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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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HISTORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. 349 In 1889 Mr. Brady was elected Recorder of Nevada County upon the Democratic ticket, being re elected in 1890. It should be stated further that he was more than once a Town Trustee, and served for a time as Clerk for the Board. He is a prominent member of the Masonic order—blue lodge, chapter and commandery, having been Master and High Priesi in said order. Mr. Brady was married in 1865 to Miss Clara Malvina Compton, a native of Havana, New York. They have five children, as follows: May B.; Jules Friscot, who assists his father in the office, and is an estimable young man; Alexander Farrell, Alice Bigelow and William Watt. Mr. Brady is a busy, active, useful and popular man. sor nt erage Spe see — ILLIAM C. SHAFFER, a tinner and val coppersmith of Marysville, was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, May 9, 1821, and was reared partly in that county and partly in Montgomery County, Ohio, his parents, John and Christiana (Bowman) Shaffer, moving into the latter State when he was a lad. In 1852, Mr. Shaffer, our subject, left New York and came by way of the Nicaragua route to California, landing at San Francisco in May, and the very next day he went up to Maryeville, where he has made his home ever since, following the trade of tinner and silversinith. He has on hand a good stock of tinware. For the past eighteen years he has also given some . attention to the furniture business, keeping on hand both new and second-hand goods. Has also been auctioneer for a period, the only one in Yuba County for a number of years; and he has been employed as an auctioneer in adjoining counties. Besides he deals some in real estate. In 1883 he made atrip to his old . home in Pennsylvania, and visited many other points of interest in the Eastern States; and in his travels he saw no place which he thought equal to Marysville as a desirable place of residence, either simply as a residence orin a busi. ness point of view. He is is one of the oldest citizens of Marysville, and has been successful in life. He has also supported the Democratic ticket; and has been Councilman of Marysville one term. Mr. Shaffer was first married in 1840, to Rhoda Ann Cozad, a native of Ohio, who died July 25, 1852, of fever contracted while crossing the plains. She was the mother of three children, . only one of whom is now living, namely, John Jackson Shaffer, of the firm of Frost & Shaffer, furniture dealers on D street. For his second wife Mr. Shaffer, in 1854, married Elizabeth Watson, who died in 1862, the mother of four children, three of whom are’ now living: Joe, William and Laura. For his third wife, in 1868, he married Mrs. Estey, who died in 1878; and by this marriage there were two children, one of whom is living, Benjamin. For his present wife, Mr. Shaffer married, in 1886, Catherine Schinkel, and by this marriage there are two children: Viola Nevada and Willard Chester. Grieg ot the prominent men of Trinity County, is a native of Illinois, born at Fairtield, in Wayne County, December 28, 1834, his parents being Francis and Holly (Robinson) Day, the father, a native of Maryland, having been an early settler in Wayne County. Our subject was reared at his native place, on his father’s farm. In 1857 he came to California, via New Orleans and Panama. He made the journey on the Empire City from New Orleans to Havana, thence to Aspinwall on the Granada, and from Panama to San Francisco on the Golden Gate, landing at the Pacific metropolis on the second of May; from there he proceeded to Red Bluff by river steamer, thence to Shasta by stage, and the remainder of the jonrney to Weaverville on nule-back. For eight years he mined at Cafion City, and later went into busiGo te W. DAY, of Junction City, one