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A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) (713 pages)
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Page: of 713
HISTORY OF NOR HERN CALIFORNIA. 385
as captain. LHe reached the advanced age of
101 years. Lewis E. Norton is one of a family
of seven children, only one besides himeelf
being now alive, and he is a resident of Muine.
Lewis completed his common-school education
in his native State, supplementing it by a course
in the Hollowell Academy, and while still
located there he alsu commenced learning his
present businese. Turning his face tuward the
setting sun in 1875 he came to California and
settled in Sacramento; but after thirteen years
of successful business there he removed to
Oroville, and, with his partner, Adolph Ekman,
purchased the drug business of D. F. Fryer, on
the corner of Montgomery and Myers streets,
one of the best locations for business in this
place. Here they have continued to offer to the
public a superior stock of drugs and druggists’
sundries, and, realizing the demands of a wide
extent of territory, have drawn to them a remunerative patronage, and one that is constantly
increasing. In politics Mr. Norton has been an
active Democrat all his life, and is now connected with the Democratic Central Committee
of the county of Butte. He.is a Master Mason,
and also belongs tothe I.O.O. F. In 1881
he was married to Miss Adele Jones, a daughter
by birth of the Golden West, having been born
in the city of Sacramento. Their two children,
Emma Pearl and Ernest Earl, were also born
there. Mr. and Mrs. Norton enjoy the respect
and esteem of many friends.
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"NARRY D. CHANDLER, of Vacaville,
was born January 10, 1864, in Shasta,
Shasta County, California, which was at
that time a lively mining camp, but is nownearly deserted. His father, Frederick B.
Chandler, is well known through this State asa
lumberman, having lumber interests all along
the Vacaville & Clear Lake Railroad, and also
at other places. He is a native of New York,
and came to California in 1852, and is now a
resident of Elmira, Solano County. The mother,
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Rosalia (Ellithorpe) Chandler, was also a native
of New York, and died in 1869.
Harry D. Chandler, our subject, was edueated in the public schools of Oakland and of
this county and at Elmira, where the family removed when he was only six years of age. He
also attended Heald’s Business College, San
Francisco, and was graduated at that institution
in 1884, after which he took charge of his
father’s interests at Vacaville. He was married
March 20, 1889, to Miss Jessie McCrory,
daughter of James McCrory, a pioneer of 1852.
He is a prominent man, having served on the
Board of Supervisors for fifteen years. Mr.
and Mrs. Chandler have one child, Rusalia, a
bright little daughter. Mr. Chandler is a Republican in politics, but does not take an active
interest in political matters. He is president
of Silvertip Parlor, No. 103, N.S. G. W,, of
Vacaville, and is also a member of the town fire
department, now serving as its secretary. Mr.
and Mrs. Chandler have the advantage of being
natives of this State, born under its genial
skies, and are now surrounded with all the comforts of life.
= Fee MEMS
FAENRY JUNKANS.—Among those who
§)} figured most prominently in the commercial and industrial advancement of
Trinity County, the subject of this sketch stands
at the head. In his character are blended the
eleinents of conservatism and liberality in just
the proper proportiuns to be of the fullest ad
vantage to the community with which he has
cast his lot. So intimately has he been identified with the opening up of sources of mineral
wealth, that, while his particular operations in
this line cannot here be given, an outline sketch
ot his career becomes necessary for the purposes
of this volume.
Ife is a native of Prussia, burn in the town of
Amaluneen, on the river Weser, December 25,
1828. [His father, August Junkans, held the
post of forester in the Governinent civil service.