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A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) (713 pages)
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HISTORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. 318
more to Bartlett Springs, and until 1885 took
full charge, building up the business and making the springs highly popular throughout the
country.
sold out his interest in the springs to his sister,
Mrs. McMahon, and came to Nevada City, purchasing property and putting up a building in
which he established a feed and grain business,
but having the misfortune later to be burned
out. In January, 1888, be was appointed Postmaster of Nevada City, one of the most important
third-class offices in the State, being a distributing point for a large portion of the mountains.
Mr. Clarke has one son, C. CO. Clarke, who
was born in 1868 in Grass Valley. He is now
with his cousins, the McMahon boys, in Svlano
County, and a highly promising youth. Mr.
Clarke is a liberal, whole-souled, public-spirited
citizen, active, energetic and nniversaliy popular.
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AMUEL KARSKY has taken rank
among the foremost and active business
men of Northern California, a fact
due to his indomitable push and enterprise.
A few facts in relation to his personal career
and progress will prove of interest in this connection. He is a native of California, born at
San Francieco, November 20, 1862, his parents
being Isidore, and Hannah (Abrahm) Karsky.
The father, who came to California in 1857,
was a prominent business man of San Francisco, and a member of the firm of I. Karsky &
Co. About a year before his death (which
occurred in 1867) he opened a mercantile establishment in Weaverville, in connection with M.
Karsky and I. Abrahm. After his death the
business
it was carried on by I. Abrahm, under his name,
until 1883, when it became Abrahm & Karsky.
In Jannary, 1889, I. Abrahm died, his wife
still retaining his interest in the business. The
sons of the original partners are now carrying
Finally in August, 1885, Mr. Clarke .
was continued under the name of
Karsky & Abralm until 1879, trom which time .
on the business started by their fathers so
many years ago, something which is rarely met
with in the annals of trade,—Morris Abrahm
representing his mother’s interest.
Samuel Karsky, the subject of this sketch,
received his education in San Francisco. He
graduated from the South Cosmopolitan Grammar School in English and German at the age
of fourteen years, and in the same year graduated
at the Temple Emanuel Synagogue, and also
took the medal with the highest honors in the
synagogue. He received the third honors on
his graduation in the public schools, and the
first honor in the synagogue class. Having finished his schooling he began his business career
with the house of S. Ettinger, doing office and
outside work. Next he associated himself with
the business in Weaverville. After familiarizing himself thoroughly with all the details of
the business he became, at the early age of
twenty years, the junior member of the firm,
and is now the business manager as well as
partner. The firm handles dry goods, clothing,
boots and shoes and houee-furnishing goods,
and its trade extends all over the county.
Mr. Karsky is a member of Mount Bally
Parlor, N. 8. G. W.,iu which he has passed the
chairs,and was elected delegate to represent the
Parlor at the Grand Parlor in Chico in 1890.
He is alsoa member of the Chosen Friends.
He is a pushing, able business man, and has
certainly made wonderful progress for his years.
Re CHARLES C. PEIRCE, of Placerville, was born in the city of Cincinnati,
November 2, 1825, where he was reared
and educated, completing his academic course
at Woodward College in that city. He is the
fifth of nine children of Thomas and Elizabeth
(Neave) Peirce. The former was a native of
Pennsylvania, and a pioneer merchant of Cincinnati. His people were Friends (Quakers),
the first of whom in this country settled in
Pennsylvania in the year 1700, The mother