Sacramento County
Biographies
CAPT.
MARSHALL CIFUENTES
CAPT. MARSHALL CIFUENTES.--A prominent, popular, and successful citizen, Captain Marshall Cifuentes may well be numbered among the representative native sons of the Golden State. He was born at Oak Park, a suburb of Sacramento, on June 30, 1894, the son of Gregory and Frances (Herrara) Cifuentes. His maternal Grandfather Antonio Herrara was born in Valparaiso, Chile, and came to San Francisco in 1849. He followed the mines, later returning to Sacramento, and spent many years in the employ of the city and died aged eighty-six years. The Cifuentes family were an old family of Valparaiso and were sea-faring men. In that city Gregory Cifuentes was born and when eighteen he came to San Francisco. He followed the mines and was employed by the Sacramento Transportation Company for forty years, was a barge pilot, and is still active in that capacity. He and his wife reside at 312 O Street. Marshall’s brother, Fernando Gregroy, is a pilot.
Marshall Cifuentes was educated in the public schools of Sacramento. He was employed for three years by the Sperry Flour Company and for two years by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company. He first started to work on the river as a deck hand; but since 1915, he has been with the Sacramento Navigation Company. Through perseverance and hard work he received his captain papers in 1920. In Sacramento on February 7, 1921, he was united in marriage with Miss Eva Hart, a native daughter of Eldorado County, Cal. Her parents are numbered among the old-timers of California. Mr. Cifuentes is a strict adherent of the Republican party. Fraternally, he is an Odd Fellow and a member of the National Mates and Pilots’ Association of America. His interest in the progress and prosperity of Sacramento is manifested by his support of all measures for the advancement of the city.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 961.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.