Sacramento County
Biographies
GEORGE VICE
GEORGE VICE--Among the county officials who are serving in an efficient and conscientious manner is George Vice, who is serving in the capacity of purchasing agent for the county. He is a native son of the Golden State, born in San Bernardino County, May 25, 1871, a son of David and Laura Vice, both pioneers of California. David Vice came to California from Ohio in 1855 and engaged in mining; the mother also came to the West in an early day and they were married here; both parents are now deceased.
The education of George Vice was begun in the public schools of his native county, but he was forced to earn his own living at an early age. For seven years, Mr. Vice was employed as a fireman for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. His appointment by the board of supervisors dates from May, 1914, and the responsible position of purchasing agent for the county has been handled by him in a most careful and capable manner. Mr. Vice is among the most prominent Democrats in the county, where for a quarter of a century he has served as chairman of the county central committee. At all county and state conventions he takes an active and prominent part; he was alternate to the national Democratic convention at Baltimore in 1912, and was delegate when President Wilson was nominated at St. Louis, and also delegate to the national convention in 1920 at San Francisco. Mr. Vice was a director on the committee that restored Sutter's Fort and erected Marshall's Monument at Coloma.
Mr. Vice's marriage united him with Miss Edith Meiss, a native daughter of Sacramento, Cal., and they are the parents of one daughter, Helen. Fraternally Mr. Vice is a member of the Native Sons of the Golden West and the Eagles Lodge of Sacramento.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 748. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.