Sacramento County
Biographies
ALBERT L. POLLARD
ALBERT L. POLLARD.--An efficient
executive both within and without the fraternal orders with which he is
connected is Albert L. Pollard, secretary of the Maccabees, and of the general
relief committee of the I. O. O. F., with headquarters at Sacramento. He is a native son, having
been born at Grass Valley, Nevada County, on October 19, 1863, and his parents
were James P. and Mary (Gulliver) Pollard, the former a sturdy pioneer of 1850,
who crossed the Isthmus to get to the Golden Gate, and once here, went after
the real gold, mining in California and Nevada. He was a carpenter by
occupation, and when he died at Sacramento in 1916, where the family
had settled, he left an excellent record for usefulness. Several years ago,
Mrs. Pollard, a lovable woman, also passed away.
Albert
Pollard attended the public schools of the historic Grass Valley, and was graduated from the
high school there in 1879. Then, after coming to Sacramento, he followed car-building
for the Southern Pacific for seventeen years, having previously been both
carpenter and farmer. In 1907, his present position was offered him, and he
left the Southern Pacific to make the change. How much more he has accomplished
than was really demanded of him, his untarnished record of steady, faithful,
interested work in behalf of the order, attesting to unusual proficiency, will
show. In national political affairs, Mr. Pollard is a Republican; but he never
allows partisanship to interfere with his professional duties or with a hearty
support, such as his fellow-citizens have a right to expect, of all approved
measures and candidates deemed best for the locality.
Mr.
Pollard married Miss Nellie R. Webster. She was a genial, accomplished woman,
who made so many friends that her death in 1901 was widely lamented. A
daughter, Nellie Fay, is now Mrs. N. D. Baker and she has two children. Mr.
Pollard is a member of the Odd Fellows, the Encampment, Canton Cabiri, and the
Rebekahs; and he also belongs to the Maccabees, the Moose, and the Knights of
Pythias. He likes out-of-door life and sport, and is especially fond of hunting
the deer.
Transcribed by Vicky Walker,
8/2/07.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 969.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Vicky Walker.