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S. R. Gordon, Quartz, May 28, 1860.
Charles E. Alvoid, Plumas,
Aug. 21, 1860.
E. H. Van Decar,
Plumas, Nov. 17, 1865.
Raymond Mather, Seneca, Nov. 23, 1865.
R. C. Hayden, Indian, Nov. 27, 1865.
G. W. Miner,
Mineral,
Nov. 22, 1860.
E. H. Gosnell, Rich Bar,
Nov. 22, 1860.
Norman K. Wright, Mineral, Nov. 29, 1865.
Lewis Stark, Plumas, Nov. 26, 1860.
E. H. Metcalf,
Mineral, Nov. 29, 1865.
William W. Kellogg, Rich Bar, Nov. 30, 1860.
Amos F. Blood,
Indian, Nov. 30, 1860.
H. B. Abbott,
Indian, Jan. 2, 1866.
George S. McLear, Quartz, Nov. 30, 1860.
B. B. Stevens,
Washington, Nov. 30, 1860.
M. M. Engle,
Goodwin, May 4, 1866.
David Kirkhanı,
Seneca, Dec. 10, 1860. Washington, Feb. 4, 1861.
Simeon Wheeler, A. F. Blood,
Indian, Aug. 17, 1867.
George E. Hale,
Honey Lake, May 7, 1861.
John P. Lloyd,
Goodwin, Aug. 17, 1867.
Hamp Brown,
Mineral, Sept. 23, 1861.
Milton Clover,
Indian, Oct. 28, 1867.
William K. Logan,
Plumas, Sept. 24, 1861.
B. B. Stevens,
Washington, Dec. 2, 1867. Washington, Nov. 15, 1867.
J. J. L. Peel,
Indian, Sept. 27, 1861.
W. S. Jackson,
Henry Washington, Goodwin, Nov. 25, 1867.
John P. Lloyd,
Goodwin, Dec. 20, 1867.
Jackson Urie,
Plumas, Oct. 7, 1861. Washington, Oct. · 7, 1861.
E. H. Metcalf, James P. Burge,
Indian, Dec. 24, 1867.
William H. Miller, Seneca, Oct. 14, 1861.
Edon Cramer,
Quartz, Dec. 24, 1867.
George E. Hale,
Quartz, Oct. 15, 1861.
Cutler Arnold,
Honey Lake, Nov. 16, 1861.
W. R. Johnson,
Seneca, Jan. 27, 1868.
B. F. Sheldon,
Honey Lake, Sept. 17, 1862. Honey Lake, Oct. 1,1862.
William Wagner,
Mineral, Feb 4, 1868.
William J. Young, A. F. Blood,
Indian, Oct. 4, 1862.
Seneca Carroll,
Indian, Dec. 8, 1868.
A. P. Moore,
Plumas, Oct. 6, 1862.
Andrew Jackson,
Quartz, Nov. 13, 1869.
Marshall Bronson, Stephen Goodrich, Amos H. Barnes, John S. Ward,
Rich Bar, Nov. 28, 1863.
E. W. Taylor,
Indian, Dec. 23, 1869.
Honey Lake, Dec. 2, 1863.
E. W. Judkins,
Indian, Dec. 24, 1869.
Honey Lake, Dec. 2, 1863.
Washington, Dec. 5, 1863.
Mineral, Jan. 3, 1870.
B. B. Stevens, M. B. Sturges, Washington, Dec. 7, 1863.
A. F. Blood,
Indian, Jan. 14, 1864.
T. F. Hersey, Hamp Brown, W. S. Jackson, John Whitcraft,
Washington, Jan. 4, 1870.
Quartz, May 12, 1870.
Stephen Goodrich,
Rich Bar, Jan. 2, 1866.
Edon Cramer, Quartz, Jan. 5, 1866. Fred Howard, Goodwin, May 4, 1866.
A. P. Moore,
Plumas, Dec. 1, 1860.
Goodwin, Nov. 22, 1866.
Jackson Urie,
Plumas, Sept. 28, 1861.
A. P. Moore,
Lewis Stark,
Mineral, Dec. 28, 1867.
George A. Leopold, Rich Bar, Oct. 7, 1861.
Henry Washington, Goodwin, Jan. 9, 1868.
Nelson Stewart,
Quartz, Feb. 7, 1868.
Quartz, . Nov. 9, 1863.
John H. Seagraves, Seneca, Dec. 16, 1869.
Plumas, Dec. 31, 1869.
T. F. Hersey, Plumas, Nov. 29, 1865.
James R. Megarigle, Washington, Oct. 2, 1860. William K. Logan, Plumas, Nov. 22, 1860.
H. B. Abbott,
Indian, Nov. 11, 1865.
B. B. Stevens,
Washington, Sept. 26, 1859.
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Township.
Qualified.
Township.
Qualified.
T. F. Emmons,
Indian,
May 4, 1870.
C. A. Pease,
Quartz,
July . 20, 1876.
Moses Bull,
Indian,
Nov. 17, 1871.
George Carr,
Mineral, Feb. 24, 1877.
J. H. Challen,
Mineral,
Jan. 25, 1872.
Lewis Lannes,
T. F. Hersey,
Plumas, Jan. 2, 1872.
G. W. Hodgkins,
John Whitcraft, -
Quartz, Mineral,
Feb. 5, 1872.
Mar. 15, 1872.
A. H. Ferguson,
James H. Caudill,
Quartz,
Mar. 28, 1872.
H. A. Bronson,
Washington, Nov. 6, 1877. Beckwourth, Nov. 6, 1877.
H. B. Abbott,
Indian,
April 9, 1872.
T. F. Emmons,
Indian, Nov. 6, 1877.
Hamp Brown,
Mineral,
May 17, 1872.
Willard Pratt,
Seneca, Nov. 6, 1877.
A. W. Cook,
Quartz,
Mar. 6, 1873.
James W. Duesler, Plumas, Nov. 6, 1877.
E. M. Prime,
Taylorville, May 21, 1873.
Henry Washington, Goodwin, Nov. 6, 1877.
Lewis Lannes,
Quartz,
Dec 20, 1873.
Lewis Lannes,
Quartz, Dec. 24, 1877.
John Whiteraft,
Quartz,
Dec. 20, 1873.
H. B. Abbott,
Seneca,, April 4, 1878.
Willard Pratt,
Seneca,
Dec. 1, 1873.
H. S. Porter,
Plumas, Oct. 17, 1878.
T. F. Hersey,
Plumas.
Jan. 15, 1874.
John Whitcraft,
Beckwourth, Sept. 25, 1878.
Hamp Brown,
Mineral,
Feb. 4, 1874.
Lewis Lannes,
Quartz, Sept. 27, 1878.
William Wagner,
Mineral,
Feb. 17, 1874.
M. W. Copple,
Seneca, Nov. 8, 1879.
J. P. Burge,
Indian,
Feb. 20, 1874.
Willard Pratt,
Seneca, . Nov. 11, 1879.
T. F. Hersey,
Plumas,
Nov. 9, 1875.
N. H. Hapgood,
Plumas, Nov. 14, 1879.
J. C. Church,
Indian,
Nov. 11, 1875.
James C. Church,
Indian, Nov. 17, 1879.
William Wagner,
Mineral,
Nov. 19, 1875.
H. S. Porter,
Plumas, Jan. 5, 1880.
T. F. Emmons,
Indian,
Nov. 19, 1875.
Henry Washington, Goodwin, Jan. 17, 1880.
D. W. C. Baird,
Goodwin,
Nov. 22, 1875.
Hamp Brown,
Mineral,
Apr. 17, 1880.
H. Morrison,
Seneca,
Nov. 29, 1875.
T. F. Emmons,
Indian, Dec. 30, 1880.
Henry Washington, Goodwin,
Nov. 29, 1875.
N. H. Hapgood, Hamp Brown,
Mineral, Jan. 10, 1881.
John Whiteraft,
Quartz,
Dec. 2, 1875.
Henry Washington, Goodwin,
Jan. 17, 1881.
Hamp Brown,
Mineral,
Dec. 2, 1875.
John Whitcraft,
Beckwourth, Jan. 25, 1881.
Isaac Newton,
Quartz,
Dec. 23, 1875.
George E. Cook,
Quartz, May 11, 1881.
THE BENCH AND BAR.
Among the judges who have presided in the courts of Plumas county, and the attorneys who have practiced before them, are many of state and some of national reputation, both as jurists and in the field of politics. The following biographies of many of them will be found exceedingly interesting, and reveal to a large extent the political history of the county.
Joseph W. McCorkle. William P. Daingerfield. Niles Searles. C. E. Williams.
DISTRICT JUDGES.
Warren T. Sexton.
Warren T. Sexton.
Charles F. Lott.
Peter Van Clief. Robert H. Taylor.
John D. Goodwin.
L. E. Pratt.
Greenleaf G. Clough.
Quartz, May 14, 1877. Plumas, Oct. 31, 1877. Indian, Oct. 31, 1877.
Beckwourth, Nov. 1, 1877.
William Wagner,
Mineral, Nov. 1, 1877.
Henry Washington, Goodwin,
Indian, Feb. 24, 1872. Feb. 15, 1872.
T. F. Hersey, James C. Church, John Whitcraft, Hamp Brown,
Plumas, Dec. 31, 1880.
H. B. Abbott,
Seneca,
Dec. 1, 1875.
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COUNTY JUDGES.
William T. Ward.
Edmund T. Hogan.
Israel Jones. A. P. Moore.
Edmund T. Hogan. W. A. Cheney.
SUPERIOR JUDGE.
Greenleaf G. Clough.
OFFICIAL ROLL OF ATTORNEYS.
Those in Roman type were regular practitioners at this bar; those in Italics being from other counties and admitted here by courtesy. Those marked * are still practicing here.
Admitted to District Court.
Admitted to District Court.
Joseph E. N. Lewis June 19, 1854.
*John D. Goodwin April 24, 1863.
Patrick H. Harris.
June 19, 1854.
Jesse O. Goodwin. Oct. 14, 1863.
Robert I. Barnett
June 19, 1854.
J. May . Oct. 26, 1863.
Tom Cox. June 19, 1854.
Ezra H. Van Decar May 11, 1865.
John R. Buckbec June 20, 1854.
*David L. Haun May 11, 1865.
Patrick O. Hundley May 23, 1855.
A. A. Cooper Sept. 25, 1865.
George S. Beers. May 19, 1866.
Daniel D. Dodge May 13, 1869.
Woodbury D. Sawyer Nov. 8, 1856.
*Greenleaf G. Clough . May 13, 1869.
Charles Westmoreland Oct. 13, 1857.
Frank J. Brearty May 27, 1871.
Samuel Rush Oct. 14, 1857.
John C. Hall May 10, 1871.
George C. Hough April 11, 1859.
Alex. W. Baldwin July 11, 1859.
Robert H. Taylor July 11, 1859.
T. P. Ashbrook. June 1, 1874 ..
*Robt. H. F. Variel. June 12, 1876.
J. W. Walker June 19, 1876.
G. N Sweezy Oct. 10, 1859.
Richard Mesick . Oct. 10, 1859.
George E. Houghton Dec.
6, 1876.
Moses Kirkpatrick Oct. 10, 1859.
John W. Turner . Sept. 2, 1878.
*Hollen M. Barstow Sept. 2, 1878.
W. A. Cheney Sept. 3, 1878.
Chas. C. Goodwin. July 20, 1861.
Creed Haymond July 14, 1862.
*D. W. Jenks April 15, 1880.
A. J. Gifford
April 15, 1863.
*Arthur T. Nation. .Nov. 1, 1880.
*William S. Church
July 11, 1881.
H. F. Brown . April 15, 1863.
O. F. Hakes May 28, 1873.
*William W. Kellogg .June 1, 1874.
B. E. S. Ely July 23, 1859.
Edward Pew. Oct. 11, 1859.
Peter Van Clief April 16, 1860.
A. Quackenbush .
Sept.
3, 1878.
JUDGE JOSEPH W. MCCORKLE .- This gentleman held the first district court in Plumas county. He came to California from Ohio in 1849, and in 1850 was elected the first district attorney for Butte and Shasta counties. In 1851 he served in the legislature, and that fall went to Washington to represent his district in the lower house of congress. Upon his return in 1853, the governor appointed him judge of the ninth judicial district, to fill the vacancy caused by the decease of George Adams Smith. He was occupying this office when Plumas county was created and attached to his district. In 1863 Judge MeCorkle moved to Virginia City, and in 1868 to San Francisco. He is now practicing his profession in Washington, D. C., chiefly engaged in prosecuting claims before the Mexican claims commission.
Hiram L. Gear. Sept. 25, 1865.
*Edmund T. Hogan May 23, 1855.
Minard H. Farley . . May 26, 1855.
Thomas E. Hayden Nov. 7, 1855.
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JUDGE NILES SEARLS was born in New York in 1825, where he remained as a student until 1848. He then removed to Missouri, and upon the receipt of the news that gold had been discovered in California, came overland to the new El Dorado. In 1850 he settled in Nevada City and engaged in the practice of law. He was elected district attorney of Nevada county in 1852, and in 1855 was elected judge of the fourteenth judicial district, which office he held until 1862. Plumas county was in his district until 1857, and Judge Searls held several terms of court here. In 1877 he was elected to the state senate from Nevada county, but only served during one session, his term being shortened by the adoption of the new constitution. Judge Searls is still engaged in the practice of law in Nevada City, and enjoys the respect and esteem of his fellow-citizens. In 1853 he married Mrs. Mary C. Niles. He has two sons, one of whom, Fred Searls, is engaged with his father in his legal practice.
JUDGE WARREN T. SEXTON .- He was born in Warren county, New Jersey, in 1823, and while still a young boy his father moved with his family to Michigan, and there engaged in building railroads by contract. At an early age he fitted for and entered Ann Arbor College. While there he imbibed a strong penchant for the classics, which led him, during his later years, to study the works of the ancient authors for his recreation. The failure of his father in business, before he had finished his course, compelled him to leave college and engage in the active pursuits of life. In 1849 he crossed the plains with the Wolverine Rangers, and in October of that year came to Butte county. His first and only mining was done at Long's bar. He was elected county elerk in June, 1850, and held the position until 1853, when he became district attorney, serving as such for two years. He resided at the old town of Hamilton during its period of county-scatship; and when Bidwell's bar became the favored spot, he followed its fortunes until they waned, and then took up his permanent abode in Oroville. The early records of the courts of that county are all in his well- known handwriting. Care and neatness pervade all the work of his life. While at Bidwell's bar he formed a law-partnership with Judge C. F. Lott, who still survives him. During this partnership he rarely appeared in court to argue either questions of law or fact. Being naturally timid and diffident, he had no desire to speak in public. He has often remarked that he thought he had left the imprint of his fingers on the table in the old court-room at Bidwell, as he nervously grasped it when addressing court or jury. While Judge Lott did the talking, Judge Sexton gave his attention to the preparation of the case, and it was prepared with the skill of a master hand. In 1857 he was elected district judge, beating Judge Lewis by a large vote. He was re-elected in 1863, and again in 1875. In 1869 he was defeated for the same position by Judge Lott. It will be seen that he has held the position of district judge for fourteen years and three months. The last time he appeared in court he was hardly able to walk up the stairs leading to the court-room; but when on the bench, he sat as erect as ever, listening to the argument of counsel. On the eleventh of April, 1878, he died at his residence in Oroville. Judge Sexton was married at Rough and Ready, in this state, November 14, 1855, to Miss Z. Stevens, who still survives him. There were born to them two children, Warren Sexton, Jr., and a daughter, both of whom are at present residing in Oroville. In Plumas county, as in every other part of the district, Judge Sexton was generally admired and loved. His charge to the jury in the celebrated Francis murder case elicited the highest eulogiums from the bench and bar of the state.
The memory of the eminent virtues and abilities possessed by Judge Sexton will be kept alive in the minds of the people, and it will be long ere another can rise to usurp the place he holds in their hearts.
JUDGE CHARLES FAYETTE LOTT was born July 1, 1824, at the village of Pemberton, Burling- ton county, New Jersey. His father was Dr. Charles Francis Lott, medical director and assistant
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adjutant-general in the war of 1812. When a very small boy he went with his parents to Trenton, and in 1836 accompanied them to Quincy, Illinois, from where they emigrated to St. Louis in a short time, and Charles went to school to Elihu H. Shepherd, the great educator of boys in that city. In the course of time he and his brother attended St. Charles college; and in 1840 Charles entered the St. Louis university, from which he graduated in December, 1845. He studied law with Judge Archibald Williams at Quiney, and was admitted to practice in the supreme court of Illinois, June 5, 1848. After practicing law a year, Mr. Lott came overland and reached California in September, 1849. He settled at Long's bar, in Butte county, engaging actively in mining. He assisted in the organization of the county, and has been prominently concerned in the legal pro- ceedings before the courts, without intermission, to the present time. In 1851 he was elected senator from Butte county, serving in the third and fourth sessions of the legislature. In 1869 Mr. Lott was nominated by the democrats of the second judicial district for judge, and was elected over Judge Sexton, serving one term. Since that time he has been an active practitioner of law, and is also extensively engaged in mining in Plumas county. He is a man of high culture and broad intellectuality, being widely known and respected. He was married in May, 1856, to Miss Susan F. Hyer, by whom he has had three children, two of whom are living with him at Oroville.
JUDGE JOHN DANIEL GOODWIN was born in Camden, South Carolina, November 6, 1829. His father, John Goodwin, was born in same district in 1800, and his grandfather, Daniel Goodwin, was born in same state in 1770. His mother was also a native of same district, born in 1802, daughter of Captain William Nettles, also a native of South Carolina, born in 1738, who served in the conti . mental army in that state through the Revolutionary War, with some local distinction. The father of the subject of our sketch married Miss Nettles in 1823, and to them were born four sons, William N., Benjamin T., John D., and Samuel MeL. He died November 12, 1833, leaving the widow and three sons, William, John, and Samuel, with little or no means for support. His father, being a farmer in good circumstances in Alabama, removed the widow and children to his home in Pickens county, and provided for their wants. The widow married in 1837, and the boys were left in the care of their grandfather. They were made to work on the plantation, getting such schooling as the country school would afford during the time their labor could be spared from the farm. John D. early exhibiting a taste for books, he was indulged in a little extra time at school, and for which indulgence he has ever been grateful. John, at the age of fourteen, became his own man. He clerked in a dry-goods store the first year, and made sufficient money to support himself at school a year. From then he alternated between teaching a small school and being taught at one, until he was prepared to enter the state university in January, 1850. Not having the means to support him through the university course, he left for California, with the expectation of making a fortune in the mines, and in a short time return and complete his education. He went by way of the Isthmus of Panama, and reached San Francisco June 6, 1850. He went direct to the mines on the American river. He had been prompted to turn Californianward by the fact that his elder brother William had left Alabama for this state in the spring of 1849. No tidings of him had been received after leaving St. Louis to cross the plains, but it was supposed he would be found in the mines. After searching for some time, he found that William died with the cholera on the Platte the summer before. He remained near Auburn for a year, and by dint of hard work and rough fare managed to make a living. In 1851 he went to Nevada county, and engaged in ditehing and mining for another year, with the same success. In 1852 he removed to Brown's valley, Yuba county, and engaged in quartz-mining, with like results. In 1853 he acquired an interest in a water ditch from Dry creek to the banks of main Yuba river, and supplied water to miners. He also engaged in
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merchandising at same place, and there remained until July, 1855. His hopes of a university edu- cation had then been abandoned. The cherished associations of his boyhood home had all, except one, faded into a pleasant dream ; that one was the girl whom he had left behind. Miss Martha J. Cravens, the daughter of Dr. J. P. Cravens, was born in Moringo county, Alabama, November 30, 1831. Her family removed to Pickens county, in 1847, where these young people first met. When he left for California Miss Cravens was still a school-girl. She graduated with honors in a seminary at Aberdeen, Mississippi, in 1852, and returned to Alabama. They had kept up a correspondence with each other, which, in 1854, resulted in their engagement to marry. On the first of July, 1855, the subject of our sketch left for Alabama. He reached home on the first day of August. They were married on the twenty-second of that month; and on the four- teenth of November following, bade a final adieu to their old, and started for their new, home. They reached Brown's valley in December, and lived there until the following summer. On the first of August, 1856, they removed to Plumas county, and settled at Spanish Ranch. He then became a member of the firm of Harvey, Story, & Co., in the merchantile business. That fall he was elected justice of the peace for Mineral township, and served as associate justice of the court of ses- sions until the first of January, 1858. The business in which he was engaged made a bad failure in fall of 1857. In 1858 he became a candidate for county clerk on the democratic ticket, and was beaten in the election by John Harbison. He was again a candidate in 1859, and was then elected over Harbison. He moved to Quincy in September, and took charge of the office on the first Monday of October following. He had before this given some study to the law, and now turned his attention to the subject in earnest. He was a candidate for re-election, but was beaten by Captain W. N. De Haven, who appointed Mr. Goodwin his deputy, and he was thus enabled to pursue the study of the law uninterruptedly for another two years. He was admitted to practice in the dis- triet court April 24, 1863, and that fall he entered upon the practice of his profession in partnership with Hon. Creed Haymond. In 1865 the democratic party nominated him for the assembly from the counties of Plumas and Lassen. The two counties were largely republican, and the pronounced secession views of Judge Goodwin seemed to render his election hopeless. He was, however, elected, and served in the legislature 1865-66. He was defeated for the same position in 1867. From that time until June, 1876, he was engaged in the practice of his profession at Quincy. The legislature of 1875-76, having organized the 21st judicial district out of the counties of Plumas, Lassen, and Modoc, Governor Irwin appointed Judge Goodwin to the bench in such district. He was defeated for the position at the election in the fall of 1877 by Judge Clough, and after the expi- ration of his term, January 1, 1878, returned to the practice, and has since devoted himself to his profession. To Judge and Mrs. Goodwin have been born six children, five daughters and one son ; Mattie L., Ella, Cora, William Nettles, Kittie, and Grace, all in Plumas county. Ella died at the age of nine months, and Cora at the age of nineteen years, three months, and five days. Few men in Plumas county enjoy as full a measure of the confidence and esteem of her citizens as does Mr. Goodwin.
JUDGE WILLIAM T. WARD, the first county judge of Plumas county, was born in Cummington, Massachusetts, February 28, 1802. He was raised on a farm until about eighteen years of age, when he quit farm life, moved to Vergennes, Vermont, and embarked in the mercantile business. Here, at the age of 23 years, he married Miss Harriet Sherill, and all of their children, except the youngest, were born to them at this place. In 1836, in obedience to New England adventure and enterprise, he moved west, and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. Here he invested all his means in an iron foundery, and in commerce upon the lakes in connection therewith, and did a large business
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until 1846, when he lost most all of his property by fire. He then moved to Wisconsin, and engaged in the business of milling and merchandising until the winter of 1852-53, when high floods destroyed his mill property. He then turned his face toward the Pacific, crossing the plains in the summer of 1853, and reached Plumas county late in the fall of that year. He settled with his family in Indian valley, upon what was then known as the Isadore, now called the Hickerson ranch. At the organization of Plumas county he was called by the people from his farm life to the position of county judge. This necessitated his removal to Quincy, the county seat, where he resided until the close of his official term, in December, 1857, discharging his judicial functions to the entire satisfaction of the public and with honor to himself. He then returned to his home in Indian valley, and enjoyed the quiet independence of farm life until the mining excitement of 1861, when he purchased the Genesee mine near Genesee valley, in this county, and with his family moved there, and continued to prosecute his mining operations until the death of his wife in August, 1865. Shortly after, he went to Susanville to live with his son John, remaining until 1875. While there he held for a number of years the position of postmaster. He then removed to Quincy, where he resided till his death, which occurred April 21, 1878. Judge Ward was a splendid type of that New England manhood and persistent effort-that indomitable will and pluck which has caused the stock of his native section to dominate so largely the institutions of our country.
JUDGE EDMUND THOMAS HOGAN .- This gentleman, for many years county judge of Plumas county, was born in the state of New York, while his parents, who were residents of the state of Virginia, were temporarily residing there. He was educated for the bar at Mansfield, Ohio, where he read law with some of the best legal talent of the state. He came to California in 1852, and to Plumas county in 1854, settling at Elizabethtown, where he hung out his lawyer's shingle. He often refers good-naturedly to the first employment he received in Plumas county, which was to drive a band of hogs for John W. Thompson. He ran for district attorney in 1856, and was beaten by the know-nothing nominee, Robert I. Barnett, by only three majority. He was elected county judge in 1857 on the democratic ticket, over P. O. Hundley and L. G. Traugh. In 1861 he was re-elected, defeating A. F. Blood, the republican nominee. Again he was elected in 1865, over L. C. Charles ; but in 1869 he failed to get the nomination. He was again successful at the election of 1873, defeating Thomas F. Hersey for the judgeship. Judge Hogan was defeated by G. G. Clough for superior judge in 1879. He still resides in Quincy. Judge Hogan is a great story-teller, and has a wonderful memory, being able to recite the political history of the country from Alpha to Omega; without fear of contradiction. He is a very strong partisan ; and his political affiliations with the democratic party are inseparable.
JUDGE ISRAEL JONES .- He came from the state of New York in 1862, a young man, and settled in Susanville, then in Plumas county. He represented himself to be a member of the bar, and practiced only in a few cases before the justice courts of that town. In 1863 he was nominated by the union party for the office of county judge, and was elected. He visited Quincy for the first time ou the fourth of July, 1863, being the orator of the day at the celebration. The second visit he made was in the last days of December, 1863, having come to qualify for the office to which he had been elected. While there he was taken suddenly ill, and died three days after, upon the morning he was to take his position, January 1, 1864. His body was removed to Susanville for burial.
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