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Manager for the [[California Green and Dried Fruit Company]] during the 1890's, amd manager for [[Pine Box Manufacturer Agency]]  after.
 
Manager for the [[California Green and Dried Fruit Company]] during the 1890's, amd manager for [[Pine Box Manufacturer Agency]]  after.
San Jose mayor from the  [http://www.sourisseauacademy.org/Publications/businessmen.pdf reform ticket] in the early 20th Century<ref>Hayes Faction Victorious in the San Jose Election: [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19040517.2.100 May 17, 1904 San Francisco Call].</ref>.
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San Jose mayor from the  [http://www.sourisseauacademy.org/Publications/businessmen.pdf reform ticket] in the early 20th Century<ref>Hayes Faction Victorious in the San Jose Election: [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19040517.2.100 May 17, 1904 San Francisco Call].</ref>.  Worswick died in 1921<ref>Worswick of S. J. Dead: Life Was Full of Vital Work: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bRIyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YeQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1931%2C535551 July 21, 1921 San Jose Evening News].</ref>.
  
 
Full biography<ref>George Draper Worswick: Leigh H. Irvine, [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state1/biographies/gdworswick.html History of the New California: Its Resources and People], Lewis Publishing Company, 1905.</ref>.  Worswick also patented a ventilated fruit box in 1895<ref>US Patent 549043 A, [http://www.google.com/patents/US549043 Ventilating Fruit Box].</ref>.
 
Full biography<ref>George Draper Worswick: Leigh H. Irvine, [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state1/biographies/gdworswick.html History of the New California: Its Resources and People], Lewis Publishing Company, 1905.</ref>.  Worswick also patented a ventilated fruit box in 1895<ref>US Patent 549043 A, [http://www.google.com/patents/US549043 Ventilating Fruit Box].</ref>.

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George Draper Worswick.
Died July 12, 1921
Employer California Green and Dried Fruit Company, Pine Box Manufacturer Agency, mayor of San Jose
Occupation Businessman and politician

Manager for the California Green and Dried Fruit Company during the 1890's, amd manager for Pine Box Manufacturer Agency after. San Jose mayor from the reform ticket in the early 20th Century[1]. Worswick died in 1921[2].

Full biography[3]. Worswick also patented a ventilated fruit box in 1895[4].

References

  1. Hayes Faction Victorious in the San Jose Election: May 17, 1904 San Francisco Call.
  2. Worswick of S. J. Dead: Life Was Full of Vital Work: July 21, 1921 San Jose Evening News.
  3. George Draper Worswick: Leigh H. Irvine, History of the New California: Its Resources and People, Lewis Publishing Company, 1905.
  4. US Patent 549043 A, Ventilating Fruit Box.