San Francisco : its builders, past and present : pictorial and biographical . ren, a daughter, Relda, nowMrs. Frederick Van devender Stott of New York, and two sons,Byington and Tirey L., Jr. If this typical life-history of a self-made American were reducedto the dryness of chronology, it might be tabulated thus: , (December 29) born on a farm in Missouri. 1877, emigrated to California and took work as a ranch hand. 1880, entered a law office as a student. 1882, admitted to the bar. 1888, man-ied. 1888, elected district attorney of Sierra county. 1890, reelected district attorney. 1892, e


San Francisco : its builders, past and present : pictorial and biographical . ren, a daughter, Relda, nowMrs. Frederick Van devender Stott of New York, and two sons,Byington and Tirey L., Jr. If this typical life-history of a self-made American were reducedto the dryness of chronology, it might be tabulated thus: , (December 29) born on a farm in Missouri. 1877, emigrated to California and took work as a ranch hand. 1880, entered a law office as a student. 1882, admitted to the bar. 1888, man-ied. 1888, elected district attorney of Sierra county. 1890, reelected district attorney. 1892, elected to the state senate. 1895, appointed attorney for the state board of harbor commis-sioners. 1896, sent to Washington as legal representative of the miners ofCalifornia. 1898, elected attorney general of the state of California. 1902, resigned as attorney general and retained as general counselof the United Railroads of San Francisco. 1903, elected a trustee of the Mechanics Institute of San Fran-cisco. 1905, appointed a member of the state board of prison


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