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A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) (713 pages)
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800 HISTORY OF NORTHERN OALIFORNIA.
truly said that he has been the architect of his . returned to California. He has now, however,
own fortune. He has never been a seeker after
political preferment, though he has always
taken an active interest in public affairs, and in
the general welfare of the Republican party, of
whose principles he has been a stanch advocate
since the party’s organization. During the
civil war he took a decided stand on the side of
the National Union, and was chosen as ProvostMarshal. Though having no time or disposition for office-holding, he has yet taken a sufficient interest in local good government to serve
several years in the capacity of school director
and of City Trustee of Yreka. While his business interests have been mainly in the line of
finance, land and stock of late years, yet since
1883 he has incidentally been once more connected with mercantile trade, and has carried on
the wholesale and retail drug business since
that time.
He was married in Waukegan, Illinois, November 14, 1861, to Miss Julia Patterson, a
native of Lockport, New York, and daughter
of Warren and Parmelia (Pierce) Patterson.
Her father, a native of Vermont, was in early
life a contractor, and furnished the lime by contract for the bnilding of the Weldon Canal.
He moved to Illinois in 1846, and then followed agriculture. His mother was a daughter
of Ethan Allen, the Revolutionary hero. On
her mother’s side Mrs. Churchill is descended
from Thomas Pierce, who came trom England
and settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in
1633.
Mr. and Mrs. Churchill are the parents of
two children, viz.: Jerome Percy and Jesse
Warren. Jerome P., a graduate of the Berke.
ley Gymnasium, was adinitted to the pharmaceutical department of the University of California, and afterward attended the College of
Pharmacy at Philadelphia, where he was graduated in 1890. Jesse W. received his literary
education in California, and later studied mechanical and electrical engineering at the school
of polytechnics, Worcester, Massachusetts, but *
his health failing he gave up his studies and
a prominent position in the bank, while Jerome,
Jr., has charge of the above mentioned drugstore. Mr. Churchill’s record as a man of
honor,] integrity and sterling worth is nnsurpassed. His life of strictly temperate and
moral habits has left him strong and vigorous
in both mind and body.
The branch railruad from Montague to Yreka,
of which he is president, is only one of the
many enterprises which he has been instrumental in furthering for the growth and upbuilding of the community in which he lives.
WAON. E. A. DAVIS, A. M., LL. B.—No
it) part of the United States has made such
rapid advancement as California, whether
in the accumulation of wealth or the gathering
of the creature comforts of human life. There
are two reasons for this fact. The one is the
immense natural resources of the country and
its unequaled climate, and the other, and chief
one, is the fact that it was settled by a class of
men, active, energetic and ready to work hard
and honestly for the great results we see—men
of brains and muscle, and of untiring diligence.
Wherever we look in California we find these
men, most of whom came here in the early
days, and are now, having achieved the competency they so amply deserve, enjoying the
fruits of their hard labor, respected by all and
looked upon as the leading figures in their
community. Such a man pre-eminently is the
gentleman whose name we hereby present.
The father of our subject, Thomas Davis,
was born in Cherry Valley, Otsego County, .
New York, in the year 1800. Lis father,
Robert Davie, was also a native of New York
State, and was born in that memorable year of
our National Independence, 1776, and died in
that State, at North Bloomfield, in 1875. The
mother of our subject was Sarah Randall, who
with her husband, Thomas Davis, lived in
Livingston County. New York, where they