Contra Costa-El Dorado County CA Archives Biographies.....Sherman, George Atwood 1845 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com November 29, 2005, 10:55 am Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882) GEORGE ATWOOD SHERMAN.—Is the son of Charles and Roxana (Thrall) Sherman, and was born in Delaware county, Ohio, February 17, 1845. Here he received his education and resided until 1863, when he accompanied his parents to California, and resided in El Dorado county until 1865, in the Spring of which year they removed to Contra Costa county, the subject of this sketch finishing his education at the Platt School in Benicia. In July, 1870, he embarked in the hotel business in the old Morgan House in Martinez, which he continued until July, 1876, when he moved to Oakland for a short time. In December of that year he purchased from G. A. Lawrence his present drug business in Martinez, with which he has combined the agency of Wells, Fargo & Co. Married, April 3, 1872, Elnora McAdow, a native of Ohio, by whom he has two surviving children: Raymond H. and Lottie L. Additional Comments: Extracted from: 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/contracosta/bios/sherman43gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb