The builders of a great city : San Francisco's representative men, the city, its history and commerce : pregnant facts regarding the growth of the leading branches of trade, industries and products of the state and coast . dge Waymire has a large and BUILDERS OF A GREAT CITY. 341 lucrative practice, having been coun-sel in many cases of great public im-portance. He is prominent in GrandArmy circles, and is now serving hisfifth term as President of the VeteransHome Association of California. Itwas chiefly through his efforts that abranch of the National Home for dis-abled volunteer soldiers and
The builders of a great city : San Francisco's representative men, the city, its history and commerce : pregnant facts regarding the growth of the leading branches of trade, industries and products of the state and coast . dge Waymire has a large and BUILDERS OF A GREAT CITY. 341 lucrative practice, having been coun-sel in many cases of great public im-portance. He is prominent in GrandArmy circles, and is now serving hisfifth term as President of the VeteransHome Association of California. Itwas chiefly through his efforts that abranch of the National Home for dis-abled volunteer soldiers and sailorswas established in California. Though not a politician in theordinary sense, he has always takenan active interest in public affairs,being a zealous Republican. He wrote the platform of the party in1890, and is a member of the StateExecutive Committee. Judge Waymire was married inJune, 1865, to Miss Virginia AnnChrisman, a lady whose parents wereborn in Virginia and came West byway of Kentucky and Missouri toOregon. The fruit of this union istwo sons and two daughters. At hislovely home in Alameda the Judgeputs off the cares of his professionallife, and in the domestic circle is adevoted husband and Rdolph C, Weber. Adolph C. Weber. F those men at the head of thedifferent banking institutionsof San Francisco, none aremore possessed of the differ-ent qualifications necessary in fill-ing such a position of trust thanMr. Adolph C. Weber, the sub-ject of this brief sketch, -whose ca-reer of twenty years at the head ofone institution, which he has placedupon a financial footing equal to thatof any in the country, lias markedhim as one of the citys most capableand eminent financiers. Mr. Weber was born in Homburg,Rhenish Bavaria, May 29, 1825. Hewas brought up amidst the influencesof a refined and happy home, andhis father, who was the presidingProtestant Minister of a district com-posed of fifteen parishes, lookedafter the education of his he arrived
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