Stanislaus County CA Archives Biographies.....McCabe, George T. 1858 - ************************************************ 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 http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 April 29, 2018, 12:59 am Source: See below Author: Lewis Publishing Co. GEORGE T. MoCABE, Postmaster and general merchant of Knight's Ferry, Stanislaus county, California, was born at Driftwood, Cameron county, Pennsylvania, February 6, 1858, his- parents being Asa and Nancy (Sullivan) McCabe, the father a native of Nova Scotia and the mother of Ireland. He was reared and educated in his native place, and began mercantile life there as a clerk with O. J. Spafford, after changing to the employ of D. J. McDonald, and later to J. O. Brookbank & Co. He removed from there to Johnstown in the spring of 1880, and there learned the mechanic's trade in the Cambria Iron Works. In 1883 he went to Pittsburg and entered the employ of the Union Switch and Signal Company, a branch of the Westinghouse Company. While here he assisted George Westinghouse, the inventor of the celebrated air-brake and other mechanical as well as electrical appliances, with some of his experimental work. In 1884 he came to California, locating at Knight's Ferry, and in 1885 embarked in the general mercantile business. He is the principal merchant of Knight's Ferry. Mr. McCabe was married September 16, 1888, to Miss Kitty S. Parker, a native of California. They have two children, namely: Velma B. and Asa D. He is a Republican politically, and socially is a member of the Stanislaus Lodge, No. 170, I. O. O. F., Knight's Ferry. He is agent for Wells, Fargo & Co.; has been Postmaster since 1890, Notary Public since 1888, and Justice of the Peace since January, 1890. Additional Comments: Extracted from Memorial and Biographical History Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties California Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. 1892 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/stanislaus/bios/mccabe1174gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb