Sacramento County
Biographies
GEORGE EDWARD DUTTON
GEORGE EDWARD DUTTON.--Foremost among
the plumbing contractors of Sacramento is George Edward Dutton, a native son of
the Golden State, who has contributed his share in the upbuilding and in the
growth and progress of his community. He was born on November 23, 1888, at Sacramento, the son of William
Bancroft and Zilpha (Mars) Dutton. His father was a native of England, who came to Sacramento in 1868, where he has
resided for fifty-five years. His mother was born in Springfield, Ill. They are the parents of
seventeen children, eight of whom have passed away, and there were three pairs
of twins. On January 25, 1903, these hardy pioneers had been married for
fifty-one years. For forty-four years William Bancroft Dutton was employed as a
pit boss in the shop of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, but he has now
retired and receives a pension.
George
Edward Dutton was educated in the public schools and the practical school of
experience. When he was fourteen years old he learned the plumbing trade, and
has done this work all of the time since that age. He was employed in San Francisco, Marysville, and Stockton, and in January, 1923, he
opened his own place of business, doing general plumbing, and has five men in
his employ. He has had charge of the work on different farms,
where he was employed, and has installed the plumbing in many fine residences
and apartments. His business is carried on under the name of George E. Dutton
Plumbing Company. Mr. Dutton served two years in the United States army during the World War,
enlisting in Battery C, 347th United States Artillery, September 7, 1917. He trained at Camp Lewis until he was sent overseas
in July, 1918, via New York and Liverpool, to Bordeaux, and to the front. He was
in Meuse-Argonne and St. Pierre till after the armistice and was also in the Army of Occupation in Germany till he was brought back
and honorably discharged as mechanic at the Presidio, April 26th,
1919. He received the Victory Medal from Congress, and belongs to the Sacramento post, American Legion.
The first
marriage of Mr. Dutton united him with Meta Evelyn Woods of Sacramento, by whom he had one son,
Leslie George. His second marriage occurred in Woodland, uniting him with Mrs.
Lilly Valentine. She was born in Sacramento, and by her first marriage
she has one child, Dolores. In national politics Mr. Dutton is a Republican. He
has been the business agent for the local plumbers’ union for one year. He is
very fond of sports and athletics, and is especially fond of boxing.
Transcribed by Vicky Walker,
8/2/07.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches,
Pages 968-969. Historic Record Company,
Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Vicky Walker.