Sacramento County Biographies

J. R. WEBSTER

Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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SACRAMENTO TOWNSHIP.
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	was born in England in 1834, and remained there for ten years. 
In 1844 he came to Boston, and for six years followed the sea. He came to 
California in 1850, and for seven years followed various pursuits, when he 
established a laundry, which he carried on till 1867. From 1868 to 1872, he was 
assistant storekeeper at the store of the C. P. R. R. Company. During 1872, he 
went to St. Louis and engaged in railroad supplies and metals; he then returned 
to Sacramento in 1876 and established the grocery business  which he has since 
conducted. Was married to Mary Gaffney, a native of Ireland, in 1857. They have 
had four children, two of whom are now living, viz., John F. and Kate F. Mr. 
Webster's Post Office is Sacramento. 

Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by 
Thompson & West.