San Francisco County
Biographies
JOHN H. DURST
JOHN H. DURST, City and County
Attorney of San Francisco,
was born in Sacramento, graduated at the State
University and Hastings
Law School.
About 1883 he began the practice of his profession in this city, and has ever
since been building up a substantial and remunerative practice, being a man of
great industry and shrewd judgment. He is a consistent Republican. His father
is the well-known Dr. D. P. Durst, of Yuba county, a
pioneer. The latter came of a good Lutheran family, born in Pennsylvania,
and was highly esteemed in Colusa county, this State, where he resided prior to
the war.
Transcribed 1-25-06 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: "The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 2, Pages 288-289, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.
©
2006 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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