GEORGE W. LYNCH
Los Gatos
Bio-Pen Pictures
SURNAMES: VICE,
was born in New York city, January 22, 1844. His father ,
William, was a native of Ireland, and his mother, Mary, a native of
Glasgow, Scotland, They were married in Glasgow and came to New
York at an early date, and the mother died when George was very
young. They raised a family of seven children, of whom five are
still living. When George was very young his parents removed to
Pittsburgh, where his mother died. His father then moved to
Keokuk, Iowa, and thence to Carthage, Illinois, and finally to
California, where he died in 1881.
George came to California in 1864, and located first in San Francisco,
and afterward at Suisun, Solano County, where he taught school for
three years. He then returned to San Francisco, where he has been
employed as an accountant and general business man ever since. He
was married , In August , 1870 to Annie P. Vice, a native of
Philadelphia, of German and french parentage. They have two children, a
son and a daughter. His family have resided in Santa Clara County
since 1879. Mr. Lynch is Secretary of the Los Gatos and Saratoga
Wine Company, being one of the incorporators of the same; is also
secretary and one of the incorporators of the real-estate company
called the Saratoga and Los Gatos Syndicate; is Secretary and lessee of
the Los Gatos Gas Works, and organizer of the same; is Secretary and
lessee of the Gilroy and Hollister Gas Works, is President of the
Visalia (Tulare County) and Pomona (Los Angeles County) Gas Works, and
has interests in all these incorporations. He has a ranch of
forty acres, all in fruit and vines. Has twelve acres in fruit,
principally French prunes, the remainder being a family orchard, all
from one to seven years old. He has sixteen acres in wine grapes,
and the rest in Muscats from one to seven years old. his
residence is beautifully located on an eminence, and commands a
magnificent view of the surrounding country. The view of Santa
Clara Valley to the north, east, and west is especially grand.
His house, barn, fruit houses and other buildings are large and
convenient, and has an abundance of water furnished by a windmill on
his place, the large water tank being attached to the house His
grounds, fronting on the Los Gatos and Saratoga road, are beautifully
laid out, through which the road to his house winds up an easy grade.
Mr. Lynch is one of our most public-spirited citizens, and deserves to
prosper, as he has done much toward the building up of Los Gatos.
Pen Pictures From The
Garden of the World or Santa Clara County,
California,
Illustrated. - Edited by H. S.
Foote.- Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1888. p. 593-594
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