Mendocino County
Biographies
Arthur, Charles Richard
Charles Richard Arthur, Son of Pleasant and Agnes Timberlake Arthur, was born in Highland county, Ohio, October 23, 1829. He resided in his native county till he was twelve years of age, and during that time attended the public schools. In 1841 he immigrated to Iowa City, Iowa, in company with his parents, where he remained till 1846. He then returned to Highland county, Ohio, and engaged in clerking in a store which occupation he followed till 1850. In April of that year he started across the plains bound for California and arrived in the State in September of that year. Began mining at once at Hangtown (Placerville), El Dorado county, which he followed for the period of two years. He then started a pack-train across the mountains to supply the mines at Gold Cañon and trade with the immigration from Salt Lake and the States; in the fall of that year bought a drove of cattle, and in company with I. G. Wickersham drove them to Petaluma, Sonoma county. He remained in Petaluma for the next three years and during the time engaged in merchandising in company with Messrs. Wiley & Overton. In 1856 he moved to Tomales township, Marin county, and began the business of dairying and farming. In 1859 he disposed of his interest there and went to Bloomfield, Sonoma county, and opened a store which he continued till 1873. He then went to San Luis Obispo count; after an absence of two years returned to Bloomfield, and in 1875 moved to Point Arena and began merchandising and conducting the wharf at that place in connection with the business of the store. In January, 1880, the partnership was dissolved. Mr. Arthur retaining the wharf as his portion, to which business he is now attending. April 15, 1855, he married Miss Elizabeth Vanarsdale, a native of Keokuk, Iowa, born February 5, 1835. Their children are: Alice, born January 11, 1856; Edwin, born January 25, 1859; Margaret H., born June 27, 1860; Charles R., born September 26, 1863; Frederick A., born August 10, 1865; and Emma B., born October 3, 1867. They have four children deceased.
SOURCE: History of Mendocino County, California - San Francisco, Cal. Alley, Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1880 Pp. 517
Transcribed by Pat Howard
Caughey, Robert
Robert Caughey, Son of William and Margaret Orr Caughey, was born in County Dundass, Canada West, Ontario District, October 29, 1835. He remained at his birthplace until 1863, receiving his education at the common schools. At the age of seventeen he began the millwright and carpenter trades, which he followed as long as he remained in Canada. In 1863 he came to California, sailing from New York City February 1st, on the steamer Ariel. From the Isthmus he sailed in the steamer Golden Age, and arrived in San Francisco March 1st. He went at once to Bloomfield, Sonoma county, and followed the carpenter’s trade in Sonoma and Marin counties till 1868, when he came to Mendocino county and settled on his present place of two hundred acres, and has since been engaged in farming, dairying and stock-raising. Has been extensively engaged in road contracting also. He has always taken an active interest in school interests of his section, and is present a member of the Board of Supervisors. He married Miss Margaret Munroe, August 21, 1858, in Canada, who was a native of that Province, being born September 2, 1838. Their children are: William, Donald, Fraser, Grace Ann, Ella May, Robert Henry and Gertrude.
SOURCE: History of Mendocino County, California - San Francisco, Cal. Alley, Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1880 Pp. 517, 518
Transcribed by Pat Howard