Solano County Biographies

GEORGE ROE

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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was born in Elmira, New York, August 28, 1854.  He came to California in March, 
1870, with his parents, and took up his residence in Suisun, Solano county, 
where he clerked for several months in Dr. J. F. Pressley�s drug store.  In the 
Fall of 1870 the family moved to Vallejo, and in December, 1871, young Roe 
entered the office of the �Solano Democrat,� a weekly paper published by 
Thompson & Linthicum, as printer�s devil.  He was soon promoted to the case, and 
afterward, when his employers started the �Daily Independent,� he was made city 
editor.  Subsequently he purchased the material of the office, and commenced the 
publication of a daily morning paper.
 
History of Solano County � San Francisco, Cal. - Wood, Alley  & Co., East 
Oakland, pub 1879, pp 387