Sacramento County Biographies

F. L. LANDES

Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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SACRAMENTO TOWNSHIP.
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	was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1846, where he remained till 
1852, when his parents came to California, and located in Sacramento. During the 
year 1855 he went to the gold mines of Nevada and Sierra Counties where his home 
was till 1860, when he went to Dutch Flat and engaged as clerk in a book store. 
1863 found Mr. Landes again in Sacramento where his home has since been; his 
first employment was as an apprentice in a sash and blind factory, (where he had 
a hand crippled in a machine). From this he went to college at Benicia, (paying 
his board and tuition by teaching) and then to teaching in the public schools. 
In 1874 was married to Miss Frances H. Dippel, a native of California; they have 
two children living, a boy and a girl. Mr. Landes held the office of County 
Superintendent of schools from 1876 to 1880, and is now (1880) city 
Superintendent of Sacramento City. His home is worth $4,000. Post Office, 
Sacramento, Cal. 
 
Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by 
Thompson & West.