San Francisco County
Biographies
MOORE,
HAYES & CO. [HAYNES]
Moore, Hayes
& Co., of San
Francisco,
are selling agents for the Farmers’ Alliance, and are also doing a commission
business for other parties. Their
business is with the interior of the State, and consists principally in the
handling of grain and other products of the farm. The firm organized February 1,
1891, and it is
expected that it will be connected with the Farmers’ Alliance in other States.
Mr. Moore, the
senior member of the firm, is a native of Nova Scotia.
He has been in business in San Francisco for sixteen years, and during all this
time has also been engaged in contracting and building, and has erected many of
the finest buildings of the city. He has
established a good reputation as a reliable and worthy business man. Mr. Hayes is a native son of San Francisco, born August 20, 1857, the son of John W. Hayes, a native of Virginia.
The latter came to San Francisco in 1850, and has been a business man of
this city since that time. He married Margaretta G. King, the daughter of Samuel D. King, the
first Surveyor-General of the State of California.
They have six children, all of whom reside in San Francisco.
Mr. Hayes, the eldest son, was educated in the public and private
schools of San
Francisco. In 1887 he was elected Secretary, Treasurer
and Librarian of the Chamber of Commerce of this city, and has been re-elected
five years in succession. He is also
Secretary of the Merchants’ Club, and takes a deep interest in the commercial
affairs of San
Francisco.
Please Note: In the 1890 San Francisco City Directory, page 617, Mr.
Hayes is listed as Haynes, Thomas J., secretary, Chamber of Commerce, Merchants’
Exchange Bldg., r. 913 Fillmore. [npmelton]
In the 1887 San Francisco City Directory, page 589, Mr.
Hayes is listed as Haynes, Thomas J., secretary, treasurer and librarian Chamber
of Commerce, Merchants’ Exchange Bldg., r. 631 Hayes. [npmelton]
Transcribed
Karen L. Pratt.
Source:
"The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 1, page 668, Lewis Publishing Co,
1892.
©
2005 Karen L. Pratt.
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