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WILLIAM G. LORD
Activity in business affairs, when
directed by sound judgment, always results in obtaining a due measure of
success, and the enterprise and energy of our subject have been such as to win
to him a comfortable competence. For
more than forty years he has resided almost continuously in Grass Valley and
during that time has labored earnestly and perseveringly to advance the welfare
of the city and promote its substantial improvement. He is a native of the Keystone state, his
birth there having occurred on the 28th of January, 1854. His parents, George and Mary J. (Goyne) Lord, were both of English birth, and for many
generations their families resided in the “Merrie Isle.” They became the parents of six children,
William G. being the eldest. The father
left England when a mere lad, crossing the Atlantic, with his parents and the
family locating in Pennsylvania, where George Lord was educated and reared to
manhood. In early life he learned the
trade of the machinist, which he followed for many years, making that his chief
occupation. In 1858 he came to
California, taking up his abode in Grass Valley and for several years he was
chief engineer of the Idaho mines and superintendent of other mining
properties. He also followed
merchandising and thus became an active factor in the business and industrial
life of the community. His death
occurred in 1897.
Mr. Lord, whose name introduces this
sketch, was a child of only four years when he came with his parents to the
golden west. He was for some years the
foreman of mines, and a practical engineer for a period of twelve years. In 1882 he engaged in the livery business,
with which he has since been connected.
He has a large number of roadsters, which he has carefully selected for
their excellent points, and is prepared to meet the demands of the public along
his lines of business. His efforts to
please, his honorable dealing and his reliability have secured to him a large
business. He has not confined his
labors, however, to this one undertaking, but is the manager of the Sunset
Telephone Company, whose offices are located in his building. His efforts have been productive in
increasing the volume of the business done by the company, and in fact he was
instrumental in having the line extended to the city. The system is a perfect one and its value and
utility to the town are now widely recognized.
Mr. Lord votes with the Republican
Party and is deeply interested in political affairs, well informed on the issue
of the day that affect the welfare of the state and
nation. He holds membership in the
Masonic fraternity, the Knight of Pythias lodge and with the uniformed rank of
the order, and has filled all the offices in the organization. Elected a member of the city council in 1898,
he uses his official prerogatives in support of the measures of progress and
reform, yet withal is practical in his advocacy of the questions which are
introduced for consideration by the board.
On the 25th of May, 1880,
Mr. Lord was united in marriage in Virginia City, Nevada, to Miss Jennie Pedlow, a native of Pennsylvania, and they now have five
children, namely: Ethel, Anne, Clifford,
Percy and Vivian. Mr. Lord is a man of
liberal views and progressive ideas. In
business he sustains an unassailable reputation and in all life’s relations has
won respect and confidence.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
“A Volume of Memoirs and Genealogy of Representative Citizens of Northern
California”, Pages 425-426. Chicago Standard Genealogical Publishing Co. 1901.
© 2010
Gerald Iaquinta.
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