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Nevada County Mining Review (622.342.NEV)(1895) (158 pages)
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Page: of 158
PROMINENT SAN
Tirey L. Ford, for many years,
and until a few months ago, a
resident of Sierra County, is
one of California's leading lawyers, and has taken high rank
as an orator. He was born and
raised on a farm in northeastern
Missouri. Senator Ford came
to California in 1877 at the age
of nineteen, and after laying by
a few hundred dollars from
wages received by him as a
farm hand in the Sacramento
valley, he studied law with Col.
Henshaw in Chico, and afterwards began the practice of his
profession at Downieville. He
was twice elected district attorney of Sierra County, and in
1892 was elected-to the State
Senate from the district comprising Nevada, Sierra and Plumas Counties. In the Senate he
at once rose to honorable distinction and at the last session
of the legislature (session of 1895) he was admittedly the most eloquent
speaker in that body. Senator Ford is known from one end of the State
to the other as the champion of the California miner, By his eloquence,
his earnestness, his determined and ceaseless labor, and his strong and
pleasing personality, he obtained from our State legislature not only a
recognition of the legitimate character of hydraulic mining, but an
appropriation of a quarter of a million of dollars to be used in its restoration, conditioned only upon a like appropriation by the national government; and this in the face of the determined opposition of the valley
representatives, who had theretofore had everything their own way. In
order to attend to his increasing law practice, Senator Ford recently
moved to San Francisco, and has taken offices in the First National Bank
Building, on Sansome Street. In addition to his private practice, which
is largely in matters pertaining to mining and water-rights, he has been
retained by the State as attorney for the Roard of State Harbor Comanissioners.
TIREY L. FORD
FRANCISCO CITIZENS
Any biographical conspectus which purports
to reflect the lives of
representative citizens
of California who are
interested in Nevada
County properties,
would be incomplete
which did not include
at least a brief sketch
of Col. George Stone.
A native of New York,
Col. Stone spent his
boyhood days in the
Empire State and received a public school
education there. During 1861, when the
dark days of the Rebellion were ushered
in, Colonel Stone responded to the call of
duty and enlisted as a
counmon soldier to
fight for the preservationof the Union, Col.
Stone served in the
Third, Fourteenth and
Kighteenth New York
Cavalry, and that he
was a gallant and brave
soldier, his promotion
to the rank of Lieut.
Colonel is alone cloquent testimony, He
served on the stati of
Generals Banks, Hurlbut, Conby and Merritt, and was in active service
five years, retiring from the scenes of strife on May 30, 1866, At the
close of the war, Col, Stone accepted a position as engineer with the
Union Pacific Railroad Company's construction department, and upon
STONE COL. GEORGE.