died of consumption
His occupation was a mariner in the industry of water transportation. This is where he gained the title of captain, sea captain.
In early life Charles and two of his younger brothers, Andrew Myrick Macy and Rowland Hussey Macy followed the open seas, working aboard whaling ships.
The Macy brothers sailed to California in 1849 and for a while they settled in Marysville.
In 1850, Charles and Rowland as partners opened a dry goods store in Marysville, shortly after the city was founded at the height of the Gold Rush. Their general store, Macy & Co., was on the corner of Second and Maiden Lane, they sold mining equipment, clothes, dry goods and many other previsions.
There have been some debates as to if the Macy's Store in Marysville was the first in the United States, but there is no doubt that it was the first Macy's Store west of the Mississippi. The structure that housed the Macy store was located near the parking lot of the now Habitat for Humanity Restore, previously it was Mervyn's Department Store.
Charles stayed in Marysville after the store failed, he worked as an agent with Adams & Company in the Express & Banking business, then eventually the Banking firm of Macy, Low & Company, but his brother Rowland returned to the east and the rest of the Macy's Store is history.
Charles died of Consumption in his home in Marysville. He leaves in this city a wife, Martha Ellingwood Mitchell Macy, two children, Charles Howard Macy and Harriet Augusta Macy and his mother.
Marysville Daily Herald, 28 May 1856, page 2, col. 1: Death of Charles B. Macy - It is our painful duty to announce the death of Capt. Charles B. Macy. He died at his residence in this city yesterday morning at the age of 44 years. He was born of Quaker parents, and in early life he followed the sea. He came to California 1849 and settled in Marysville in 1851. He was an agent with Adams & Co and then went into banking. He leaves in this city a wife and two children, and his mother who recently arrived..."
died of consumption
His occupation was a mariner in the industry of water transportation. This is where he gained the title of captain, sea captain.
In early life Charles and two of his younger brothers, Andrew Myrick Macy and Rowland Hussey Macy followed the open seas, working aboard whaling ships.
The Macy brothers sailed to California in 1849 and for a while they settled in Marysville.
In 1850, Charles and Rowland as partners opened a dry goods store in Marysville, shortly after the city was founded at the height of the Gold Rush. Their general store, Macy & Co., was on the corner of Second and Maiden Lane, they sold mining equipment, clothes, dry goods and many other previsions.
There have been some debates as to if the Macy's Store in Marysville was the first in the United States, but there is no doubt that it was the first Macy's Store west of the Mississippi. The structure that housed the Macy store was located near the parking lot of the now Habitat for Humanity Restore, previously it was Mervyn's Department Store.
Charles stayed in Marysville after the store failed, he worked as an agent with Adams & Company in the Express & Banking business, then eventually the Banking firm of Macy, Low & Company, but his brother Rowland returned to the east and the rest of the Macy's Store is history.
Charles died of Consumption in his home in Marysville. He leaves in this city a wife, Martha Ellingwood Mitchell Macy, two children, Charles Howard Macy and Harriet Augusta Macy and his mother.
Marysville Daily Herald, 28 May 1856, page 2, col. 1: Death of Charles B. Macy - It is our painful duty to announce the death of Capt. Charles B. Macy. He died at his residence in this city yesterday morning at the age of 44 years. He was born of Quaker parents, and in early life he followed the sea. He came to California 1849 and settled in Marysville in 1851. He was an agent with Adams & Co and then went into banking. He leaves in this city a wife and two children, and his mother who recently arrived..."
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