Sutter-Yuba County Biographies

AUGUST SCHULTZ

Transcribed by: Kathy Sedler

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            Self-made in the best sense of the term, August Schultz is now 
living retired at his home, No. 432 B Street, Yuba City, enjoying the success 
which has marked his career in the Golden State.  H was born at Hamburg, 
Germany, October 7, 1850, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Schultz.  August was the 
second of three children born to his parents, and was only two and a half years 
old when his mother died.  The father, John Schultz, was a weaver by trade.  He 
died at the age of forty-seven years, both he and his wife passing away on the 
same day, of cholera.  The three children were John, August, of his review, and 
Henry.
            August Schultz had little opportunity for an education; he went to 
sea when he was twelve years old, and followed this life for seven years.  In 
the fall of 1868 he landed in San Francisco, where he remained for about one 
week, after which he went to Mariposa County and mined near Hornitos for one 
season; then he removed to Yuba County and mined on the Yuba River at Browns 
Valley, and there followed mining and engineering for many years.  Later he 
purchased eighty acres of land, a portion of which was in orchard, and on which 
he also conducted a dairy of about twenty-five cows.  He resided at Browns 
Valley about forty-five years.
            On October 10, 1880, at Marysville, Mr. Schultz was married to Miss 
Virginia Rice, a native of Missouri, a daughter of Absalom Rice, who crossed the 
plains to California in 1857 and settled at Browns Valley, where he spent the 
remainder of his days in farming; he lived to be ninety years old, and his wife 
was sixty-seven when she died.  Mr. and Mrs. Schultz were the parents of one 
son, Alfred, who died about twenty years ago.  Eight years ago Mr. Schultz sold 
his ranch and settled in Yuba City, where he bought eight lots.  He has sold 
four of them, and has built four residences on the others, which he still owns.  
In politics he is a Republican.  His religion is the Golden Rule.
 
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p  723