William Alvord : Born January 3, 1833 : Died December 21, 1904
William Alvord : Born January 3, 1833 : Died December 21, 1904
Theodore Henry Hittell
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He rose from an hum- ble station. He was born in Albany, New York, on Jan- uary 3, 1833, and educated at the Albany Academy. In 1850, at the age of seventeen, recognizing the necessity of making his own way in the world, he went to New York City and engaged himself as a clerk and assistant in a large hardware establishment. In 1858, at the early age of twenty, having already by strict attention mastered a competent knowledge of mercantile and commercial problems as well as of the details of tra...de, he felt strong enough to branch out for himself and fortunately chose California as the scene of his enterprise. He settled, in those pioneer days of our State, at Marysville and estab- lished there the hardware house of Alvord and Haviland. After two years of successful business at Marysville, find- [3] Digitized by VjOOQIC ing the necessity of a wider field to satisfy his aspirations, he removed to San Francisco and established the large wholesale and importing hardware house of William Alvord & Co., in the conduct and management of which he continued for a number of years.
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