Alameda-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Paget, J. H. 1852 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co.

J. H. PAGET, proprietor of a boiler and machine works and blacksmith shop at
Livermore, was born at Keokuk, Iowa, October 1, 1852, and in 1854 came with his
parents to San Francisco, where he learned the machinist's trade In the Stoddard
Iron Works. Desiring to travel around and see the world, he went in 1874 to the
Black Hills of Southwestern Dakota, being among the first prospectors to enter
that country. He spent two years there, with but little fortune, however. He
became then a courier in the military service of the United States Government,
and was in the immediate vicinity of General Custer's massacre in June, 1876;
thence he went to Brainerd, Minnesota, thence to Leadville, Colorado, and in
1880 he returned to California and settled at Oakland, where he followed his
trade as a journeyman for about three years. In 1884 he went to Livermore and
worked in the shops of N. B. Holmes until 1889, when he bought him out and has
since operated the works in all departments of blacksmithing, boiler and machine
repairing and mill work.

  He was married in Oakland, August 10, 1881, to Miss Mary E. Thomson, of
Berkeley, who died September 5, 1889, leaving two children: Gracie E. and
Howard. Mr. Paget is a member of Live Oak Lodge, No. 17, K. of P., at Oakland,
and he takes also a prominent part in local politics and in the general welfare
of the community where he resides.


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Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.

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