S. G. Worden

 

S. G. Worden, of San Francisco, is a native of St. John, New Brunswick, where he was reared and educated.  He later went to Boston and served his apprenticeship as a builder, and after reaching manhood he came to the Pacific coast, via Panama, arriving here June 3, 1863.  He first engaged in building at San Mateo, and the only means of communication at that time between there and the city was by milk wagons.  He remained there only a short time, and then went to Vallejo, but after a year he decided to visit his Eastern home, and started on the next steamer.  He spent five days in Boston, two at his old home in St. John, and then started for the Golden State, but this time not alone.  During his short stay he had persuaded Miss Carpenter, one of the most popular and attractive young ladies of St. John, to share her fortunes with him, and they were married just before taking the steamer for California.  In 1865 Mr. Worden again visited the East, spending two months in New York, and also visited his old home.  He returned in 1868 and engaged in building and real estate, and the following year again went East, taking the first through passenger train leaving Sacramento after the completion of the railroad.  He returned in July, and the following year went to Omaha and engaged in the furniture business, but after six months this enterprise resulted in a pecuniary loss between $60,000 and $70,000.  Mr. Worden again returned to San Francisco, taking a solemn oath that he would never again leave his native heath.  He immediately resumed his contracting, building and real-estate interests, and for the past twenty years has been successfully engaged in different parts of the city, but largely at the Mission.  He has resided on San Jose avenue for more than twenty-two years.

     Mr. and Mrs. Worden have two sons living in this city, and have lost one daughter.

 

Transcribed 10-16-04  Marilyn R. Pankey