Santa Cruz County Biographies

GEORGE SIMPSON SHEDDEN

Submitted by Kathy Sedler

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        George Simpson Shedden, a prominent young business man of Santa Cruz, 
who has been engaged in the confectionery business of that city, claims bonny 
Scotland as his birthplace. Some of his ancestors were Scottish Knights, who 
with lance and shield contested in valorous tournaments.
        He was born at Airdrie, December 23, 1864, and, coming to the United 
States, located at Newport, Rhode Island. He resided there until 1882, when he 
went to Kansas, where he remained six years, engaged in the drug business. His 
arrival in Santa Cruz dates back to the twenty-fifth day of May, 1888, at which 
time he accepted a position as druggist in the Palace Pharmacy, which position 
he held for a year and a half. He has lately been engaged in the confectionery 
business, but is connected with the Santa Cruz Electric Light Company. Mr. 
Shedden is an active member of the Pilot Hose Company, and is respected by a 
large circle of friends.
 
HISTORY OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.-  E. S. Harrison, 
Pacific Press Publ. Co., San Francisco, 1891