Sacramento County
Biographies
WILLIAM P. LARACY
WILLIAM P. LARACY.--Since 1907 William P. Laracy has been connected with the fire department of Sacramento and since 1920 has been captain of Chemical No. 3. He is a native son of California, his birth having occurred at Berkeley, February 21, 1886, a son of John J. and Margaret (Fitzpatrick) Laracy. John J. Laracy served two enlistments in the U.S. Army, the last one being in an Italian outbreak, and received his honorable discharge in Oregon; he then came to California and was married at Marysville and some years later settled in Sacramento in 1884. John J. Laracy served as call man on the Sacramento fire department until his death in March, 1920; the mother of our subject passed away in 1900.
William P. Laracy, the second eldest of three children, received his education in the public schools of Sacramento and was occupied in various lines of work until 1907, when he became a member of the Sacramento fire department, serving capably until 1913, when he was promoted to the position of captain of Chemical No. 3, and his devotion to every detail of his office has made him an efficient man for the position.
Mr. Laracy was united in marriage with Miss Aileen M. Lacy, born in Los Angeles, and they have two sons; John Edward and Richard K. He is a member of the Red Men, and Firemen's Relief and Protective Association, in which he has been a trustee since its organization. Mr. Laracy has no political preference, but always supports progressive legislation.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 873. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.