Sacramento County
Biographies
FRANK N. KILLAM
FRANK N. KILLAM.--In public affairs Frank N. Killam takes an active and helpful interest, and as superintendent of operation and maintenance of state buildings he is doing effective service for the general good. He is one of California's native sons and was born in Petaluma, Sonoma County, October 13, 1876, of the marriage of John Cornelius Killam and Elizabeth Hawkins. They came to California in 1873 and settled in Sonoma County. The father is a mechanic by trade. The mother passed away in 1919.
Frank N. Killam attended the public schools of California and afterward studied electrical engineering, in which work he engaged for twenty-four years, also acting as a salesman during that time. Subsequently he passed the civil service examination and on March 1, 1922, was appointed to his present position by Governor Stephens. He is faithful to the trust reposed in him and his duties are efficiently and conscientiously discharged. He is also interested in agricultural pursuits and is the owner of a well-improved ranch in Butte County, this state.
Mr. Killam is a veteran of the Spanish-American War and saw service as corporal of Company B, Eighth California Volunteers. He is an Elk and has passed through all the chairs in the Odd Fellows Lodge. He is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, and is also a member of the Ben Ali Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He is fond of fishing and hunting and is a member of the South Butte Gun Club of Live Oak. He is a loyal, public-spirited citizen, deeply interested in the welfare and progress of his community and commonwealth, and brings to his various duties in life a broad mind and keen intelligence, which are the basis of his success.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 757. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.