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DANIEL
O’CALLAGHAN
DANIEL O’CALLAGHAN, a
member of the firm of C. F. O’Callaghan & Bro., shipping and commission
merchants in general produce, 427 and 429 Front street, San Francisco, was born
I San Francisco, the youngest of the seven children of James and Margaret O’Callaghan,
of Irish birth. Mr. James O’Callaghan came to America when only seven years of age, and coming to California in 1849 became one of California’s sturdy pioneers. He came in the sailing vessel Flavirus around Cape
Horn, landing at this port in
September. He, like many other forty-niners, engaged for a time in mining,
being very successful. Having great faith in the future of San Francisco, he invested his capital in city property here, and was
of course successful in this enterprise, as his possessions advanced in value
with the rapid growth of the city. He was man of genial and generous
disposition, public-spirited, and identified with the development of the city
from the beginning. He was City Assessor and Tax Collector from 1851 to
1853, and Public Administrator for San Mateo county for a number of
years. He always kept abreast of the times and took a lively interest in
public affairs; was a liberal contributor to public enterprises, and was ever
ready to assist a friend, and there are many who deeply and sincerely mourn his
loss, his death occuring in 1867. He was a
member of the Society of Pioneers, a worthy and conscientious citizen.
Our subject, Mr.
Daniel O’Callaghan, completed his studies in the high school of his native city,
and at the age of sixteen years became the bookkeeper for the wholesale grocery
house of Goldberg, Bowen & Co. He remained in the employ of this firm
until 1887, when the wholesale produce and commission house of C. F. O’Callaghan
& Bro. Was established. In has since had a flourishing existence, its
trade extending far into the northwest.
Mr. O’Callaghan is a
conservative Democrat, taking an active interest in local politics. Is a
prominent member of the Stanford Parlor, No. 76, N. S. G. W., of Columbia
Council, No. 55, Y. M. I. And has the honor of being
the first vice-president of the latter at the present time. He is also a
junior member of the Society of California Pioneers, and of the Sons of Exempt
Firemen of San Francisco.
Transcribed
by 11-17-06 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: "The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 2, Pages 169-170, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.
©
2006 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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