Marin County Biographies

M. S. AZEVEDO

Transcribed by: Marilyn R. Pankey. 

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M. S. Azevedo, of the firm of Azevedo, Snares & Co., proprietors of the Laurel 
Grove Dairy, San Rafael.  This firm leases about 1,500 acres of grazing land and 
carry on a large dairy business, milking over 100 cows, and employing four 
milkers constantly.  The large output of milk and butter is shipped to San 
Francisco markets.
     Mr. Azevedo, the subject of this sketch, is a native of Portugal, born in 
St. George, January 18, 1857.  He was reared and educated in his native country, 
and emigrated to the United States in 1875, first locating in the State of 
Missouri, and sixteen months later came to California.  He was a farm laborer in 
Contra Costa county for two years, and then came to Marin county, where he 
engaged in the dairy business, and has since been actively engaged in that 
industry.   His partner, Antonio M. Snares, is also a native of Portugal, is a 
man of family, and now resides in San Rafael.  The parents of our subject were 
M. S. and Coloto Azevedo, both natives and still subjects of Portugal.  Mr. 
Azevedo is the eldest in a family of four children, and is yet unmarried.  He 
was naturalized at San Rafael, in 1887.  Politically he is a Republican, 
although not active in politics.  Socially he affiliates with the benevolent 
association of his countrymen, at Sausalito.
 
Source: "The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 2, pages 62-63, Lewis Publishing Co, 
1892.