Contra Costa County CA Archives Biographies.....Burpee, Winfield S. 1851 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

WINFIELD S. BURPEE.—Born in Essex county, New York, February 4, 1851, where he
received his education and resided until 1869, in which year he came to
California. Soon after his arrival he began conducting the stage line between
Oakland and Concord via Walnut Creek, at which he continued until 1872, when he
embarked in his present wine and liquor business in Walnut Creek. Married
December 4, 1878, Mary, daughter of Albert Sherburne, and has one child: Ruby
Teresa, born December 3, 1879.

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HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.

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