MEDAU'S FUNERAL
The Old Cigar-Dealer Laid at Rest.
His Store Was One of the Landmarks of the City and He Came in the Fifties.
In the death of John Peter Medau the community has lost another of its old and respected citizens. He died on May 29 at Adams Springs, Lake County, quite unexpectedly. The funeral took place yesterday, and was attended by numerous relatives and friends.
John Peter Medau was one of the oldest cigar-dealers in the city. His store at 201 Montgomery street for the last twenty years is a landmark. He established his business first at the old Pacific wharf in the fifties, and was known far and wide. The deceased was German of Huguenot descent, his family having migrated to Schleswig-Holstein, in Germany, during the persecutions in France of the sixteenth century. He was born in Schleswig-Holstein in 1823. With his four brothers, Peter, Joseph, George and Henry Medau, he came to this State in the year 1852. He was identified with the later vigilante movement and was one of the oldest Odd Fellows in the city. He accumulated considerable property and is reported to have been worth about $200,000.
On April 1, 1863, he married Melinda, daughter of C. P. Wingerter, by whom he had two sons and three daughters. About a year ago he turned his business on Montgomery avenue over to his son, Emil Medau, and his clerk, B. Hinrickson, who had been with him for fifteen years. One of his daughters is married to Otto tum Suden, the lawyer. Out of the original five brothers three are now dead, including the late John Peter Medau, Henry Medau lives in Alameda, his ranch being one of the finest in the county, and Peter Medau resides in Oakland.
The death of Mr. Medau was quite unexpected. He had been suffering from abscess of the liver for the past year, and had gone to Adams Springs for his health. He sat down to lunch on Tuesday last, suddenly felt himself very ill and was dead in a few hours. Otto tum Suden went for the body, which had to be brought by stage to Calistoga. The deceased was of a kindly disposition, and many anecdotes are related of his willingness to help others along, as instanced by giving his clerk an interest in his business. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon from Odd Fellows' Hall, under the auspices of Harmony Lodge, No. 13, I. O. O. F., of which he was charter member. Walhalia Encampment, No. 7, and the Veteran Odd Fellows were also present. The interment took place in Odd Fellows' Cemetery.
[San Francisco Call, 2 June 1894, California Digital Newspaper Collection]
The Old Cigar-Dealer Laid at Rest.
His Store Was One of the Landmarks of the City and He Came in the Fifties.
In the death of John Peter Medau the community has lost another of its old and respected citizens. He died on May 29 at Adams Springs, Lake County, quite unexpectedly. The funeral took place yesterday, and was attended by numerous relatives and friends.
John Peter Medau was one of the oldest cigar-dealers in the city. His store at 201 Montgomery street for the last twenty years is a landmark. He established his business first at the old Pacific wharf in the fifties, and was known far and wide. The deceased was German of Huguenot descent, his family having migrated to Schleswig-Holstein, in Germany, during the persecutions in France of the sixteenth century. He was born in Schleswig-Holstein in 1823. With his four brothers, Peter, Joseph, George and Henry Medau, he came to this State in the year 1852. He was identified with the later vigilante movement and was one of the oldest Odd Fellows in the city. He accumulated considerable property and is reported to have been worth about $200,000.
On April 1, 1863, he married Melinda, daughter of C. P. Wingerter, by whom he had two sons and three daughters. About a year ago he turned his business on Montgomery avenue over to his son, Emil Medau, and his clerk, B. Hinrickson, who had been with him for fifteen years. One of his daughters is married to Otto tum Suden, the lawyer. Out of the original five brothers three are now dead, including the late John Peter Medau, Henry Medau lives in Alameda, his ranch being one of the finest in the county, and Peter Medau resides in Oakland.
The death of Mr. Medau was quite unexpected. He had been suffering from abscess of the liver for the past year, and had gone to Adams Springs for his health. He sat down to lunch on Tuesday last, suddenly felt himself very ill and was dead in a few hours. Otto tum Suden went for the body, which had to be brought by stage to Calistoga. The deceased was of a kindly disposition, and many anecdotes are related of his willingness to help others along, as instanced by giving his clerk an interest in his business. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon from Odd Fellows' Hall, under the auspices of Harmony Lodge, No. 13, I. O. O. F., of which he was charter member. Walhalia Encampment, No. 7, and the Veteran Odd Fellows were also present. The interment took place in Odd Fellows' Cemetery.
[San Francisco Call, 2 June 1894, California Digital Newspaper Collection]
MEDAU'S FUNERAL
The Old Cigar-Dealer Laid at Rest.
His Store Was One of the Landmarks of the City and He Came in the Fifties.
In the death of John Peter Medau the community has lost another of its old and respected citizens. He died on May 29 at Adams Springs, Lake County, quite unexpectedly. The funeral took place yesterday, and was attended by numerous relatives and friends.
John Peter Medau was one of the oldest cigar-dealers in the city. His store at 201 Montgomery street for the last twenty years is a landmark. He established his business first at the old Pacific wharf in the fifties, and was known far and wide. The deceased was German of Huguenot descent, his family having migrated to Schleswig-Holstein, in Germany, during the persecutions in France of the sixteenth century. He was born in Schleswig-Holstein in 1823. With his four brothers, Peter, Joseph, George and Henry Medau, he came to this State in the year 1852. He was identified with the later vigilante movement and was one of the oldest Odd Fellows in the city. He accumulated considerable property and is reported to have been worth about $200,000.
On April 1, 1863, he married Melinda, daughter of C. P. Wingerter, by whom he had two sons and three daughters. About a year ago he turned his business on Montgomery avenue over to his son, Emil Medau, and his clerk, B. Hinrickson, who had been with him for fifteen years. One of his daughters is married to Otto tum Suden, the lawyer. Out of the original five brothers three are now dead, including the late John Peter Medau, Henry Medau lives in Alameda, his ranch being one of the finest in the county, and Peter Medau resides in Oakland.
The death of Mr. Medau was quite unexpected. He had been suffering from abscess of the liver for the past year, and had gone to Adams Springs for his health. He sat down to lunch on Tuesday last, suddenly felt himself very ill and was dead in a few hours. Otto tum Suden went for the body, which had to be brought by stage to Calistoga. The deceased was of a kindly disposition, and many anecdotes are related of his willingness to help others along, as instanced by giving his clerk an interest in his business. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon from Odd Fellows' Hall, under the auspices of Harmony Lodge, No. 13, I. O. O. F., of which he was charter member. Walhalia Encampment, No. 7, and the Veteran Odd Fellows were also present. The interment took place in Odd Fellows' Cemetery.
[San Francisco Call, 2 June 1894, California Digital Newspaper Collection]
The Old Cigar-Dealer Laid at Rest.
His Store Was One of the Landmarks of the City and He Came in the Fifties.
In the death of John Peter Medau the community has lost another of its old and respected citizens. He died on May 29 at Adams Springs, Lake County, quite unexpectedly. The funeral took place yesterday, and was attended by numerous relatives and friends.
John Peter Medau was one of the oldest cigar-dealers in the city. His store at 201 Montgomery street for the last twenty years is a landmark. He established his business first at the old Pacific wharf in the fifties, and was known far and wide. The deceased was German of Huguenot descent, his family having migrated to Schleswig-Holstein, in Germany, during the persecutions in France of the sixteenth century. He was born in Schleswig-Holstein in 1823. With his four brothers, Peter, Joseph, George and Henry Medau, he came to this State in the year 1852. He was identified with the later vigilante movement and was one of the oldest Odd Fellows in the city. He accumulated considerable property and is reported to have been worth about $200,000.
On April 1, 1863, he married Melinda, daughter of C. P. Wingerter, by whom he had two sons and three daughters. About a year ago he turned his business on Montgomery avenue over to his son, Emil Medau, and his clerk, B. Hinrickson, who had been with him for fifteen years. One of his daughters is married to Otto tum Suden, the lawyer. Out of the original five brothers three are now dead, including the late John Peter Medau, Henry Medau lives in Alameda, his ranch being one of the finest in the county, and Peter Medau resides in Oakland.
The death of Mr. Medau was quite unexpected. He had been suffering from abscess of the liver for the past year, and had gone to Adams Springs for his health. He sat down to lunch on Tuesday last, suddenly felt himself very ill and was dead in a few hours. Otto tum Suden went for the body, which had to be brought by stage to Calistoga. The deceased was of a kindly disposition, and many anecdotes are related of his willingness to help others along, as instanced by giving his clerk an interest in his business. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon from Odd Fellows' Hall, under the auspices of Harmony Lodge, No. 13, I. O. O. F., of which he was charter member. Walhalia Encampment, No. 7, and the Veteran Odd Fellows were also present. The interment took place in Odd Fellows' Cemetery.
[San Francisco Call, 2 June 1894, California Digital Newspaper Collection]
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