GEORGE CAMPBELL
Grading and Excavating -Mountain View
SURNAMES: LEONARD, BURKE, HITCHCOCK, MALONE
By hard work, strict integrity and common sense , George
Campbell has established a place for himself among the citizens of
Mountain view, where he was born, August 15, 1873. His father,
the late James Campbell, came from his native land of Ireland to
Mountain View in 1862. The railroad was just being built in to
Mountain view and he was employed in the grading work; he was also
interested farming, but continue to do excavating and grading work. He
was married in Mountain view to Mrs. Margaret (Leonard) Burke, born in
Ireland, and she has two sons living in Mountain View, Edward and Dan
Burke. For sixteen years Jane Campbell was a tenant on the Hale
Ranch and was successful as a grain and stockman. He next moved
to San Mateo county and still engaged in ranching. During 1890 he
returned to Mountain View and built the Campbell home at 394 Franklin
Street and there he died at the age of seventy-nine years. Mrs.
Campbell lives at home surrounded by a number of her
children. They re the parents of ten children. George
, the subject of this review, being the eldest; Mary is the wife of
Bert Hitchcock; James, Will, Tom, John, Maggie is Mrs. Peter Malone;
Henry resides in San Francisco. Two children died in early
childhood.
George attended the public schools until he was sixteen years of age,
leaving school to work with his father in grading, teaming and farm
work He became an expert teamster, driving eight or ten horses
with perfect ease. After his father's demise he continued
with the business and has done much reliable work, being well equipped
with scrapers, wagons, farming and orchard implements, ten good horses,
and one Yuba tractor. He ordinarily employs five men, but in busy
times many more. His reputation has been constructed on the
foundation of efficient work and square and honorable dealing, and they
round is busy.
He leases 150 acres in the vicinity of Mountain View which is
devoted to hay and grain. He is a consistent member of the
Catholic Church; fraternally he is a member of the Foresters and the
Native Sons of the Golden West. He is well and favorable known in
his locality and can be relied upon for good conscientious work.
Transcribed by Carolyn Feroben, from Eugene T. Sawyers' History of Santa Clara County,California, published by Historic Record Co. , 1922. pge 396 page 1414
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