Gaston, Joseph. "Portland, Oregon, Its History and Builders." Vol. 3. Chicago - Portland: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1911. p. 163 JACOB FLEISCHNER The years numbered more than half a century in which Jacob Fleischner was a resident of Portland. His name was enrolled with the Oregon pioneers of 1852. Mention of that year alone, to any who are at all familiar with the history of the northwest, brings up a picture that can never be effaced from the minds of civilization from the east to the west. The white-covered wagons traveled toward the setting sun, disease went with them as a companion and many a new-made grave was found along the wayside. At times the road was little more than an Indian trail. There was always the possibility of an Indian attack. It was in that year that Jacob Fleischner came to the northwest, and in all the years which were added to the cycle of the centuries until his death he maintained the closest companionship and the most kindly regard with and for the other early settlers to whom the tale of pioneer life was a familiar one because of their experience in all that constituted life on the frontier. While many of his warmest friends were among the early settlers, each day almost added to the number, for the circle of his friends increased as the circle of his acquaintance widened, and the deepest regret was felt at his passing, when on the 15th of April, 1910, he was called to his final rest. Mr. Fleischner was born in Bohemia, July 15, 1833. The schools of that country offered him his educational privileges and his home training was such as developed in him habits of industry, integrity and reliability. He was nineteen years of age when he accompanied his brother Louis Fleischner, long a prominent merchant of Portland and a distinguished resident of Oregon, to the United States. For a time he resided in Philadelphia, after which he removed to Drakeville, Iowa, where he began business as a merchant. The far west attracted him, however, and, equipping a wagon drawn by oxen, he joined a train that wended its weary way over the open prairies, the hot sands of the desert and through the mountain passes to Oregon. Cholera broke out en route and much suffering was endured. At length, however, Mr. Fleischner reached Oregon in safety and took up his abode at Albany, where for many years he engaged in business. He afterwards removed to Portland and his first home here is now one of the old landmarks of the city -- a house standing on Fourth between Yamhill and Taylor streets. For a long period prior to his death, however, he occupied the well known Fleischner residence at Seventh and Main streets, and it was there that he passed away. He was a man of remarkable determination, to whom an obstacle or difficulty seemed but as an impetus for renewed effort, and his boundless energy carried him to the goal of success in whatever he undertook. In his later years he engaged in the real-estate business, maintaining an office in the Labbe building. Mr. Fleischner was married, in 1858, to Miss Fannie Nadler, and unto them were born two sons and four daughters, and all but one, Minnie, who died in 1894, survive the father, namely: I. N. and Marcus Fleischner, who are connected with the extensive wholesale house of Fleischner, Mayer & Company of Portland; Mrs. Hattie Blumauer, of this city; and Mrs. G. H. Davis, of San Francisco; and Mrs. Rudolph Goldsmith, of Portland. No greater devotion to family ties was ever shown than by Mr. Fleischner, who found his greatest happiness in promoting the welfare and interests of his wife and children; his greatest sorrow came to him in the death of his wife three years prior to his demise. His love of children was always one of his most marked characteristics. The children instinctively placed confidence in him and came to him with their little tales of sorrow or of joy. In his office he kept a veritable aviary of wild and tame birds, which were of the greatest interest to his little visitors, and only a short time prior to his death he presented his collection to the city park. He was a lover of nature in every phase, the birds, the trees, the water and the sky all appealing to him with their beauty and with their song. He was a prominent member of the Oregon Pioneers Association, never failing to attend its meetings until ill health forced his absence, and when, two years prior to his death, the association was holding its convention he insisted on wearing his pioneer ribbon although ill in bed. His character was one of conspicuous individuality and he never permitted his business cares to affect his disposition, which was one of marked sweetness. His charitable disposition was again and again manifest and he was, moreover, a valued and popular member of the B'nai B'rith, the Concordia Club, the Masonic fraternity and the Odd Fellows lodge and other institutions which gave expression to his social nature and kindly disposition. At the age of seventy-seven years he passed away, on the 15th of April, 1910, and a life record of great usefulness, covering fifty-eight years of active devotion to Oregon, was thus ended. Transcriber's additional notes: CENSUS 1860, August 21; Linn Co, OR; Albany, p 292 Jacob Fleischner, 27, Aust, merchant, $3,000 pers prop Fanny, 18, Aust. Isaac, 1, OR 1870, July 29; Multnomah Co, OR; Portland, p 270 J. Fleishner, 33, Aust, merchant, $5,000 pers prop Fannie, 28, Aust. Isaac, 11, OR, att. school Emma, 9, OR, att. school Marcus, 7, OR, att. school Lillie, 5, OR Hattie, 3, OR Minnie, 2, OR Ann Neeley, 18, Aust, nurse girl Rachel Sexton, 23, IRE, domestic 1880, June 1; Multnomah Co, OR; Portland, p 317 J. Fleischner, 42, Bohemia, Bohemia, Bohemia, Broker Fannie, wife, 35, Bohemia, Bohemia, Bohemia, keeps house Isaac, son, 20, OR, clerk in dry goods store Emma, dau, 18, OR Lillie, dau, 14, OR, att. school Hattie, dau, 13, OR, att. school Minnie, dau, 11, OR, att. school ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in April 2006 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.