Amador
County
Biographies
GEORGE MONROE HEATH
George
M. Heath, who has served for the past seven years as postmaster at Ione, is a
man of excellent business qualifications and is discharging his official duties
in a manner that has gained for him the commendation of the patrons of the
office. He was born at Michigan Bar,
Sacramento County, California, on the 12th of October, 1885, and is
a son of John Wesley and Elizabeth C. (Brown) Heath. His father crossed the plains with his parents
in the early ‘50s and for a half century conducted a mercantile business at
Michigan Bar, while for thirty years he was postmaster at that place. His death occurred December 19, 1917, but his
widow survives.
George
M. Heath received his educational training in the rural schools and worked on
the home ranch until twenty-one years of age.
He then went to Sacramento where for three years he was in the employ of
the Wells Fargo Express Company.
Thereafter he worked at various occupations until 1917, when he came to
Ione and, entering into a partnership with his brother, engaged in the dairy
business, in which they have met with excellent success, having built up a
splendid herd of milch cows and a well equipped dairy plant. Mr. Heath continued with the business
actively until 1923, when he received the appointment of postmaster at Ione,
which position he is still filling.
Mr.
Heath was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Simas, of Latrobe, and they are
the parents of two children, Garth Wesley and Violet Margaret. In his political views he is a Republican and
is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in all of its branches, in
which he has passed through the chairs.
Hunting and baseball are his favorite sports and he is interested in
everything which concerns the advancement and prosperity of the community.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Wooldridge, J.W.Major History of Sacramento Valley
California, Vol. 3, Pages 81-82. Pioneer Historical
Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010
Gerald Iaquinta.
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