Contra Costa County CA Archives Biographies.....Scammon, George H. 1834 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

GEORGE H. SCAMMON. — The subject of this sketch is a native of Penobscot county,
Maine, born in August, 1834, and was there educated; he resided there until
coming to California. Sailing from New York, via Panama, Mr. Scammon arrived in
San Francisco in the latter part of October, 1859, and immediately came to
Contra Costa county, and first located on the place where now is the town of
Walnut Creek—at that time there being but one house in that now thriving
village. There he resided for two years, and then moved to Somersville and
engaged in the hotel business, which he has followed for twenty years, and is at
present the proprietor of the Pittsburg Hotel. Mr. Scammon was united in
marriage, in Somersville, February 16, 1864, to Mrs. Jane E. Lee, a native of
Bridgeport, Nova Scotia; she died December 7, 1880. His family consists of three
children (Jennie, Edith and George) and three stepchildren (A. W. Lee, Robert L.
Lee and John Lee).

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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