CHARLES JOSEPH BECKER
Charles Joseph Becker is a
member of the general merchandise firm of Becker & Foster, cousins,
who are industrious and good business men. Mr. Becker, unasked by
himself and without much effort on his part, has just been elected one
of the Supervisors of this county, which indicates to some degree the estimate
his fellow-citizens have in his business ability and
good judgment.
He is a Native Son of the Golden
West, born in Shasta, July 19, 1857, the son of Joseph Becker, who was
a native of Prussia, and who came to America in 1846, and for a time resided
in St. Louis, Missouri. He married Margaret Foster, a native of Germany,
and they had nine children of whom all but one are living. Mr. Becker,
the eldest but one of the family, received his education in Marysville,
Yuba County, and also followed barbering for nine years in that city, which
he had learned of his father. In 1883 he began business with his
cousin in Cottonwood, and the firm at once stepped to the front, and have
since acquired a large patronage. They handle all kinds of goods,
including lumber and grain in large quantities, and under their capable
management their trade is steadily increasing, extending as far as fifty
miles east and west. Politically Mr. Becker is a leading Republican,
and is one of the directors of the Horticultural Society of the county
of Shasta, and is ever ready to aid in the improvement and building up
of the county. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of his school
district, and was one of the men who helped build the fine school-house,
which is now a fine improvement and credit to Cottonwood. He is Past
President of the N. S. G. W. at Marysville.
Mr. Becker is still a single
man, and has before him the usual course of events the prospect of a glorious
future.
Transcribed by: Melody Landon Gregory August
2004
Source:Memorial and Biographical History of Northern
California, Lewis Publishing Co., 1891 page 762