WILLIAM E. HATHAWAY

WILLIAM E. HATHAWAY.--One of the well-known mining men in Sacramento County, whose experience and knowledge enable him to discuss with precision many questions involved in the construction and operation of mines, and the development of ranches, is William E. Hathaway, superintendent of the Coast Rock & Gravel Company. He is the son of C. M. and Barbara (Harper) Hathaway and was born on August 11, 1866, at Breckenridge, Colo. His father was a native of Illinois and the mother was a native of Kentucky. The father was a pioneer of 1850 and was a miner in Colorado. While he was making his way westward, he sensed the feeling of opposition between the North and the South grow stronger and stronger. He came as far as Yreka, Cal., and being a loyal citizen, answered the call of his native state and traveled back East. He enlisted in the army of the North and fought through the entire Civil War. When peace reigned once more, he engaged in the stock business in South Dakota, where he remained until his death.

William E. Hathaway was educated in the public schools of the Black Hill country of South Dakota. He worked on his father’s stock-ranch, riding the range, until he was twenty years old. In 1888 he was employed by a railroad company on their construction work; then for ten years he was employed in the mines. In 1904 he came to California. He was employed by the E. B. & A. L. Stone Company of Oakland, who had the government contract for the Truckee and the Carson projects. In 1910 he joined the Natomas Company, as superintendent of their rock-crushing plant at Natoma, and in 1913 took charge of the plant at Fair Oaks, and in 1920 became connected with the Coast Rock & Gravel Company, where he has been ever since.

At Grand Island, Nebr., William E. Hathaway was united in marriage to Kate Birdsall, of New York. Her father was a native of England, and her mother a native daughter of Pennsylvania. They are the parents of one child, William E., Jr., who is attending St. John’s Military Academy, near Milwaukee. Mr. Hathaway is very fond of all sports, and is especially interested in horse-racing. He has served faithfully as the trustee of the Fair Oaks school district for two terms, and is an Elk of Lodge No. 559, Vallejo. Politically, he adheres to the Democratic party.

Transcribed by Priscilla Delventhal.

Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches, Page 925. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.