb Papers, California State Library.
Hornitos (Calif.)--History
Reeb, George 1831-1913
California--History
Pioneers--California
Mines and mining--California--Mariposa County
Meat industry and trade--California--Hornitos
H. C. Shaw Plow Co. (Stockton, Calif.)
Business papers, correspondence, legal papers, printed materials, Trustee of Hornitos records.
George Reeb, of German descent, was born in Alsace Lorraine on May 20, 1831. He came overland to California from Ontario,
Canada and established a butcher shop in Hornitos in 1852 called the Hornitos Market. He also worked mining claims and bought
mining property. On March 19, 1863, he married Rosina Hunziker in Hornitos. Reeb owned 313 acres and farmed over a thousand
produceing barley wheat, hay, and lumber. He also engaged in land speculation. He was elected and served several years as
Town Trustee of Hornitos, the only incorporated town in Mariposa County.
Reeb was a Republican member of the Odd Fellow Loadge, and with his family members of the Crystal Band of Hope. Along with
his butcher wagon runs, he established a branch butcher shop in neighboting Mt. Bullion in 1902. Between 1908 and 1909, George
Reeb was placed in the guardianship of his son, George M. Reeb of Hornitos. He died in Stockton, June 3, 1913, and was buried
at Hornitos.
- Harris, S. J.
- Montgomery, W. S.
- H. C. Shaw Plow Co. (Stockton, Calif.)
- Adams, Ed. S.
- Bellam, R. H.
- Bates, Sam C.
- Blair, Charles M.
- Bruce, A.
- Callari, Pete
- Coffman, [?]
- Comfort, F. B.
- Crosett, J. F. & Co.
- Davenport, L. B.
- Davis, Geo. L
- Deas, F. F. & Son
- Derby, Chas. (Mrs.)
- Devoll, H. H.
- Flohr, F.
- Floto, Frank H.
- Goerger, Chas.
- Goldman, M.
- Grade, Wm. S.
- Graham, J. H.
- Hagenlocher, R.
- Hanna, In. T.[?]
- Hoffmann, E.
- Houghton, F. T.
- Hughes, Robt. N.
- Huntley, D. B.
- Huntley, S. M.
- Imgo, T. S.
- Kellett, Eva E.
- Kellett, John L.
- Kihlmeyer, Georg
- Kirchner, Charles F.
- Larish, Henry
- McMillan, J. A.
- Madden, J. L.
- Marks, Chas. H.
- Montgomery, I. M.
- Morrison, Rosa (Reeb) (daughter)
- Morrison, W. J.
- Morss, Geo. W.
- Newman, Maurice
- Norton, E. B.
- Parker, E. S.
- Petersen, Andy
- Pool, D. M.
- Reeb, Andreas (brother)
- Reeb, George (himself)
- Reeb, Johann Theobald (brother)
- Reeb, Johannes (brother)
- Reeb John (brother)
- Reeb Thomas E. (nephew)
- Rihn, John C.
- Ross, David T.
- Ruppert, G. J.
- Schenfele, Carl
- Schilling, Adam & Sons
- Sell, S. J. Co.
- Simon & Keogh
- Stanley, Lena (Reeb) (daughter)
- Sumner, W. B. & Co.
- Thurber, Bert
- Titchenal, D. D.
- Trabucco, J. J.
- Trabucco, Louis
- Turner, George
- Washburn, A. N.
- Washburn, E. P.
- Webster, Jno. H.
- Wheelez [?], Wm.
- White, James
- Wooden, L. G.
Material Transferred from the Collection
- Don't vote to ruin California: vote against the female sufferage amendment.(* cJK 1911 C2 D6)
- 4 account books
- 2 day books
- ledgers