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LASSEN COUNTY OFFICERS.
So many changes have been made in the officials of Lassen county by resignations and appoint- ments that a tabulated list cannot be prepared in a convenient form, therefore each office will be listed separately, and all changes noted and explained.
COUNTY JUDGE .- SUPERIOR JUDGE.
The first incumbent of this office was I. J. Harvey, who was appointed to the position by Governor Frederick F. Low in May, 1864, to hold office until after the judicial election to be held . the following year.
October 18, 1865, W. R. Harrison was chosen to the position by the people.
October 16, 1867, A. T. Bruce was elected.
October 26, 1869, J. S. Chapman was elected. He resigned, and A. A. Smith was appointed in October, 1872, to complete the term.
October 15, 1873, C. McClaskey was elected.
October 20, 1877, E. T. Talbot was elected.
September 3, 1879, J. W. Hendrick was chosen the first judge of the superior court under the new constitution.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
May 2, 1864, E. V. Spencer was chosen the first district attorney.
September 6, 1865, Isaac N. Roop was elected ; again September 4, 1867.
For some reason the office became vacant the following spring, for on the first of June, 1868, the supervisors appointed Mr. Roop to the office to which he had been elected the fall before. The gentleman failed to qualify, and a month later W. R. Harrison was appointed to fill the unexpired term.
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September 1, 1869, W. R. Harrison was elected. The death of this honored and respected citizen, in the spring of 1870, left a vacancy in the office, which was filled by the appointment of A. A. Smith, June 6, 1870.
September 6, 1871, E. V. Spencer was elected; again September 3, 1873.
September 1, 1875, M. H. Marstella was elected.
September 5, 1877, J. W. Hendrick was elected.
September 3, 1879, James Branham was chosen, and still holds the position.
SHERIFF.
May 2, 1864, James D. Byers, formerly sheriff of Plumas county, was chosen the first sheriff of Lassen county.
September 6, 1865, Frank Drake was elected. He resigned February 4, 1867, and W. Hill Naileigh was appointed the same day.
September 4, 1867, T. N. Long was elected ; again September 1, 1869.
September 6, 1871, O. Streshley was chosen ; again September 3, 1873.
September 1, 1875, F. A. Washburn was elected. On the fourth of November, 1877, the board entered the following on its record : "The death of F. A. Washburn, sheriff of Lassen county, being announced to the board, now at this time (1:30), on motion of M. Marstella, district attorney, the board adjourn for the day in respect to the memory of the deceased." On the third of February, 1878, Fred Hines, the sheriff elected September 5, 1877, was appointed to fill the vacancy until his proper term commenced in March.
September 3, 1879, H. Skaddan, the present incumbent, was elected.
COUNTY CLERK.
May 2, 1864, A. A. Smith was elected the first county clerk, and was re-elected two successive times, holding the office until the spring of 1870.
September 1, 1869, J. H. Breed was elected.
September 6, 1871, F. S. Chapman was chosen.
September 3, 1873, W. P. Hall was elected, and now holds the office for his fourth successive term.
COUNTY TREASURER.
May 2, 1864, E. D. Bowman was elected, and served two terms.
September 4, 1867, J. R. Lockwood was chosen, and served two terms.
September 6, 1871, W. H. Crane was elected, and was twice re-elected, resigning December 1, 1877, because he had been elected to the senate.
September 5, 1877, T. N. Long was elected, and took the office by appointment December 1, 1877, to fill the vacancy till his regular term commenced in March.
September 3, 1879, D. C. Hyer, the present treasurer, was chosen.
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
May 2, 1864, E. R. Nichols was chosen, and was twice re-elected. He resigned the office during his third term, and John C. Partridge was appointed November 13, 1868.
September 1, 1869, W. C. Kingsbury was chosen ; again at the next election.
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September 3, 1873, T. H. Ward was elected. The office became vacant, and A. A. Smith was appointed for the lawful term, May 4, 1874.
September 1, 1875, James Branham was elected.
September 5, 1877, A. A. Smith was elected.
September 3, 1879, P. M. Norboe was chosen, and still holds the office.
COUNTY ASSESSOR.
May 2, 1864, A. H. Brown was chosen the first assessor.
September 6, 1865, W. C. Kingsbury was elected.
September 4, 1867, Smith J. Hill was chosen. In the spring of 1869 he removed from the county, and Charles Cramer was appointed to fill the unexpired term, April 17, 1869.
September 1, 1869, J. C. Wemple was elected, and served two terms.
September 3, 1873, A. L. Tunison was elected.
September 1, 1875, O. Streshley was elected.
September 3, 1879, Edward Harris, the present officer, was chosen.
COUNTY CORONER.
May 2, 1864, Z. J. Brown was elected coroner, but neglected to qualify. W. Hill Naileigh was appointed to the office September 17, 1864.
September 6, 1865, James Hutchings was elected.
September 4, 1867, Z. N. Spalding was chosen, and served two terms.
September 6, 1871, E. G. Bangham was elected, and served a second term.
September 1, 1875, M. Rinehart was elected. November 4, 1877, he resigned, and removed to La Porte, Plumas county.
September 5, 1877, E. G. Bangham was elected for a third term.
September 3, 1879, R. Johnson, the present coroner, was elected.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
The first gentleman to hold this position was Mr. T. N. Stone, who was appointed by the board March 15, 1870, to fill the vacancy caused by a failure to nominate and elect the previous Septem- ber. Mr. Stone resigned a few months later, and on the fifth of September, 1870, L. M. Crill was appointed to the vacancy.
September 1, 1871, Z. N. Spalding was elected, and served two terms.
September 1, 1875, S. A. Doyle was elected.
September 5, 1877, Z. N. Spalding was chosen for a third time.
September 3, 1879, W. R. Schooler was elected, and now holds the position.
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The composition of supervisor districts is given in the Official History. Frank Drake, H. C. Stockton, and L. N. Breed composed the first board named in the organic Act, and divided the county into three districts April 11, 1864. A new board was chosen, one from each district, at the first election.
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DISTRICT NO. 1 .- H. C. Stockton was elected May 4, 1864. E. D. Bowman was elected Sep- tember 4, 1867. February 26, 1870, J. C. Partridge was elected to fill vacancy caused by Bowman's resignation ; and May 30, 1871, he was elected for a full term of three years. In 1874 T. N. Long was elected, and in 1877 J. W. Hosselkus. May 28, 1881, Mr. Hosselkus was appointed by the superior judge to hold the office until his successor was elected and qualified, and now occupies the seat for the first district.
DISTRICT No. 2 .- E. G. Bangham was chosen from this district at the first county election. T. H. Epley was elected September 6, 1865. James D. Byers was elected November 3, 1868. Fred Hines was elected September 6, 1871. John T. Masten was elected September 4, 1878.
DISTRICT NO. 3 .- A. Evans was the first supervisor of this district, elected May 2, 1864. April 2, 1867, Marshall Bronson was elected. September 1, 1869, J. MeKissick was elected. At special election, January 6, 1873, F. A. Washburn was chosen. At a special election September 7, 1876, E. Harris was elected. September 3, 1879, Lewis Powers was elected, and now holds the office.
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Lassen has always been associated with Plumas in its representation in both branches of the legislature. By the Act of March 16, 1874, Butte, Plumas, and Lassen were combined in the twenty-sixth senatorial district, with one senator and two assemblymen : Butte to elect one of the latter, and Plumas and Lassen the other jointly. This is the present distribution. The men who have represented the district of which Lassen has been a part are :
SENATORS .- 1863-66, F. M. Smith ; 1867-70, John Conly ; 1871-73 ; David Boucher; 1873-76, George C. Perkins ; 1877-79, William H. Crane; 1879-82, William A. Cheney.
ASSEMBLYMEN .- 1865, John D. Goodwin ; 1867, John R. Buckbee; 1869, John Lambert; 1871, B. W. Barnes; 1873, James D. Byers ; 1875, John S. Chapman ; 1877, James H. Whitlock ; 1879, Charles Mulholland; 1881, William W. Kellogg.
The political status of Lassen county will be revealed by the following table, showing the complexion of the vote of the county at all elections for president and governor. The name of the successful candidate is given first, though he may not have received a majority of the votes cast in this county.
PRESIDENTIAL AND GUBERNATORIAL VOTE.
Year.
Election.
Candidate.
Party.
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1864. Presidential.
Abraham Lincoln .
Republican
318
. George B. Mcclellan
Democrat
236-554
1867.
Gubernatorial
Henry H. Haight
Democrat
103
George C. Gorham
Republican 162
Caleb T. Fay
Ind. Republican
13-278
1868.
Presidential
Ulysses S. Grant
Republican 210
Horatio Seymour
. Democrat
122-332
1871. Gubernatorial
Newton Booth
Republican 248
Henry H. Haight
Democrat
190-438
1872.
Presidential
Ulysses S. Grant
Republican. 181
Horace Greeley
Liberal Dem. 91-272
RESIDENCE OF ALLEN B. EVANS, LONG VALLEY, LASSEN CO. CAL.
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1875.
Gubernatorial
William Irwin.
.Democrat 199
T. G. Phelps.
Republican 134
John Bidwell
Independent 200-533
1876.
Presidential
Rutherford B. Hayes Republican 256
Samuel J. Tilden .Democrat 227-483
1879. Adoption of New Const. . Yes
Nó
158-558
1879. Gubernatorial
. George C. Perkins
Republican 287
Hugh J. Glenn
.Dem. and New Const 424
William F. White
.Workingmen 21
Scattering.
2-734
1880. Presidential
.James A. Garfield
Republican .323
Winfield S. Hancock. Democrat .301
James B. Weaver
National Greenback. 64
Scattering
2-690
THE BENCH AND BAR.
In July, 1862, Associate Justice Gordon N. Mott came to Susanville to hold a term of the dis- trict court for the First Judicial District of Nevada Territory. The counties of Storey, Washoe, and Lake (changed that year to Roop) were all in one district, and Judge Mott, one of the three supreme judges, was assigned to this district.
There had never been any legal practice in this section, nor were there living here any regularly authorized attorneys, nor any one who made any pretense to the profession of the law, except a young man named Israel Jones, who had read law for a brief period before coming here in 1862, but had never been admitted to practice in any court. The men who had acted the role of attor- neys in the valley were Isaac N. Roop, John S. Ward, E. V. Spencer, Z. J. Brown, and A. D. McDonald, who had conducted causes before the various justice courts and boards of arbitration, at the request of their friends. The only law books in the valley were two volumes of Wood's Cali- fornia Digest, and the nearest lawyers were in Quincy, too far away to do much harm.
Judge Mott opened his court in the old Magnolia building, on the south side of Main street. The first business was the examination of a class of applicants to become members of the bar, which consisted of Messrs. Roop, Ward, Spencer, and Jones. The examination was brief, being confined more to plain, practical business propositions, such as any intelligent business man could answer, than to abstruse and technical points of law. The most difficult interrogation was to define the term corporation. Just before the court convened, an attorney from Carson City called Mr. Roop aside and instructed him on the proper answer to this question, telling him, " A corporation is a creature of the law, having certain powers and duties of a natural person." When the governor was called upon to answer the question, he said, " A corporation is a band of fellows without any soul, of whom the law is a creature, who have some powers and take a great many more, and entirely ignore the statutory duties imposed upon them." The whole class was admitted, and but one of them, Mr. Spencer, is now living to practice the profession the right to which he then acquired.
Again, in January, 1863, Judge Mott held a term of court in Susanville, but adjourned because
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of no cases being on the docket. The month before, the governor of Nevada had appointed Hon. John S. Ward to the position of probate judge of Roop county, and he was in judicial charge here during the conflict of jurisdiction between the authorities of Roop and Plumas counties, which ended in the creation of Lassen county.
The Act of April 4, 1864, combined Lassen, Plumas, Butte, and Tehama counties in the second judicial district, of which Hon. Warren T. Sexton, of Butte county, was judge. The first term of he court was opened in Susanville, October 10, 1864. There were present: Hon. Warren T. Sex- ton, judge; A. A. Smith, clerk; James D. Byers, sheriff; and E. V. Spencer, district attorney. The first cause entered on the record was that of John G. Newington vs. C. M. Kelley. In January, 1870, Hon. Charles F. Lott, also of Butte county, succeeded Judge Sexton, and held stated terms of court here until Lassen, Modoc, and Plumas counties were erected into the twenty-first judicial district by the Act of February 15, 1876. Governor Irwin appointed Hon. John D. Goodwin of Quincy to preside over the new district until after the general election of 1877. At that time Hon. G. G. Clough of Quincy was chosen judge of the distriet, and held the position until the court was abolished by the new constitution, January 1, 1880. On the twenty-sixth of November, 1879, Judge Clough made an order on the record for the transfer of all papers and proceedings to the superior court of Lassen county, to be made the first of January, and adjourned the district court sine die.
In May, 1864, Hon. I. J. Harvey was appointed the first county judge of Lassen county, by Governor Low. Court was opened by Judge Harvey on Monday, June 6, 1864. Court was held by him and his successors [see list of county officers] until December 17, 1879, when the following final order was entered on the record : "Ordered, that at 12 o'clock M., on the first of January, 1880, the clerk transfer to the superior court all records, books, papers, and proceedings of every nature herein of record or pending, etc. Court then adjourned sine die. E. S. Talbot, county judge."
At the election in 1879 Hon. J. W. Hendrick was chosen judge of the new superior court of Lassen county, provided for by the new constitution as the successor of the old district, county, and probate courts. Judge Hendrick opened his court at Susanville January 5, 1880, and in accordance with law has kept it open ever since, adjourning from day to day.
Of the district judges who sat on the bench in this county, the biographies of Warren T. Sexton, Charles F. Lott, John D. Goodwin, and G. G. Clough can be found by reference to the index to the History of Plumas County.
HON. JOHN S. WARD .- This gentleman took a very prominent part in the efforts of the citizens to form a county government in this section. He was born at Vergennes, Vermont, December 16, 1825, and came to the coast in an early day, having lived in Indiana and Wisconsin. His father came to California in 1853, and settled in Indian valley, Plumas county, where the father, Hon. Wil- liam T. Ward, became the first county judge. John came in 1855, and settled in Honey Lake valley in 1858, and was admitted to the practice of the law by Judge Gordon N. Mott, of Nevada Territory, in July, 1862. The following December he was appointed probate judge of Roop county, by the governor of Nevada Territory, and held that position through the conflict for jurisdiction known as the Sage-Brush War. He devoted himself studiously to his books, and soon ranked among the best lawyers in this section of the state; and had he lived, his career would have been a brilliant one, so full of promise was it when he was cut down in the prime of life. He died in Susanville in 1872, and was buried with honors and imposing ceremonies by the Odd Fellows and Masonic orders. In 1871 he went to Washington, and secured the establishment of a U. S. land office at Susanville, of which he was appointed Register. He was married at Madison, Wisconsin, January 1, 1849, to Miss
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Anna E. Hyer. Of their children, two were born in Wisconsin-T. H., September 25, 1851, and Jennie S., January 16, 1755; one in Plumas county, California-Frank G., February 5, 1857; the others in Lassen county-Charles R., September 13, 1859; Annie H., October 13, 1861; Willian C., September 10, 1868. Jennie S. married Hon. John S. Chapman, January 1, 1871. T. H. mar- ried Miss Wileta Edwards, February 16, 1872. Frank G. married Miss Ada Myers, in September 1876. Annie H. married Hon. J. W. Hendrick, January 1, 1878.
HON. W. R. HARRISON .- The successor to Judge Harvey on the county bench was Hon. W. R. Harrison, one of the early practitioners at the Lassen county bar. He was elected county judge in October, 1865, holding the position two years. In 1869 he was elected district attorney, but died in 1870 before his term had expired. He was a very fine scholar, learned in the law, and of exemplary private character. His loss was deeply deplored by all who had come within the circle of his friendship.
HON. A. T. BRUCE .- This gentleman came to Lassen county in 1866, and engaged in the edit- ing of a paper at Susanville. In 1867 he was elected to the county bench to succeed Judge Harrison, and occupied the position two years. He was a young man of considerable ability and of good education.
. HON. JOHN S. CHAPMAN .- Judge Chapman came from Arkansas to Honey Lake valley in 1859. In 1866 he was appointed deputy county clerk, in which position he continued three years, devoting his leisure hours to the study of the law. In 1869 he was chosen county judge on the democratic ticket, and the following year was admitted to the bar of the district court. In 1872, the judicial salary being too small to warrant him in retaining his position, he resigned and began the regular practice of his profession at the bar. He was a diligent student, and soon became quite profound in legal lore. Desiring to widen his field of practice, he removed to Los Angeles in 1879, where his ability has won him success in his practice before the higher courts.
HON. ALBERT A. SMITH .- This gentleman was born in Orleans county, N. Y., November 24, 1832. He was compelled to leave the Albion Academy at the age of fifteen, because of impaired eyesight. In 1848 the family removed to Mineral Point, Wisconsin, and in 1852 to Dartford, in the same state, where his father and mother lived until their death, at the age of 86 and 72, respectively. In 1855 Albert came overland to California with John S. Ward, going through Beckwourth pass to Quincy. He mined for a time, and then worked at carpentering in American and Indian valleys till April, 1857, when he came to Honey Lake valley. He ranched until 1861, and then worked at his trade until May, 1864, when he was chosen the first county clerk of Lassen county. He was twice re-elected on the republican ticket. In 1870 was appointed district attorney, to succeed W. R. Harrison, deceased. In October, 1872, he was appointed county judge, to fill the vacancy cansed by the resignation of John S. Chapman. In 1873 he was defeated for the same position. In 1874 he became U. S. Deputy Surveyor, and in 1877 he was elected county surveyor. In 1880 he again became U. S. Deputy Surveyor; and in the spring of 1881 became engineer of the Eagle lake irrigation scheme. In September, 1881, he was appointed postmaster at Susanville, and now holds that position. He is a member of Lassen Commandery No. 13, K. T., of which he was commander for one term.
HON. CALVIN MCCLASKEY .- This gentleman was born in Fairfield, Ohio, March 25, 1829. There he received a common-school education. In 1850 he removed to Illinois, and engaged in farming for four years, reading law during his leisure hours. In 1854 he removed to this state, and in 1872 came to Susanville, and was appointed a justice of the peace the same year. In 1873 he was elected county judge, to succeed Judge Chapman, and held the position four years. In 1878
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he was admitted to practice in the district court, and has continued the practice of the law in Susanville with good success. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. at Susanville. He was married December 13, 1865, in Virginia City, to Miss Annie J. Slovan, born in Canada in 1840. They have two children : Lillie Celeste, born December 2, 1866, in Yuba county; and Theodocia Belle, born September 13, 1874, in this county.
CAPTAIN E. S. TALBOT .- His grandfather, Ambrose Talbot, and his father, Enoch Talbot, lived in Cumberland county, Maine, where Captain Talbot was born, in the town of Freeport, June 12, 1834. He attended school until 1849, and then went to sea, his father being a sea captain. During the war he had command of a steam transport in the U. S. service, running a large portion of the time in conjunction with the army of the Potomac. He first became master of a merchant vessel in 1856. In 1874 he abandoned the sea, and came to Lassen county from San Francisco. He was elected county judge in 1877 for a term of four years, but the office was abolished January 1, 1880, by the new constitution. In the fall of 1881 he was appointed deputy by Sheriff Skaddan. He is a member of the lodge, chapter, and commandery of Masons, and the A. O. U. W., at Susan- ville. June 28, 1855, Captain Talbot married Sophia Bacon of Alexandria, Va., born there in 1835. Their children are Susan J., born January 26, 1858, on ship A. H. Stephens, off the coast of Peru; Mary S., born December 13, 1859, at Freeport, Maine; Grace N., May 3, 1863; S. E., November 23, 1864; Bane S., March 5, 1868; Evan B., January 22, 1870-all at Alexandria, Va .; Maud S. and Horace, July 25, 1876, in Lassen county. Bane died at Alexandria, in August, 1868; Horace, August 15, 1876, and Maud S., October 27, 1879, in Lassen county. Susan J. married P. J. Goumaz, June 28, 1880. Grace N. married H. N. Skaddan, November 16, 1880, and died November 20, 1881.
HON. ISAAC N. ROOP .- The part taken by this -gentleman in the settlement of this region and the formation of a government fully appears in the preceding pages. He was one of the four gentlemen admitted to the bar by Judge Mott in 1862. In 1865 he was elected district attorney of Lassen County, and served two terms. It is related of him that while he was serving in this capacity, the grand jury presented an indictment against a man who had stolen a horse. Roop drew up the document in a few minutes, and presented it to the foreman, who read it and remarked : "Governor, I'm afraid this is rather brief. That complaint would not hold in any court." "Why not ?" asked Roop ; " I've got whereas in three times." Roop was a popular man, jovial and good natured, always ready to tell a story or laugh at an anecdote.
HON. ISRAEL JONES .- This gentleman was another of the members of the old Roop county bar. He was born in the state of New York, August 4, 1838, and read law for a time before com- ing to Susanville, where he arrived in 1862. During the Sage-Brush War, James D. Byers, deputy sheriff of Plumas county, was arrested in Susanville upon the charge of having obstructed an officer in the discharge of his duty, by snatching from his hand a warrant of arrest which the official was about to serve. Young Jones had taken the Plumas side of the controversy, and now defended Byers, procuring his discharge by producing the warrant in court, and showing that the Roop county judge had neglected to sign it in his haste to have it served. This gave Jones considerable popularity, particularly among the people of Plumas; and in the fall of 1863 he was elected county judge of Plumas by the Union party. He went to Quincy, to take his seat on the first of January, 1864, but died that very morning, after an illness of but three days. He was buried with Masonic honors, at Susanville, which order erected a fine monument to mark his grave. He was a pecul- iarly bright and versatile young man, and destined to make a high mark in the world had his life been spared.
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EPHRAIM V. SPENCER .- The only member of the original bar of Roop county that has been spared by the hand of death is Mr. Ephraim V. Spencer, who is still practicing law at Susanville. He was born in Whitestown, Oneida county, New York, January 28, 1836, his parents being Luther D. and Mary (Van Buren) Spencer. In his youth he received such an education as was to be obtained at the common schools of that state. When still young, he learned the carpenter trade of his father, and later worked at this trade for himself in Michigan. He came to Lassen county in 1859, where he built and operated a saw-mill until he was admitted to the Roop county bar, in July, 1862. In 1864 he was admitted to the Lassen county bar, and has since been a constant practitioner. He is a careful student, and has stored a fund of legal information that has placed him in all the leading trials of this county. Starting with a limited education, he has, by close application and study, advanced himself to the front rank of his profession. In April, 1870, he passed a rigid examination before the supreme court at Sacramento, and his subsequent practice before that body has been attended with the highest success. In 1864 he was elected the first district attorney for Lassen county, again in 1871, and a third time in 1873. He is a member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Susanville. Mr. Spencer married Miss L. P. Montgomery, April 7, 1867. She was born in Ingham county, Michigan, August 11, 1847. They have three children : Iva Grace, born September 7, 1869 ; Gloddis M., March 27, 1872 ; E. M., October 14, 1874. Two orphan daughters of his brother Luther form part of his family : Jennie B., born April 10, 1866, and Mary J., born December 20, 1867. His father died in Michigan, in July, 1871, and his mother is now living here with her son, at the ripe old age of seventy-six.
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