Solano County Biography

James McCudden

James McCudden - dealer, in wood, coal, lumber and groceries, was born in the county of Fermanagh, in Ireland, in 1837, and arrived in the United States in 1853, first settling in the city of New York, where he remained some years, when he came to California, in 1857. In 1861 he opened the Union Hotel in Vallejo, remaining its proprietor for ten years. In 1874 his present business was established, and two years afterwards he first started in the lumber trade. Mr. McGudden is one of Vallejo's most honored citizens; his election to the Board of Supervisors in 1877 proving the estimation in which he is held.

History of Solano County, California
Pages 371-372
Transcribed by Julie Appletoft, February 2008

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