Direct descendant is highlighted in red

FATHER

George Armistead Work

MOTHER

Lydia Warren Herron

WIFE

Geraldine Graham

b. 01 Feb 1899

d. 07 Nov 1979

CHILDREN

1. George Armistead Work b. 10 Nov 1922

2. Sally Jane Work b. 14 Mar 1926

3. Martha Graham Work b. 31 Oct 1927

4. Katherine Ruth Work b. 26 Oct 1936

Sacramento County

Biographies

GEORGE ARMISTEAD WORK

      GEORGE ARMISTEAD WORK.—Promising among the more recent accessions to the ranks of distinguished members of the legal fraternity in California, and already prominent for having demonstrated talent, scholarship and rare qualities, George Armistead Work, the attorney, has established himself enviably in Sacramento city and county. He was born at Jackson, Miss., on March 16, 1889, the son of George A. Work, the planter, and his wife, who was Lydia Herron before her marriage, both of whom are now deceased. They were highly esteemed as representatives of the old school and as worthy of the best that the social life of the South could produce; and they left an enviable record for having benefitted the world during their sojourn here.

      George Armistead Work came to California and availed himself of the University facilities here, after he had put behind him both grammar and high school work; and he was duly graduated from the University of California in 1913 with the degree of J. D. He practiced law in San Francisco and Rio Vista for two years, and was city attorney of the latter flourishing town. In June, 1919, he came to Sacramento. His progress here has been marked by a rapid mastery of California legal and other conditions, and by the natural fruits of his having set a high standard, and then lived up to it, in all of his dealings with clients, society and the bar. He is known for his public-spiritedness, and is interested in Sacramento County history and traditions, both past and in the making.

      A democratic American, rather than merely an American who persists in shouting for democracy, Mr. Work served for two years in the world War as a member of the American army. He entered as a private, served abroad as one of the 344^th Battalion, Tank Corps, and was commissioned lieutenant before the end. He was married, March 16, 1921, to Miss Geraldine Graham, born at Colusa, and they have one son, George Armistead, Jr. 

Transcribed 8-13-07 Marilyn R. Pankey.

Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches, Pages 994-995.  Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923

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