Contra Costa County CA Archives Biographies.....McNamara, James 1847 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

JAMES McNAMARA.—A native of County Clare, Ireland, was born about 1847. In 1862
he emigrated to America, first locating in Connecticut, where he resided until
January, 1863. He then enlisted in Company K, First Connecticut Artillery, in
which he served until the close of the war; our subject then returned to his
former home in Connecticut, and there remained, engaged in farming until 1868,
when he came via steamer to California and direct to Contra Costa county. Here
he first found employment on the ranch of Patrick Tormey, near Pinole, where he
remained for four years; he then came to Martinez and opened his present
business, in which he has been successful owing to well-maintained prosperity,
on Main street, where he resides and carries on his business. Mr. McNamara was
married in Oakland, July 18, 1878, to Miss Mary Bennett, a native of Ireland.
They have three children: James, John and Joseph.

Additional Comments:
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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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