Sacramento County
Biographies
GEORGE W. BOTTORFF
GEORGE W. BOTTORFF.--A spirit of enterprise and progress has actuated George W. Bottorff in all activities of life and has brought him today to the prominent position of general foreman of the Southern Pacific Railroad car shops. He was born in Napa County, September 4, 1860, a son of P. S. and Mary (Matlock) Bottorff. P. S. Bottorff and his wife are among the old-timers of California, having crossed the plains with ox-teams in an early day and settled in Mendocino County, where they remained for one year, then removed to Napa County where they engaged in farming and stock-raising on a large scale.
George W. Bottorff received his education in the schools of Napa County and in the university at Nashville, Tenn., where he attended for a year and a half; then he took special work in Oak Mound school, at Napa City, where he finished his schooling. He then assisted his father on the extensive stock ranch, continuing until reverses overtook the grain farmers, when for several years there was no market for their crops; then he removed to Sacramento and entered the shops of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, first as foreman of the car shops, then for the past ten years as general foreman of the department.
The marriage of Mr. Bottorff united him with Miss Laura Haynes, a native daughter of California, and they are the parents of the following children: Fred resides in Alaska; Jessie is a teacher in the public schools of Sacramento; Daphne holds a position with the state of California and H. C. is city manager of the city of Sacramento. Mr. Bottorff is a Republican in politics, and fraternally is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the Maccabees.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Pages 818-819. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.