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Title: A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) Collection Type: Books and Periodicals Publisher: Lewis Publishing Company Published: 1891 Copyright: In the public domain or published before 1925 Source(s): Google Books # of Pages: 713 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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Original Held At: Searls Historical Library Location: 161 Nevada City Hwy, Nevada City, CA 95959

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HISTORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. 303 In October, 1877, he came to Nevada City, his birthplace, and obtained a position on the Transcript, in which paper he, in October, 1878, purchased a half interest, since which tine he has been editor of the paper. He was married in 1879 to Miss Hattie W. Dickerman, herself a native also of Nevada City. They have one daughter, Lenore. An interesting feature is the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Calkins are the first native-born Nevada City couple to be married. Mrs. Calkins is a pianist .of more than local repute, and a leader in society. Mr. Calkins is a prominent member of the Native Sons of the Golden West, the Knights of Pythias and the Legion of Honor. He is a speaker of great ability, and has aided his party, the Republican, very materially in campaigning. As editor of the ZTrunscript he haz taken a prominent place among the moulders of public upinion in California, the editorial columns of his paper being ably filled. In his hands the Zranscript has vot only continued to be the leading newspaper of the mountains, but has added to its reputation for soundness, energy and vigor. —— 24-8 TYHOMAS DEAN, an extensive farmer of 4 > Sutter County, was born December 17, 1831, in Virginia, a son of William and Isabella (McKinley) Dean. Father was in his early days a boatman on the river, and afterward a farmer, spending the latter portion of his lite in Jefferson County, Ohio, and dying of Asiatic cholera, at the age of thirty-four years. Thomas was brought up on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. In 1849 he crossed the plains to the Golden State, with an ox team, being four months on the road. After mining a few days at Hangtown (Placerville) he went to Drytown and was one of the company to explore the great mines in that vicinity. In the fall of 1850 he went to Marysville, where the next year he was engaged in the Queen City Feed Stable, in partnership with his uncle, Thomas Dean. He sold it in 1852 and located upon hie present place, which he had selected the previous year. He now has 640 acres of swamp and overflowed land, and 240 acres of up-land, devoted entirely to live stock. All the improvements now witnessed upon the place are the works of his own hands. Having served in the war of the Rebellion as First Lieutenant of Company A, First California Cavalry, he is now a member of the Grand Army of the Republic; . and he is also a member of the Pioncer Society, He was married in 1853, to Hannah Hindman,a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, and of their nine children six are now living: Belle, Ellen, Lizzie, Thomas, Edward, Atmie and Mary. Three of the daughters have been school. teachers. PETER M. PAULSEN, proprietor of the He Union Hotel, and one of the leading citizens of Trinity County, was born on the Island of Fohr, a portion of Denmark lying in the North Sea, June 28, 1834, his parents being Peter and Sabina (Jacobson) Paulsen. He was brought up and received his education in his native place, and when he was in his sixteenth year entered upon‘a seafaring career. Hie firat experience in this life was on the brig Edward, in which he went to the West Indies from Hamburg, returning to the latter port. On his next trip he went to England, New York, up the James River of Virginia, thence to Rio with flour, and from there back to Hamburg. From there he sailed to Rio and Santos, Brazil, and thence back to Hamburg. The next time he left that port was on the Danish ship Assador, on: which he sailed around Cape’ Horn to San ‘Francisco, where he arrived January 8, 1853. After working a couple of months in the latter city, he went to Nevada County and commenced mining. He mined at Kentucky Flat, on Deer Creek, on Yuba River, and at Rough and Ready. At all these places he was successful, except in his operations on the Yuba. There