Alameda County Biographies

HUGH BANKHEAD

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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	Was born in Cumberland, Alleghany County, Maryland, April 22, 1846, and there resided 
until two years of age, when he was brought to Missouri, then to California, by his parents, 
arriving here at seven years of age.  First settling in Plumas County, they abode there for 
four years, when they moved to Honey Lake Valley, Lassen County, where they dwelt for a further 
period of six years.  Here our subject worked on his father�s farm until 1863, when he 
transferred his residence to Oakland, and attended the College of California for three years.  
In 1866 he engaged in the auction and furniture business, which he still continues in Oakland, 
at Nos. 911 and 913 Washington Street.  Married in 1872 Miss Eva J. Weider, and has two sons, 
viz.:  Malcolm Houston and David Boyd.

History of Alameda County, California�, Oakland, M.W. Wood Publ., 1883, p. 842