Lassen County
Biographies
A. T. Arnold
This gentleman is a native of Delaware County, Ohio, where he was born June 12, 1833. In 1854 he came to California, via Panama. He remained a year at Martinez, then went to Marysville, and thence to La Porte, where he engaged in mining, packing, teaming, and butchering until the fall of 1858, when he came to Susanville to live. He was engaged in teaming, and in the boot and shoe business, until 1870, since when he has been engaged in farming and fruit culture. He is a Master Mason, and a member of the A. O. U. W. In politics, he is a republican. December 27, 1864, he married Miss Susan E. Roop, daughter of Hon. I. N. Roop, the lady in whose honor the town of Susanville was named. They have been blessed with seven children, five of whom are still spared to them: Susie M., born June 21, 1866; I. N. R., August 22, 1868; A. T., October 12, 1873; Thomas C., December 25, 1874; Dora M., May 13, 1876; Victor, May 24, 1879; Mark E., October 17, 1881. They were all born in Susanville. A. T. died March 1, 1874, and Thomas C., April 17, 1875.
SOURCE: Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from 1513 to 1850. –
Fariss and Smith, San Francisco, 1882. p 400
Transcribed by Craig Hahn, Nov. 2004
Dr. P. Chamberlin
He was born on the fourteenth of January, 1824, in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents to Rock Island county, Illinois, in 1833. In 1834 they crossed the Mississippi river into what was then the territory of Wisconsin, and which has since become Scott county, Iowa. Dr. Chamberlin was married in Davenport, Iowa, January 12, 1848, to Miss Mary A. Hill. During the summer he moved back to Jackson county, Iowa. He crossed the plains with his wife and son in 1852, locating in Washington county, Oregon. He moved to Plumas county, California, in the spring of 1855, and became a resident of Honey Lake valley in May, 1859, where he has since resided with his family.
SOURCE: Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from 1513 to 1850. –
Fariss and Smith, San Francisco, 1882. p 403
Transcribed by Craig Hahn, Nov. 2004
E. G. Bangham
He was born in Niagara county, New York, January 16, 1834. Three years later the family moved to Calhoun county, Michigan, and settled on a farm. In the spring of 1851 he helped to drive the first band of sheep overland to this state. They belonged to J. P. Long, and of the 1,600, but 800 reached their destination. He stayed in Sonoma county until June, 1852, and then returned east by water. After farming in Michigan until 1859, he crossed the plains again, and settled in Honey Lake valley. He purchased an interest in the Hatch, Dow, & Johnson ranch, and sold it in 1868, when he returned to Michigan. He again came to this county in 1869, and purchased 160 acres of William Dow, five miles east of Susanville, where he still resides. Mr. Bangham is a member of the Susanville commandery. In politics, he is a republican. He has served one term as supervisor, and two as coroner. September 10, 1861, he married Miss Louise Borrette, born in Philadelphia, October 10, 1846. Their family consists of five children: Nettie A., born January 4, 1863; Frank H., July 21, 1867; Addie O., October 4, 1872; Sandusky, July 17, 1875; Ross, September 11, 1879; all in Honey lake valley.
SOURCE: Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from 1513 to 1850. –
Fariss and Smith, San Francisco, 1882. p 401
Transcribed by Craig Hahn, Nov. 2004
J. C. Blake
He was born in Virginia, February 14, 1832. In the spring of 1850 he started for California, arriving in Placerville in August. He spent four years in mining, in Trinity, Shasta, and Siskiyou counties. In 1855 he commenced merchandising in Trinity, was burned out the same year, and resumed mining in Shasta county. Three years later he again began merchandising in Shasta county. In 1861 he sold out, and took a stock of goods to Humboldt, Nevada, in 1862, and returned to Shasta. In 1863 he embarked in general teaming, and continued until 1867, when he came to Lassen county and located a farm near the town of Susanville, where he has since resided. In March, 1871, he was appointed justice of the peace, and has since served in that capacity, by election and appointment, his present term expiring in 1883. In politics, he is a democrat. He is a member of Lassen Lodge No. 149, F. & A. M. November 26, 1862, he married Rhoda Armstrong of Shasta county. Their children are William Lee, born April 17, 1864; Addie, March 29, 1872; Maud, September 12, 1876; J. C., Jr., July 29, 1879.
SOURCE: Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from 1513 to 1850. –
Fariss and Smith, San Francisco, 1882. p 401
Transcribed by Craig Hahn, Nov. 2004