The first home of the family in this country was established in Boston, Massachusetts when Jeremiah was only four years old. By 1852 the young man had reached San Francisco but soon went back to New York. Six years later he established the Great Western Hotel in San Francisco and conducted it until 1865. In Oakland in 1868, he bought from Joseph Diovos, the Cosmopolitan Hotel at the corner of Seventh and Broadway, a place well known. Hanifin's place of business was so near to the now County Court House and Hall of Records that it became a gathering place for discussions of political problems and for the exchange of information. The proprietor then entered the Local political field. In 1872, he found it desirable to dispose of his hotel and give all his time to a chain of liquor stores he had built up. From 1873 to 1876 he was Fire Commissioner of Oakland and from 1881 to 1890 he was supervisor and chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Alameda County. In 1856 he married Eliza J. Farley in New York and nine children were born to them. (Baker, vol. 8, p. 288) G=(Guinn, vol. II, p. 632
The first home of the family in this country was established in Boston, Massachusetts when Jeremiah was only four years old. By 1852 the young man had reached San Francisco but soon went back to New York. Six years later he established the Great Western Hotel in San Francisco and conducted it until 1865. In Oakland in 1868, he bought from Joseph Diovos, the Cosmopolitan Hotel at the corner of Seventh and Broadway, a place well known. Hanifin's place of business was so near to the now County Court House and Hall of Records that it became a gathering place for discussions of political problems and for the exchange of information. The proprietor then entered the Local political field. In 1872, he found it desirable to dispose of his hotel and give all his time to a chain of liquor stores he had built up. From 1873 to 1876 he was Fire Commissioner of Oakland and from 1881 to 1890 he was supervisor and chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Alameda County. In 1856 he married Eliza J. Farley in New York and nine children were born to them. (Baker, vol. 8, p. 288) G=(Guinn, vol. II, p. 632
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