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A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) (713 pages)
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HISTORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. 465
raising of different grains; it lies two miles
northeast of Gridley.
Mr. Roof was married at Yuba City, Sutter
County, California, in 1869, to Miss Martha J.
Osborn, a native of Illinois, and four children
have been born of this union: Olive, Mary E.,
William, and Jennie.
99S ee
ON. E. M. PRESTON.—The record of
successful endeavor is always interesting,
‘Sed and always useful, especially to the young,
who are entering with ambition upon the conteste of life. It is, therefore, with the greater
pleasure that we present here ina leading place
a short sketch of the life of Hon. E. M. Preston, State Senator from Nevada County, one of
the most active and energetic citizens of the
county, who has aided the writer very materially in the collection of data and general information of this section.
Mr. Preston was born in 1841, near Ann
Arbor, Michigan, where he was raised and educated, graduating at the Michigan State University. It was hie intention to study law, but on
account of poor health, he concluded to abandon
it and enter other pursuits. In 1863 he came
to California, and in Nevada City took the
principalship of the public schools, being at the
head of the high schvol for several years, and
for two terms acting as Superintendent of
Schools for the County. Mr. Preston then
became a druggist and for eeveral years carried
on that business in Nevada City, finally selling
out to W. D. Vinton, who had learned the
business under him, and who still continues it.
In September, 1876, the Citizens’ Bank was incorporated under the State laws, with Mr. Preston as its President, a position that he has held
ever since. The bank has always been prosperous and successful, having assets as shown
by its last statement of over $200,000. In
management it has been liberal, yet conservative, and has aided consistently all the better
enterprises of the county. In 1888 an agency
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of the bank was established at Grass Valley,
succeeding the First National Bank of that city.
In the spring of 1886 was organized the Nevada County Land and Improvement Association, in which Mr. Preston was and still is a
moving spirit, being its President. This has
so far been the only organization to advertise,
as it ought to be, the resources and advantages of
Nevada County as anything else than a mining
county. The pamplet published by them, prepared almost entirely by Mr. Preston, is a
model in its way and has deservedly attracted
much attention to the wonderful adaptability of
Nevada Cuunty to fruit-growing, etc. Its displays and exhibits at State and other fairs have
been very noteworthy and productive of good.
The association has twu ranches near the city
which it has planted extensively with fruit, and
is otherwise improving.
Mr. Preston is an active and consistent member of the Republican party, laboring for the
best results to the country in all issues. He is
a member now of the State Senate, to which
he was elected in 1888, and proving a useful and
worthy representative of his section in that body.
Mr. Preston has also been extensively engaged
in mining about Nevada City, proving as energetic in that direction as in all others to which
he has devoted attention.
It would be proper to state that Mr. Preston
is a Master Mason of high standing.
et EERE
T. MORGAN, who is one of Nevada
City’s oldest and most esteemed citizens,
9 is a native of Wales, where he was born
June 24, 1830. Jlis father was a farmer, who
brought up his children to habits of sobriety
and economy. His eon J. T. was taught the
trade of blacksmith. In 1851 he came to
America, going to the State of Wisconsin,
where he remained until 1852, when he set his
face westward, making his way to California.
Mr. Morgan came to Nevada City in 1853,
since which time he has been a constant. resi-