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BYRON MAUZY

 

 

MAUZY, BYRON, Piano Manufacturer and Merchant, San Francisco, Cal., was born in Rushville, Ind., March 31, 1860, the son of Reuben D. Mauzy and Rachel (Caldwell) Mauzy.  He married Ellen Tillman Schroth at San Francisco, April 15, 1891.  Mr. Mauzy attended the public schools of his native town up to the year 1875, when he moved to San Francisco.  There he entered high school for two years, and then went out into the world to carve a career for himself

      He learned the piano trade and worked at that for seven years.  At the end of that period (1884) Mr. Mauzy embarked in business for himself, and has continued down to date.  He has enlarged his field of operations during the 27 years in which he has been in business, and today, in addition to conducting one of the finest and most widely known piano salesrooms on the Pacific Coast, he is a manufacturer and importer, handling some of the world’s most noted instruments.

      He is a director of the Down Town Association, and has also been Treasurer and Director for five years of the Merchants’ Association, a body devoted to commercial progress.  He is a director of the Mechanics’ Institute, having held that office for many years.

      He has taken a prominent part in the progressive politics of San Francisco, and in 1907 was a candidate for Mayor on the Lincoln-Roosevelt Republican ticket.  In 1911 was elected Supervisor for a two-year term.

      He is a member of the Bohemian, Union League, Olympic, Commonwealth, Elks and Rotary Clubs, in addition to being a member of the Masonic orders, a Knight Templar, Eastern Star and Shriner 32d degree Mason, Scottish Rite, Son of the American Revolution, Vice President and Director of the Young Men’s Christian Association.

 

 

 

Transcribed by Betty Vickroy.

Source: Press Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I,  Page 472, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta.  1913.


© 2007 Betty Vickroy.

 

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