February 14, 1973 (12 pages)

» of Nevada County sd in 1924 W.B. Lardner MRS. J. M. BUFFINGTON The daughter of early pioneers of Nevada County, and herself identified with life here since her birth, Mrs. Buffington is a native of Nevada City. Her parents, Ianthis Jerome and Emily (Lindsay) Rolfe, settled here soon after their marriage. Both were natives of the State of Maine. In 1852, her father came to €alifornia, from Missouri, whither his family had migrated from Maine, and at the time of the Mormon trouble in Missouri, young Ianthis Jerome Rolfe crossed the plains and settled at Nevada City, where he engaged in newspaper work, and also was interested in mines and mining. In 1854 he returned to Boston, Mass., and that same year brought his wife back to California with him, via the Panama route. The young-pioneers made their home in Nevada City, and during ‘the sixties and seventies Mr. Rolfe was a revenue agent \. CURNOW se of which John A. Curnow as t important in Nevada County. The 1e Alpha Hardware & Supply Com. Valley has proved a fortunate unthis branch store, Mr. Curnow has ent and foresight and built up a om year to year. He was born in a son of John and Mary (Martin) nd. John Curnow came to Nevada ; later his family joined him. For tel at Cherokee, now called Tyler, ed in farming and mining at Tyler, ostmaster. There are four children bject is the eldest, the others being yw Mrs. Sparnow. ic -school education; and at the he blacksmith shop in the mines at the employ of Legg & Shaw Com y the Alpha Hardware & Supply was retained as clerk in the new of supplies for the company; and nager of the Grass Valley branch. urnow has capably served as the nmerce; he has tried to resign the inimously reelected for the place. now united him with Miss May il.; and they are the parents of one ent fraternally, being a member of O.E.; the Nevada Lodge No. 13, F. yhapter at Grass Valley; Nevada vada City; and the Eastern Star. there. He passed away in that city, having reached eighty-three years of age, while his wife died at the age of seventy-five. Six children had been born to them: Hattie Pier, of this review; Nellie Belden; Emily Lindsay,,deceased; Dwight Tallman; Béll Baker; and Horace Cowen, deceased. Mrs. Rolfe was a Past Past Grand Matron of the Eastern Star. Matron and WILLIAM BROWN VAN ORDEN One among the earliest settlers of Grass Valley, William Brown Van Orden was born?in Brooklyn, N.Y., April 18, 1832, and reared in that locality. He came to California in 1854, via the Nacaragua route, making the journey in company with his brother, Leander, a California forty-niner who had returned East to bring his brother to the Golden State. The Van Orden family is traced back to Holland, the ancestors being among the early settlers of New Amsterdam. The old Van Orden homestead was located at what is now Thirty-fourth Street and Fifth Avenue, New York City. After his arrival, William Van Orden prospected for a time near Oroville, Butte County, and later rana grocery store for the miners at Long Bar, on the Yuba River, in Yuba County, till 1859. Coming to Grass Valley in 1867, he engaged in the grocery business there for many years, with a store on East Main Srtreet, on the present site of the Rochdale Store. ‘A man of ability and strong character, he took an active part in civie affairs, was mayor of Grass Valley, and for many years was a member of the board of education, serving eight yéars as president of the board. In addition to his grocery. business, he had mining interests, and at one time was superintendent of the Granite Hill Mine in the vicinity. Mr. Van Orden was a member of the Nevada County Pioneer Society, and always kept up his interest in early day life and the recording of the lives of men ane events of that + romantic period. His death on April 1, 1916, at the good age of eighty-four, marked the passing of one of Nevada County’s most respected citizens, honored alike for his civic pride and his humane qualities in striving to help his fellow-men. The marriage of Mr. Van Orden, in Grass Valley, united him with Eliza Jane Garvey, a native of Ireland, who passed on nine years before Mr. Van Orden. Three children was born of their union: William Andrew, now deceased, was an Elk, and in the grocery business in Grass Valley, later located in Alameda County and served that county as deputy county assessor; Leander, the second son, is assistant manager of the Pennsylvania Hotel, one of New York City’s famed hostelries, having formerly been associated with the St. Francis and Palace hotels of San Francisco; ‘the only daughter, Miss Amanda Van Orden, a graduate of the San Francisco State Normal, is a teacher in the Grass Valley schools. (Continued next week) e

» of Nevada County sd in 1924 W.B. Lardner MRS. J. M. BUFFINGTON The daughter of early pioneers of Nevada County, and herself identified with life here since her birth, Mrs. Buffington is a native of Nevada City. Her parents, Ianthis Jerome and Emily (Lindsay) Rolfe, settled here soon after their marriage. Both were natives of the State of Maine. In 1852, her father came to €alifornia, from Missouri, whither his family had migrated from Maine, and at the time of the Mormon trouble in Missouri, young Ianthis Jerome Rolfe crossed the plains and settled at Nevada City, where he engaged in newspaper work, and also was interested in mines and mining. In 1854 he returned to Boston, Mass., and that same year brought his wife back to California with him, via the Panama route. The young-pioneers made their home in Nevada City, and during ‘the sixties and seventies Mr. Rolfe was a revenue agent \. CURNOW se of which John A. Curnow as t important in Nevada County. The 1e Alpha Hardware & Supply Com. Valley has proved a fortunate unthis branch store, Mr. Curnow has ent and foresight and built up a om year to year. He was born in a son of John and Mary (Martin) nd. John Curnow came to Nevada ; later his family joined him. For tel at Cherokee, now called Tyler, ed in farming and mining at Tyler, ostmaster. There are four children bject is the eldest, the others being yw Mrs. Sparnow. ic -school education; and at the he blacksmith shop in the mines at the employ of Legg & Shaw Com y the Alpha Hardware & Supply was retained as clerk in the new of supplies for the company; and nager of the Grass Valley branch. urnow has capably served as the nmerce; he has tried to resign the inimously reelected for the place. now united him with Miss May il.; and they are the parents of one ent fraternally, being a member of O.E.; the Nevada Lodge No. 13, F. yhapter at Grass Valley; Nevada

vada City; and the Eastern Star. there. He passed away in that city, having reached eighty-three years of age, while his wife died at the age of seventy-five. Six children had been born to them: Hattie Pier, of this review; Nellie Belden; Emily Lindsay,,deceased; Dwight Tallman; Béll Baker; and Horace Cowen, deceased. Mrs. Rolfe was a Past Past Grand Matron of the Eastern Star. Matron and WILLIAM BROWN VAN ORDEN One among the earliest settlers of Grass Valley, William Brown Van Orden was born?in Brooklyn, N.Y., April 18, 1832, and reared in that locality. He came to California in 1854, via the Nacaragua route, making the journey in company with his brother, Leander, a California forty-niner who had returned East to bring his brother to the Golden State. The Van Orden family is traced back to Holland, the ancestors being among the early settlers of New Amsterdam. The old Van Orden homestead was located at what is now Thirty-fourth Street and Fifth Avenue, New York City. After his arrival, William Van Orden prospected for a time near Oroville, Butte County, and later rana grocery store for the miners at Long Bar, on the Yuba River, in Yuba County, till 1859. Coming to Grass Valley in 1867, he engaged in the grocery business there for many years, with a store on East Main Srtreet, on the present site of the Rochdale Store. ‘A man of ability and strong character, he took an active part in civie affairs, was mayor of Grass Valley, and for many years was a member of the board of education, serving eight yéars as president of the board. In addition to his grocery. business, he had mining interests, and at one time was superintendent of the Granite Hill Mine in the vicinity. Mr. Van Orden was a member of the Nevada County Pioneer Society, and always kept up his interest in early day life and the recording of the lives of men ane events of that + romantic period. His death on April 1, 1916, at the good age of eighty-four, marked the passing of one of Nevada County’s most respected citizens, honored alike for his civic pride and his humane qualities in striving to help his fellow-men. The marriage of Mr. Van Orden, in Grass Valley, united him with Eliza Jane Garvey, a native of Ireland, who passed on nine years before Mr. Van Orden. Three children was born of their union: William Andrew, now deceased, was an Elk, and in the grocery business in Grass Valley, later located in Alameda County and served that county as deputy county assessor; Leander, the second son, is assistant manager of the Pennsylvania Hotel, one of New York City’s famed hostelries, having formerly been associated with the St. Francis and Palace hotels of San Francisco; ‘the only daughter, Miss Amanda Van Orden, a graduate of the San Francisco State Normal, is a teacher in the Grass Valley schools. (Continued next week) e