Biographies
GEORGE HOOK
The life of that once well-known
Californian, George Hook, formerly of Contra Costa County, spanned the period
of thirty years, from 1851 to 1880. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, was there
reared and educated and from there came, a young man, to California. It was at
Placerville and in Contra Costa County that he passed most of his active life
and in the latter place he died, sincerely mourned by a wide circle of acquaintenances.
In 1874 Mr. Hook married Miss Mary Green,
a native of San Bernardino, Cal., whose father, in 1849, when nineteen years of
age, left Ohio and crossed the plains to California. Mrs. Green, a native of
England and now a resident of Sacramento, remembers all of the details of the
eventful journey on the overland trail. Mrs. Hook bore her husband a son and a
daughter, Henry and Sarah C. Hook. The former is married and lives at
Roseville, Cal., and Sarah is a member of her mother's household.
Transcribed by Sally Kaleta.
Source: Willis,
William L., History of Sacramento County,
California, Page 955. Historic
Record Company,
© 2006 Sally Kaleta.