Solano County Biography
Geo. F. Mallett
Geo. F. Mallett - Assistant Naval Constructor. Born in the town of Topsham, Lincoln county, Maine, October 23,1832, where he remained until 1849. He learned his trade, that of shipwright, at Bath, Maine, where he remained until October, 1856, when he emigrated west and settled in Berlin, Wis., remaining there twenty months, when he returned East, and on June 5, 1858, he sailed from New York, on the steamer "Moses Taylor," to the Isthmus, where he took the steamer "John I. Stephens," arriving in San Francisco June 28th of the same year, following his trade in San Francisco and Benicia until November 20,1861, at which time he came to Mare Island, and on March 14,1870, he was appointed Foreman Shipwright, when, on January 22, 1872, he was appointed Assistant Naval Constructor, which position he still holds, giving satisfaction to all Mr. Mallett married his first wife, Mary D. Hilton, in Bath, Maine, January 29,1854 She was born in Maine in 1826, and died July 26, 1859. Married his present wife, Mary K Speck, February 22,1863, by whom he has Mary E., born April 24,1864; Lena B., horn August 13,1867, and died December 28,1877; Carrie W.,born March 31, 1869; George F., born September 19,1872; Levi C., born July 26,1874, and William H., born September 25, 1876. Mr. Mallett is a member of the F. and A. M. Lodge, No. 87, and also Fast Master of same institution, as well as Past High Priest of the Naval Chapter. He was appointed to select the Masonic Cemetery, and has very prominently identified himself with other orders.
History of Solano County, California
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Transcribed by Julie Appletoft, February 2008
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