Solano County Biography
B.D. Egery
B.D. Egery - of the firm of Egery & Lament, was born, in Penobscot county, Maine, on December 12,1838, remaining there until 1859, when he came to California. First engaged in mining in Butte county, removing therefrom one year after, when he removed to Chico, and from there to San Francisco, from whence he went to Owen's river, where he again engaged in mining. In the fall of 1863 he obtained employment as a clerk in San Francisco, at which he remained until January, 1867, when he left for Vallejo and opened a grocery, fruit and provision store, which was destroyed by fire in the following June. He then became a clerk with E. T. Starr. In September, 1869, he entered into partnership with John E. Williston, whose interest his present partner purchased in September, 1870, when the firm of Egery & Lament was started. Mr. Egery married November 24,1871, Miss Carrie G. Lambert, a native of Philadelphia, who was born in 1846, by whom he has Lambert D., John A., Benjamin C., and Eugene.
History of Solano County, California
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Transcribed by Julie Appletoft, February 2008
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