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A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) (713 pages)
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Page: of 713
298 HISTORY OF NORTHERN OALIFORNIA.
& more active part in militia matters than any
man in Northern California. For five successive terms he was Captain of his company, being the possessor of a very handsome gold
watch and chain, presented to him in token of
for their appreciation of his services by the
company. He now holds the office of Lieuenant Colonel, on the staff of General Montgomery, in command of the Northern District
of California. Colonel Batchelder also holds
high rank in the Masonic order, being Captain
General of the order and is connected with
Chico Commandery.
rode Reo ee
J. LYNCH, stock-raiser, etc., was born
in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1849, the sun
? of Hugh and Sarah Lynch. His father
was a native of Ireland, a molder by trade, and
came to California in 1849, settling in Marysville, where he died in 1874. His mother, a
native of Philadelphia, died also in Marysville,
in 1871. He has a brother, also named Hugh,’
who has always been his partner. The latter
was born in 1843, and they were bronght by
their mother to California in 1850, where they
have since resided, engaged in the cattle trade.
They now also have considerable property in
the city. Hugh is married. These men are of
course practically true Californians, and have
prospered in their business, to which they have
assiduously given their attention, thus setting
an example of perseverance, etc.
ERO PVE
ESSA
EROME CHU RCHILL.— Among the representative men of Northern California
distinguished in the civil walks of life the
subject of this sketch stands prominent. In a
historical volume suchas this, treating not only of
the growth and development of the region embraced within its territorial limits, but also of
the men who have been the authors of this progress, a brief outline of Mr. Churchill’s career,
bringing out some of the most salient features,
becomes valuable and even essential.
He ie a native of New York State, born at
Elizabethtown, Essex County, February 11,
1826,.his parents being Jesse and Martha (McCauley) Churchill. The father, a farmer, was
born at Cornwall, Vermont, in 1796. He
served in the war of 1812, in the place of another man, being himself too young to enlist.
He was the son of a Revolutionary soldier.
When our subject was but four years of age the
family removed to Canadaigua, and thence to
Chicago in 1839. Near that city the father
farmed for one year, and moved into Chicago.
There he died in 1886, his wife having preceded
him in death by about one year.
Jerome Churchill, with whose name this
sketch commences, was reared principally in
Canadaigua and Chicago, and in those places
received his education. While yet a boy he
began teaming on his own account, and was
hardly sixteen years old when, with his own
team, he began following trucking and hauling
in Chicago. This he followed steadily until he
became affected, like 80 many other enterprising young men of that day, with the excitement caused by the discovery of gold in Cualifornia, and the apparent genuineness of the finds
caused him to determine to go to the scene in
person. There were two young men of his acquaintance, by name Cyrus Mann and Sweet,
with whom he prepared for the journey, and
when ready they went to St. Louis, thence by
river to St. Juseph, Missouri, where they bought
. a team, and finished outfitting for the trip
across the plains, having brought a wagon with
supplies from Chicago. They crossed the Missouri River and went into camp on the western
bank, and from this camp started westward
May 10, 1849. Their route was via the Platte
River, Sweetwater, South Pasa, Salt Lake, and
into California by the Lassen route. Two or
three days befure reaching Lassen’s place they
met Peter Lassen himself, who was with sume
Government troops that were out to meet emigrants coming into California. The trip across