Contra Costa County Biography

MANUEL J. PIMENTEL

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta, December, 2006.

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                 Manuel J. Pimentel, one of the representative men of eastern 
Contra Costa County, was born in Portugal on March 17, 1868. He acquired his 
education in the schools of his native land, and at the age of sixteen he came 
to America. He located in Fresno, where he readily found employment. Later he 
removed to Madera, where he engaged with a sheepman for a period of one year. He 
then bought sheep, and has always  been engaged in this business. He was 
identified with this business in Contra Costa County, while he was a resident of 
Madera for some years. Mr. Pimentel was married to Mary Lawrence, and her death 
occurred in 1904. His second marriage was to Anna Ramos of Santa Rosa, 
California. To this union was born one daughter, Josephine E. Mr. Pimentel gives 
his political support to the Republican party. Fraternally, he is a member of 
the I.D.E.S. and the U.P.E.C. He deals extensively in sheep, and is one of the 
prominent men of Byron.
 
Source: "The History of Contra Costa County, California," Elms Publ. Co., 1917, 
p.612.