Alameda County Biographies

GEORGE E. SLEEPER

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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	George E. Sleeper, a representative of a well known pioneer family of California, 
prominently connected with business interests of Oakland as manager of the Oakland Clearing 
House Association, was born in this state in 1874. His father, Charles Sleeper, a native of 
Maine, came to California in 1861 and for a time mined at Columbia, Tuolumne county. He is now 
manager of the San Francisco Clearing House. George E. Sleeper's grandfather, W. O. Sleeper, was 
one of the earliest settlers in this state, having arrived here in 1851. He was one of the first 
bankers in California, conducting a bank at Columbia.
	George E. Sleeper acquired his education in the public schools of San Francisco and 
later engaged in the electrical business in Oakland. During the last eighteen years he has been 
connected with the clearing house business in San Francisco and Oakland and a great deal of his 
present success is due to his wide experience and detailed knowledge. When the Oakland Clearing 
House Association was organized in 1906 Mr. Sleeper was chosen its manager, and this position he 
has filled with credit and ability since that time. He occupies an enviable position in business 
circles of the city as a man whose sagacity is far-reaching and whose integrity is beyond question.

Past & Present of Alameda County, California � Vol II, S. J. Clarke Publ. Co., 1914, p. 38