Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-29
ONE OF REDDINGS sUBSTAN
TlAL PIONEERS DIES IN
OAKLAND.
James McCormi <, One OF the
Founders OF the Original Finn
of Mccormick, Saelizsr & Co i.
Passed Away Thursday in
FIbioIa Hospital.

The following obituary notice
is taken from the Redding, Cal.
Free Press. Deceased was a cous-
in of Messers, Robert and Cyrus
Mccormick. of this city:
flames Mccormick is dead. .
At the age of "A years, this
old pioneer and respected citizen
of Redding for many years, pas
sed away Thursday. evening at
) 80 o'clock at Fabiola hospital
in Oakland where he had been for
several months being treated for
lOcomOtOr ataXia. The direct
cause of his death, however, was
heart diseasd
The news of his death was re-
ceived in Redding Thursday even
ing by George Sechrist, G. w.
Elder and Judge Bush. Mr..
Sechrist and Mr.. Elder were
named by Mr.. Mccormick as eX-
ecutors of his estOte. 1t was the
request of the pioneer citizen that
in the event of his death George
Sechrist should Immediately at
tend as he was a particular friend.
Mr.. Sechrist left on Thursday
nights overland train for Oak
land to carry out the dead man s
wishes.
The deceased left an estate esti-
mated as being worth $4,000. He
has already given away to relat-
ives much of his wealth and only
recently released mortgages for
eastern relatives to the extent OF
$15, 900. He leaves quite a num-
Der of relatives in Illionis.
1t was the request of deceased
that after his death his body be
cremated. This will be done in
accordance with his wishes and
his ashes will be deposited with
the remains of his wife in the
Redding cemetery.
James Mccormick was born in
Philadelphia November l, 1881.
He came of good old ScOtch-Pres-
byterian stock. He was given his
fathers name and hOnOred it. He
was reared to manhood on his
fathers farm. went to school IN
winter and drove the team and
held the pillow in summer.
When he reached his majority,
like his parents he started out for
himself. He left his home in
Quincy, Illinois, in December,
1852. and arrived in San Fran
cisco February 5, 1853. making
the trip by way of the Isthmus of
Panama.
His first venture was to dig for
GOLD in Tuolumne. Some months
later he went to COloma. The
business of teamingwas then very
profitable and he engaged in that
for a time. He afterwards purch-
ased a miners supply store in Ell
Dorado county and conducted it
for two years. After that and
until it's collapse he was in the
employ of the Adams Express
Company. Then he acted as
Wells Fargo agent nine years and
purchased millions Of dollars
worth of gold dust He removed
to Woodland, YOlO county and
worked in the interest of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company
for two years.
In 1873 Mr.. Mccormick came
to Redding and the following
three years was operator for the
Western Union Telegraph Com
pany.
In 1876 he went east to the
great Centennial and on his re-
turn to this place the firm of Nc
Cormick. Saeltzer & Company
was founded. James Mccormick,
r. NJ. Saeltzer. and the Late W. L.
Smith were the founders. They
started with $4,000 capital and
at the end of ten years incorpOr-
ated under the firm name of The
McCormiek-Saeltzer Company and
erected the big store building in
which the firm now does business.
Mr.. Mccormick was one of the
busy factors in the building up
of Redding and was one who aid
ed in its incorporation. He serv-
ed two terms on the Board of City
Trustees and was postmaster for
several years when the postoffiee
! $780, 1oo,koJ -, Xho old cfnra xxyhoro