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WILLIAM KINKADE LINDSAY, M. D.
Since 1909 Dr. W. K. Lindsay has been city physician, health officer and secretary of the board of health of Sacramento. He was horn at Sheldon, Sacramento county, September 4, 1877, and when
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he was thirteen years old the family moved into the city and for six years he attended the public schools. He then took a four-year course in the University of California and was graduated from the medical department in 1901 with the degree of M. D. He began his medical practice in Courtland, but five years afterwards moved to Sacramento, where he has since practiced his profession. When the new charter for Sacramento was adopted in July, 1912, the board of health was abolished, but he was continned in office as health officer and city physician. He has been very active ever since his gradua- tion in advocating measures for the prevention of contagious diseases and the complete stamping out of the same. In 1907 he was ap- pointed as special inspector by the board of health of Sacramento, and in this way he became well and favorably known. On the resig- nation of Dr. H. L. Nichols, who desired to retire, Dr. Lindsay was appointed health officer in January, 1909, since when he has filled that important office. The summer of 1912 was strenuous because of the concerted movement to eradicate rabies which was prevalent among all canines, several persons having suffered injury from bites, and the board of health found it necessary to give them the Pasteur treatment. Then came the infantile paralysis scare, but by rigid quarantine the disease was abated and finally wiped out.
The father and grandfather of the doctor, both named Williani K. Lindsay, crossed the plains in 1851 with ox-teams and settled on the Cosumne river. They were dairymen and farmers on a large scale. The grandfather owned two thousand acres of fine, fertile soil; he was a supervisor of the county of Sacramento for a number of years and resigned the office in 1859. Dr. Lindsay's father mar- ried in 1876 Miss Maria A. Tuttle, who was born in New York. She had come to California from the state of New York in 1870 and had taught school until her marriage. They were the parents of five chil- dren, namely: William K. is the subject of this review. James Albert is now a practicing dentist in Sacramento. Helen Salome is the wife of James H. Hayes, traffic manager of the Pacific Fruit Exchange. Landon Sanders was a farmer on the Homestead Tract, and was accidentally drowned in 1907; the family still own eight hundred and eighty acres of farm and dairy land in this tract. Elmira Ann, the youngest in the family, died in infancy.
Dr. William K. Lindsay married Etha Mae Walker, daughter of Henry C. Walker, formerly a prominent business man in Detroit, Mich., but who had come to this state for his health. The children of this marriage are: Almira Mande, born June 2, 1902; William Kinkade, born December 2, 1904; and Walker Henderson, born Jan- uary 28, 1906. Naturally Dr. Lindsay is broadly interested in all public questions both in and out of his profession. He is a member of the Sacramento Society for Medical Improvement, a member of the State Medical Society and also of the American Medical Asso -.
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ciation and the Northern District Medical Society. In fraternity he is a Scottish Rite Mason, a past district deputy grand president of the Native Sons of the Golden West, and a past president of Court- land Parlor No. 106 of that order. With Mrs. Lindsay he is an active member of the Eastern Star and of the Congregational Church.
EDWARD HAYNES
An official position whose duties were assumed as the result of a vacancy caused by death has given Mr. Haynes an opportunity to acquire a comprehensive knowledge of the most modern methods connected with municipal bookkeeping, as he had previously become familiar with every detail connected with commercial bookkeeping while assisting his father in an eastern mercantile establishment. That he has justified the wisdom of his selection and vindicated the choice of the mayor is amply proved by the excellence of his official record and the care with which he has discharged every duty devolv- ing upon the city anditor and assessor since he was appointed deputy January 8, 1906. Among those familiar with such work his books are said to be models of accuracy and system and the results of his labors will compare favorably with those of his most capable predecessors.
Michigan is the native commonwealth of Edward Haynes, who was born in Onondaga, Ingham county, May 21, 1862, and is a son of Ephraim P. and Alsey A. (Earll) Haynes, both natives of New York state. At about six years of age he entered the primary depart- ment of the public schools and each year fonnd him one grade higher until 1877, when having completed the regular course of study he turned his attention to commercial pursuits. As a bookkeeper in a general mercantile store conducted by his father he gained a thor- ough knowledge of every detail connected with accounts and was well qualified for further responsibilities of the same nature. During October of 1882 he came to California and settled first in Dunnigan, Yolo county, where he worked in varions capacities, taking any em- ployment that offered an honorable livelihood. At the expiration of four years he came to Sacramento and secured a position as brakeman on the Southern Pacific Railroad. On account of his effi- ciency he was promoted in 1891 to the position of conductor on the road with headquarters at Sacramento and he continued with the railway until January, 1906, when the city auditor, Fred W. Carey, appointed him his deputy. On the death of Mr. Carey he was ap- pointed his successor by Mayor Beard on September 1, 1910, and in
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November, 1911, he was elected to the office, being the nominee of both parties. Since his original appointment he has given his time and thought wholly to the duties connected with the office.
The marriage of Mr. Haynes and Miss Olive Masters was sol- emnized in San Francisco October 2, 1901, and they at once estab- lished a home in Sacramento, where they have continued to reside, meanwhile winning the friendship of all with whom they have had social or business relations. For many years Mr. Haynes was con- nected actively with Sierra Division No. 195, Order of Railway Con- ductors, and after he had ceased to have any relation with the road he still retained an honorary membership with the division. While he has not been a partisan nor a politician, he maintains staunch convictions in regard to governmental issues and gives his support to the Republican party. Besides holding membership with the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows in their Eldorado Lodge No. 8, he has been very prominent in Masonry as a member of Tehama Lodge No. 3, F. & A. M., Sacramento Chapter No. 3, R. A. M., Sacramento Council, No. 1, Sacramento Commandery, No. 2, K. T., and Islam Temple, N. M. S.
CHARLES W. ANDERSON
The capable supervision of the present chief is bringing the gratification of satisfactory returns to the fire department of Sacra- mento. Ambitious to develop a plant worthy of the municipality, he has devoted every energy with intense eagerness to the securing of needed improvements. The capable labors of his predecessors in office have been supplemented by his own arduous and unremitting application to the management of the department. The results of his efforts are apparent in the increased efficiency of the plant. There are many people in the city who assert that the position has never had an incumbent more energetic, more sagacious and more trust- worthy than is Mr. Anderson, who with justice may feel proud of the appreciation given to his work in the city's behalf.
The county of Sacramento has been the lifelong home of Mr. Anderson, and his father, Hartford Anderson, held a prominent place among the pioneer residents in the vicinity of Folsom. His brother, Judge W. A. Anderson, of Sacramento, also crossed the plains with the father in 1849. Charles W. Anderson's birth occurred July 5, 1867. As a boy he had the advantage of instruction under Professor Blanchard in the public schools. Leaving school in 1882 he secured work as a laborer on a ranch near Folsom, where he remained for one year. Next he undertook to learn the blacksmith's trade, hut at the expiration of six months his health became impaired and he was forced to relinquish all activities. An enforced idleness of six months,
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during which time he remained with his father, enabled him to re- gain his former strength. As soon as able to work he learned the trade of a tinsmith and afterward followed it as a journeyman until 1887, when he became an apprentice in the state printing office at Sacramento. Seven years were spent in that office, the period sub- sequent to his apprenticeship being spent in regular work for wages.
Upon his return to Folsom in 1894 Mr. Anderson engaged as a tinsmith for Brown & Yaeger, but that place he resigned in 1895, when he returned to Sacramento and entered the employ of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company as a tinsmith. When he resigned that post in August of 1910 it was in order that he might accept the responsible dniies as chief of the fire department, to which he had been appointed by Mayor Beard. In entering his new tasks he showed the energy, tact, and determination characteristic of him in previons business associations, and his service up to the present time has been marked by the steady growth of the department and its continued immediate response to all alarms. Not only has the chief proved a resourceful fire-fighter, but in addition he makes many sug- gestions as to prevention of fires and watches closely all of the extra hazardous fire risks, believing that no service is of greater value to any municipality than the prevention of such serions catastrophes.
The marriage of Mr. Anderson and Miss Louisa Meyer took place at Folsom, Sacramento county, August 16, 1893, and has been blessed with two children, Carl W. and Ruth Louisa, both of whom have received superior educational advantages in the high schools of Sac- ramento. The Republican party has received the consistent and steadfast support of Mr. Anderson ever since he attained his ma- jority and cast his first ballot. Fraternally he not only has main- tained an active connection with the Loyal Order of Moose, but also has been a prominent local worker in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is past noble grand of Eldorado Lodge No. 8. Both of these fraternities receive his generons assistance in their charitable undertakings and he has further given helpful aid to general mea- snres for the common good. He is also a member of the Pacific Coast Association of Fire Chiefs. His interest in the welfare and progress of his native county is particularly keen. In his opinion no movement is too ardnons, no enterprise too great for local support provided the prosperity of the community thereby is enhanced.
CLARENCE C. CUFF
From the earliest ages the science of architecture has fascinated men of broad mental vision. The monuments and cathedrals that have stood in massive grandenr for centuries untold bear witness to
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the desire of man to express his aspirations and visions in stone or marble. At no time, however, has the profession risen to such prominence as in the history of the twentieth century, whose re- markable commercial development demands artistic yet substantial architecture as the expression of its character. Noteworthy among the architects who are formulating and developing the cities of the present day, mention belongs to Clarence C. Cuff, member of the firm of Cuff & Diggs, architects who for some years successfully have engaged in their chosen profession in Sacramento, meanwhile design- ing and planning a number of the finest structures in this part of the state.
Of Canadian birth and ancestry, Clarence C., son of H. W. and Mary Cuff, was born in the city of Toronto January 15, 1871. The excellent schools of Toronto furnished him with the best grammar- school advantages and he continued his studies until he was fifteen years of age, when he discontinued school work for the occupation in which he was destined to make a subsequent success. The prelimi- nary study of architecture was carried on with an architect of To- ronto, whose instruction guided him wisely and thoroughly through the formulative period of his researches. Later he had the advan- tage of three years of study in the Toronto School of Architecture, from which he was graduated with a high standing. Immediately after completing his course of study he went to Buffalo, N. Y., and entered the office of an architect, with whom he remained five years. Later he was employed by architects in different parts of the United States and thus gained a thorough conception of favorite styles of . architecture in the various localities. While following his profession in New York City he there married in September of 1904 Miss Louise Schuster, a cultured woman of eastern birth and thorough education.
After his arrival in the west during 1905 Mr. Cuff engaged with an architect in San Francisco for one year, after which he came to Sacramento and for two years held a position in the office of the state architect. Later he formed his present partnership with M. I. Diggs and under their capable alliance the substantial grammar- school at Marysville has been erected, the Diepenbrock theatre pre- sents an added attraction for lovers of dramatic art in Sacramento, the Travelers Hotel of Sacramento and the Eldorado county court- house at Placerville have been built, the California Hospital at Sac- ramento is accepted as a model of the kind, the warehouse of Thom- son, Diggs Company forms an addition to the business part of the city, and the residences of D. W. Carmichael, C. B. Dewees and Senator M. Diggs stand as monnments to the originality and skill of the architects. Since he crossed from Canada into our own country Mr. Cuff has made a study of national problems and has given his allegiance to the Republican party. He is a member of the Knights
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of Columbus and professionally is an active member of the Archi- tectural League of Sacramento and an associate member of the Am- erican Institute of Architects.
THOMAS W. O'NEIL
The associations of a lifetime bound Mr. O'Neil closely to Sac- ramento county. While the interests of business took him tem- porarily to other parts of California he always considered himself a citizen of his native county and never lost his intense loyalty and affectionate devotion to this section of the state. In return he re- ceived the admiring respect of an unusually large circle of acquaint- ances. It is given to few to possess the friendship of all, yet it may be said of Mr. O'Neil, notwithstanding his activity in politics and his frankness in expressing his opinion concerning public ques- tions, that even his political opposers bore him no ill will, but on the contrary reposed the highest confidence in his honor, integrity and patriotic loyalty.
Born at Folsom, Sacramento county, Angust 4, 1855, Mr. O'Neil began to learn the trade of frescoing at an early age and for seven years he followed the occupation in San Francisco and San Jose, always, however, retaining his home in Sacramento county. During 1876 he began to work at his trade in Sacramento, where he made a specialty of frescoing, decorating interiors and treating wall finish. By the exercise of good business judgment and artistic skill he estab- lished a reputation in his chosen line and was reckoned one of the most successful frescoers in this part of the state. During 1887 he married the daughter of the late John Rooney of Brighton (now called Perkins), Sacramento county, and at the time of his demise he left to mourn him his devoted wife, also two daughters and five sons, the eldest of whom was not yet seventeen.
From boyhood Mr. O'Neil took an active part in politics. For many years he was a local Democratic leader and a member of the county and state central committees. As sheriff in 1893-94 he estab- lished a reputation for fearlessness. During his term every industry in the city and county was paralyzed by the A. R. U. strike and the city was under martial law. Another important affair connected with his official service was the suppression of gambling in the county. When the chief of police and local officers stated they could not suppress gambling in the city, he stepped in, declared that gam- bling must stop and saw to it that not another deal was made while he acted as sheriff. Although a staunch Democrat he was chosen
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by President McKinley to act as census marshal for Northern Cali- fornia. When the Union Building and Loan Association went into the hands of a receiver he was chosen by Judge Hughes for that position. Under his oversight chaos was reduced to order, justice was secured for all concerned and the litigation was about com- pleted in every detail at the time of his death. After he retired from the sheriff's office he engaged in the hop business, but a de- cline occurred in the price about that time and hops were scarcely worth the gathering, so that his accumulations in a lifetime of en- ergy and labor were swept away in a legitimate enterprise.
As organizer Mr. O'Neil was connected with Sacramento Par- lor No. 3, N. S. G. W., and he was also prominent in the United Commercial Travelers' Association. As a member of the firm of M. Cronan & Co., of Sacramento, he traveled throughout Northern California and during one of his trips he was seized with a heart attack at Colfax, Placer county, March 12, 1905. In a few hours he passed away. The remains were brought back to the bereaved family and interment was made in the Sacramento cemetery. Uni- versal regret was expressed that a man of such sterling qualities should be taken while yet in the prime of manhood. Many trib- utes were paid to his memory by those who had known and hon- ored him for years. From one of these testimonials we quote as follows:
"Only those whose privilege it was to enjoy a personal ac- quaintance with the late T. W. O'Neil appreciate the noble quali- ities of the man. It is doubtful whether the unexpected death of any other man in the city of Sacramento would have elicited more sincere expression of sorrow. Tom O'Neil was a true man in ev- ery one of life's manifold relationships. He loved his family and was devoted to his friends, while toward those who differed with him in the affairs that called his attention, political or personal, his generous heart could cherish no antagonism. All his life was free and open. He never knowingly oppressed a human being. In his great heart there was no place for resentment, yet he was indomitable in defense of his opinions and like a man faced vicis- situdes with courageous resolution. It happened to him that the course of his career led him sometimes into politics, but Tom O'Neil never lost his self-esteem, his natural love of truth, his friendly devotion in all the manipulation of that strange game where men rarely scruple if failure is the alternative. Tom O'Neil's sincerity never forsook him. Under every circumstance his com- pass was set by the stars and he pursued the rigid reckoning, lead where it might. The death of such a man and so true a friend comes as a personal loss to the humble writer of these lines, as it does to every man who knew him well enough to appreciate him at his worth. He was too noble to be base, too conscientious to de-
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ceive, too loyal to dissimulate. Upon his brow God set the seal of truth, in his heart no taint of dishonor could abide. And the world will revolve and the days go on and on, and you will be forgot- ten, Tom, but not by those who languish now in tears for love of you, nor yet by this penman, nor by the large number of others who, from knowing you, called you friend."
Mrs. O'Neil, who survives her husband, now fills the office of county superintendent of schools, having been elected to the of- fice in 1906 and re-elected in 1910. She is the daughter of the late John Rooney and a sister of James and Peter Rooney. Her father was born in County Louth, Ireland, and came to the United States in 1847, when twenty-one years of age, landing in New York, whence he proceeded to Boston. Next he went south to Kings county, Ala. November 20, 1849, he started for California via Panama and landed in San Francisco on the 27th of January, then coming to Sacramento February 2 following. For nine months he worked in the mines of Georgetown, Eldorado county. His min- ing ventures were so remarkably successful that by 1852 he had netted $25,000, but years later financial reverses came to him and swept much of his splendid property into ruin. In 1852 he be- gan farming, and purchasing six hundred and ten acres of raw land near what is now Perkins, Sacramento county, he followed agriculture and stock raising on that place. About 1881 he began hop raising and developed what was said to be the largest hop-field in the entire world. In 1853 he married Mary Clark, a native of the same county in Ireland. For years they presided over a home where hospitality was unbounded. No weary traveler ever sought food or shelter there in vain. No guest ever visited the spacious country home but was refreshed in spirit and made the better for the sunshine of Mrs. Rooney's presence.
When financial troubles came Mr. Rooney saw his wide pos- sessions leave him to satisfy the demands of the mortgage-holders. But John Rooney and his wife were made of sterner stuff than those who surrender to the caprices of fortune. He was ever the same rugged, stalwart character, strong in his friendships, un- shaken in his principles, while Mrs. Rooney remained his ever-de- voted helpmate. Early in life John Rooney was a Douglas Demo- crat. In 1864 he supported Abraham Lincoln. After 1868 he was identified with the Democratic party. In local conventions he was a leader. "But the years crept on John Rooney and mellowed his life into a peacefulness that sought no more clashing with the world. The ambition which fired him on in the days of his splen- did youth and manhood was gone, and John Rooney gave up life as bravely as he had lived it." When within a few months of seventy-seven years of age he died at the home of his son, James,
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where he had been temporarily sojourning. To the memory of de- scendants he left the priceless heritage of an honorable life, de- voted to the welfare of loved ones and to the service of the com- monwealth which he proudly called his home.
ALDEN W. CAMPBELL
A typical American of the best class is a fitting description of Alden W. Campbell of Sacramento, who has reached a high place in public esteem as an architect and an artist along professional lines. Mr. Campbell was born in Boulder, Colo., in 1875, a son of William R. and Lydia R. (Wilson) Campbell, natives respect- ively of Canada and of Michigan. In 1877 William R. Campbell brought his family to California and locating in Sacramento went into the planing-mill business and built up a large factory which supplied an extensive demand for builder's materials.
When his parents brought him to Sacramento, Alden W. Camp- bell was abont two years old. He was educated in public schools and in night schools and took special courses with the Interna- tional Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Pa., receiving his di- ploma in complete architecture. While he was studying in the night school, to hasten his preparation to enter his chosen field of labor, he participated in several architectural-drawing competitions and won several medals offered by the State Architectural Society. The first was awarded him in 1894 and he was the recipient of oth- ers in 1895, 1896. 1899, 1900 and 1902. When he was sixteen years old he entered upon a three years' term of employment with that vet- eran California builder, Silas Carle, whose operations extended throughout the state. Later in the employ of the Sacramento Plan- ing Mills he gained in two years an intimate practical knowledge of woodworking and interior finish. In 1897-1902 he was in the civil service department in the post-office building, and in his spare time he devoted himself to professional study and prepared plans for fine residences in Sacramento, among them being residences for Dr. Hart, Henry Nicolaus, Jr., A. L. Crane, Walter L. Rennie and Peter Roemer, also for T. G. Schmeiser of Davis and F. E. Gil- more of Red Bluff. He is now established in his own office at Thir- ty-fourth and J streets, and has drawn plans for numerons fine houses and apartment buildings; he has on file important contracts for execution in the near future. He is a member of San Fran- cisco Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and is a mem- her of the Sacramento Architectural League.
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