Sutter-Sacramento-Monterey County CA Archives Biographies.....Girdner, Henry Tutt 1869 - 
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Author: Peter J. Delay

    HENRY TUTT GIRDNER.— A resident of California all of his life, and until his
retirement actively engaged in progressive occupations, Henry Tutt Girdner is
now enjoying the fruits of his more active years. He was born on the Sacramento
River near Cranmore, Sutter County, December 19, 1869, a son of Joseph and
Virinda Catherine (Brittan) Girdner. Joseph Girdner was a prominent figure in
the fight in early days between the farmers and the hydraulic miners. The fight
was finally won by the farmers, and an act of the legislature, the Anti-Debris
Law, put a stop to hydraulic mining. Joseph Girdner lived to be seventy-eight
years old; his wife was but fifty-two when she died. Tutt Girdner, as he is
familiarly called, received his education in the public schools of San Jose and
in his early teens began to work with his father on the home ranch. 

    At Sutter City, on December 24, 1890, Mr. Girdner was married to Miss
Josephine L. Epperson, also a native of Sutter County, and a daughter of Cassius
Clay and Fannie (Sisk) Epperson. Mr. Epperson was born in Lexington, Ky., June
24, 1834. He came to California at the age of sixteen in a sailer around Cape
Horn. Shipwrecked off the coast of Mexico, he made shore and remained in that
country for a year. He then made his way to San Francisco, arriving in 1852, and
for a time worked on ranches, until he took a preemption, in time becoming owner
of 320 acres. In 1887, when Sutter City was laid out, he sold eighty acres,
known as the Epperson Addition to Sutter City. Of the union of Mr. and Mrs.
Epperson, five children were born, two of whom are living: Josephine L., now
Mrs. Girdner, and Mrs. Fannie M. Pease, of Sacramento. Mr. Epperson passed away
at Sutter City, and in his passing the county lost one of its most worthy
pioneers and upbuilders. After his marriage, Mr. Girdner farmed in Sutter County
for a couple of years. Then he was with a lumber company in Siskiyou County for
three years; and thereafter the family removed to Sacramento, where Mr. Girdner
was employed in the Southern Pacific Railroad yards for eight years. Returning
to Sutter City, he farmed for one year, after which he sold out and went to
Pacific Grove, where the family remained for five years. Since then the family
have resided in Sutter City. Mrs. Girdner is the owner of a one-fifth interest
in 649 acres in the tules. 

    One daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Girdner, Margaret Virinda, a
graduate of Stanford University and of the library school in Sacramento, and at
the present time librarian of the Palo Alto High School. She is a member of the
Phi Beta Kappa honor fraternity, and also of Alpha Phi sorority. Mr. Girdner is
a member of Washington Lodge No. 20, F. & A. M., Sacramento; Washington Chapter
No. 13, R. A. M., Marysville; Marysville Council, R. & S. M.; and Marysville
Commandery No. 7, K. T.; and he is also a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite
Mason, holding membership in Sacramento Consistory, as well as a life member of
Islam Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, in San Francisco. With his wife and
daughter, he is a member of Naomi Chapter, O. E. S., Sacramento. Mr. Girdner is
a member of Eureka Lodge No. 4, I. O. O. F., of Sacramento; and he and his wife
are both members of the Rebekah Lodge of Sacramento. He is also a member of the
Woodmen of the World of Sisson. and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of
Monterey. 


Additional Comments:

HISTORY OF YUBA and SUTTER COUNTIES 
CALIFORNIA 
WITH 
Biographical Sketches OF 
The Leading Men and Women of the Counties Who Have Been Identified with Their
Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present 

HISTORY BY 
PETER J. DELAY 

ILLUSTRATED 
COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME 

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1924


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