HON.
GEORGE C. McMULLEN
HON.
GEORGE C. McMULLEN, who owes more to the capital embraced in a fine physical
organization and a well-poised brain then to the inherited wealth of a line of
ancient ancestors, was born in Perry County Ohio, January 27, 1838, his father
being a prosperous farmer in that section.
In 1855 his parents removed to Missouri and thence, two years later, set
out for California, making the trip by ox teams without serious mishap. Mr. McMullen resided first in Solano County,
until the fall of 1874, when he came to Sacramento County and purchased a fine
ranch of 240 acres known as "Lizzie's Vineyard," situated within a
short distance of Brighton, which he conducted for a number of years and
brought to a high state of perfection.
Of late Mr. McMullen has been trading and dealing extensively in land,
and devoting himself to breeding and raising of the finer grades of horses in
stock. He at present farms a snug place
of some seventy-six acres near Brighton, and situated about five miles east of
the city. For four years, beginning in
1884, Mr. McMullen represented the Fourth Supervisors' District of this County,
and at the election of November, 1888, was chosen to most responsible position
of Sheriff of the County; an office he is peculiarly well-fitted to fill
efficiently on account of his wide acquaintance in this section, his quick and
ready judgment, his unhesitating determination. The Board of Supervisors, of which he was member, has made an
honorable record for itself in the great amount of public improvements it has
accomplished, in the way of laying out the improving roads, the building of
bridges, etc., etc.,--more than was effected in the 20 years previously; and
what is still more credible, the rate of taxation has been at the same time
materially lowered. Mr. McMullen is a
Republican of decided convictions. For
many years he has been an active patron of husbandry. Mr. McMullen was married Sept. 25, 1859, to Miss Rhoda E.
White. They have five children George Ebner,
Irvine H., Lida A., Winfield E., and Edith, the youngest, all residing at home.
An
Illustrated History of Sacramento County, California. By Hon. Win. J Davis. Lewis Publishing Company 1890. Page 257.
Submitted
by: Nancy Pratt Melton.