Enter a name, company, place or keywords to search across this item. Then click "Search" (or hit Enter).
Collection: Books and Periodicals
A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) (713 pages)
Go to the Archive Home
Go to Thumbnail View of this Item
Go to Single Page View of this Item
Download the Page Image
Copy the Page Text to the Clipboard
Don't highlight the search terms on the Image
Show the Page Image
Show the Image Page Text
Reset View and Center Image
Zoom Out
Zoom In
Rotate Left
Rotate Right
Toggle Full Page View
Flip Image Horizontally
More Information About this Image
Get a Citation for Page or Image - Copy to the Clipboard
Go to the Previous Page (or Left Arrow key)
Go to the Next Page (or Right Arrow key)
Page: of 713
HISTORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. 515
died in 1844; the mother is a native of New
York State, and is still living at the age
of ninety years. They are of a prolific and
long-lived family. The genealogy of our subject traces back to German and Scotch on the
maternal side, and on the paternal side is of
English extraction, and all are descendants of
John Alden, of Mayflower fame.
Politically Mr. Alden is allied with the Republican party, and in 186566 was County
Assessor. He has been School Trustee, and
was Postmaster while at Georgetown. He has
been prominently identified with the growth
and prosperity of El Dorado County, and takes
an active interest in the general welfare of the
city, being one of the prime movers and stanch
supporters of all projects where the city and
county are to be benetited. Socially he affiliates
with the F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, St. James
Chapter No. 15, Commandery No. 4, also the
A. O. U. W. of Placerville.
_—s
GRC DY,
biography of whom follows, ranks among
the first professional men of northern
California. He was born at Clinton, Green
County, Pennsylvania, October 24, 1825, and is
a son of Shadrach and Elizabeth (Roseberry)
Mitchell, who were also natives of the State of
Pennsylvania. They were the parents of eleven
children, of whom Hiram H. is the fifth. The
maternal ancestors were of English stock, and
the father was of Scotch-Irish descent.
OF ee H. MITCHELI, D. D.S., a short
Hiram H. was reared to the ocenpation of .
his father, farming, and received his education
in the public schools. In 1847 he removed to .
the State of Ohio, and soon located at West .
Liberty, where he began the study of dentistry
under the preceptorship of Dr. Ree. In 1851
he began the practice of his profession at Concord, Kentucky, where he remained three years; .
he then established himself at Manchester, Ohio, .
and two years later we find him in Washington,
Ohio; he made this his home for two and a half
years, when, owing to ill health, he was compelled
to seek another place of residence. Mineral
Point, Wisconsin, offered many attractions, and
there Dr Mitchell located, remaining there
until 1873. In that year he came to California,
and settled at Calistoga, Napa County, and at
the end of three years he came to Ukiah, where
he has built up a profitable practice, and occu.
pies a leading place among the professional men
of Mendocino County.
Dr. Mitchell was united in marriage January
8, 1857, to Annie E. Reid, a native of Kentucky. Four children were born of this union,
only ore of whom survives, Marling, who is
also a dentist by profession, and occupies a suite
of four rooms with his father. The other children were named Annie E., who died in 1859,
Heaton L., who died in 1862, and Jane E., who
passed away in 1868.
Mrs. Mitchell has also been called from this
life, passing away October 24, 1887.
Politically the Doctor is allied with the
Democratic party, although he takes no active
part in the action of that body. He is also
an honored member of Abell Lodge, No. 146,
A. F. and A. M.
R G)
farmer of Sutter County, was born in
Dundee, Scotland, April 15, 1807, a son of
John and Elizabeth Stewart. John Stewart was
a stone-cutter by trade, and also a contractor
Wars S. STEWART, deceased, formerly a
_ and builder, and spent all his life in his. native
land. The mother died when her son, our subject. was a child. The latter also learned the
stone-cutter’s trade and became a good mechanic. In 1832 he emigrated to America, settling
first in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. There
he worked at his trade in the employ of the Ohio
& Pennsylvania Railroad Company, as_bridgebuilder, ete. In 1853 he started for Oregon,
but, losing some of his cattle in the vicinity of
Salt Lake, he remained there about ten months.
Changing his mind, he then joined a company