March 21, 1973 (12 pages)

ILLIAM E. MESERVEY 2 of William E. Meservey has been passed in tically knows no other home, and for the past as made his home in Nevada County. He was 1, Knox County,-Maine, July 1, 1850, a son of \lvira (Prescott) Meservey. The Meservey *k to the fourteenth century in England. immigrated from the Island of Jersey, _ before 1673, the family being among the rtsmouth, N.H. Members of the family af> spelling of the name from Messervy (the Meservey. Grandfather William Meservey ppleton, Me., and his son, Charles Albert of our subject, was also born there and was a manufacturing cooper. There were three ly, William E., Eugene, and Jessie (Mrs. Maine). The mother passed away at the age in 1859, and the father was subsequently ina (Ingraham) Prescott. In 1890 the father d at Seattle, Wash., where he spent his last the age of seventy-eight years. ‘vey completed the grammar-school course Searsmont High School in his native state. At irs he began to work for himself, first in a ert, an island off the coast of Maine; then he trade and in sawmills for two years longer, igan and followed his trade as a cooper for aw. He then returned to his native state and previously taught school for five winters in ed a teacher’s certificate when twenty-one n 1875, he came to California and for a short uz. Then he came to Nevada City and was of the lumber yard of the Nevada and Grass yer Company, until 1882, when he took charge he Cascade Ditch for the South Yuba Water , from Quaker Hill to Loma Rica Ranch, absorbed in 1905 by the Pacific Gas and lis duties included caretaking and mainflumes and lakes in Nevada County. In 1917 promoted to the responsible position of itches and flumes of the Nevada District. On . have been with the company for forty-two tion. May 7, 1879, Mr. Meservey was married to ger, a native of Wisconsin, daughter of (Smith) Stenger. Her father, Augustus da City in 1850, across the plains; in 1854-he and was married, and four years later he fant daughter, Emma, to California, and the Washington district. He was a mechanical gamator in quartz mills in Nevada County. » sixty-two years old; the mother lives in 1 Mrs. Meservey are the parents of four ssistant postmaster at Nevada City. Loring the Hawaiian Sugar Company’s plant at ed and has three children, William Loring, Tace. Florence E. is a‘stenographer in San is married and has one daughter, Shasta M. 2 W.B. Lardner He served during the World War at Camp Stotsenburg, Philippines, and was in the 2nd Field Artillery. He was returned to Camp Fremont, Cal., where he remained for a short time, and then his regiment was sent to Fort Sill, Okla., and finally to Camp Taylor, Ky. He served as a corporal for nineteen months. William E. Meservey was made a Mason on February 3, 1872, in Quantabacook Lodge No. 129, A.F. & A.M., in the State of Maine. Later he was demitted and became a member of Nevada Lodge No. 13, F. & A.M., of which he is a Past Master. He has been secretary of the lodge for the past twenty-one years and also served as in. Spector of the Twelfth Masonic District of California for seven years. He is High Priest and Past High Priest of Nevada Chapter No. 6, R.A.M.; is a member of Gateway Council No. 13, R. & S. M. at Auburn; is a Past Eminent Commander of Nevada Commandery No. 6, K.T., Nevada City; and is now Prelate of the Commandery. With his wife and daughter he is also a member of Evangeline Chapter No. 9, 0.E.S., Nevada City, of which he is a Past Patron; and we also find him a popular member of the Sons of St. George in Grass Valley. He is a Republican in politics. Mr. Meservey purchased a home place of two acres a mile and a quarter from Nevada City, at Town Talk, where he built a comfortable residence and where the family make their home. DANIEL F. NORTON In the history of Nevada County no name is more prominent among the agriculturists and general upbuilders than that of Daniel F. Norton, who for the past eleven years has served as county horticultural commissioner. During his tenure of office 2000 acres have been planted to pears and 600 acres to plums. The acreage of the commercial bearing orchards at the present time is 1700, with Bartlett pears as the leaders; and 600 acres are in plums, and 400 acres, in peaches. Mr. Norton has charge of the fruit exhibits from Nevada County, which have always taken first prize. At the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, in 1915, Nevada County was awarded the highest prize for Bartlett pears. Mr. Norton gave his personal attention to assembling the exhibit, which was on exhibition seven weeks; and from eight to ten boxes of fresh pears were shipped daily to San Francisco, where J. E. Taylor was in charge of the exhibit: Mr. Norton was born near,Council Bluffs, Iowa, May 13, 1852, a son of Daniel and Clarice (Witt) Norton, both natives of Canada. The father ran a ferry boat in the early forties from Council Bluffs to Omaha. In 1862 the family, consisting of father, mother and three ’ children, crossed the plains to Nevada and settled in Virginia City. Both parents are now deceased. Daniel F. Norton was reared and educated at Dayton, Nev. After reaching young manhood he came to California and took up the study of law with L. A. Norton, a prominent attorney in Santa Rosa; and later he passed the examination in the county courts of Santa Rosa. When his father became ill, he was obliged to support the family by working in the mines, at first in the Sutro Tunnel Mine. Later he erected a silver mill, which he operated until 1887, when he sold out and located the same year in Grass Valley. Here he purchased a half-interest in a gold-saving process connected with the Idaho Mill. Subsequently he tried farming on 560 acres of land at Newtown, which he later sold. Besides being county horticultural commissioner for Nevada County, Mr. Norton is State quarantine guardian and deputy State sealer of weights and measures for this district, all important positions in the progress and development of this section of California. The first marriage of Mr. Norton united him with Miss Mary Westerfield, daughter of Senator Westerfield of Nevada. Mrs. Norton passed away at Grass Valley in 1891. In 1921, Mr. Norton was married to Miss Zula Curry, who was born at Grass Valley, Cal. Her father was-a pioneer miner, and was killed in the IdahoMaryland Mine near Grass Valley. Mrs. Norton is a member of the Rebekahs and the Ladies’ Order of Moose. The Nevada County Nugget i ¢ er \\ : EZ, ;\ L\ ? Wt At 7 joniien ut 1 * ‘ee@itne rid

ILLIAM E. MESERVEY 2 of William E. Meservey has been passed in tically knows no other home, and for the past as made his home in Nevada County. He was 1, Knox County,-Maine, July 1, 1850, a son of \lvira (Prescott) Meservey. The Meservey *k to the fourteenth century in England. immigrated from the Island of Jersey, _ before 1673, the family being among the rtsmouth, N.H. Members of the family af> spelling of the name from Messervy (the Meservey. Grandfather William Meservey ppleton, Me., and his son, Charles Albert of our subject, was also born there and was a manufacturing cooper. There were three ly, William E., Eugene, and Jessie (Mrs. Maine). The mother passed away at the age in 1859, and the father was subsequently ina (Ingraham) Prescott. In 1890 the father d at Seattle, Wash., where he spent his last the age of seventy-eight years. ‘vey completed the grammar-school course Searsmont High School in his native state. At irs he began to work for himself, first in a ert, an island off the coast of Maine; then he trade and in sawmills for two years longer, igan and followed his trade as a cooper for aw. He then returned to his native state and previously taught school for five winters in ed a teacher’s certificate when twenty-one n 1875, he came to California and for a short uz. Then he came to Nevada City and was of the lumber yard of the Nevada and Grass yer Company, until 1882, when he took charge he Cascade Ditch for the South Yuba Water , from Quaker Hill to Loma Rica Ranch, absorbed in 1905 by the Pacific Gas and lis duties included caretaking and mainflumes and lakes in Nevada County. In 1917 promoted to the responsible position of itches and flumes of the Nevada District. On . have been with the company for forty-two tion. May 7, 1879, Mr. Meservey was married to ger, a native of Wisconsin, daughter of (Smith) Stenger. Her father, Augustus da City in 1850, across the plains; in 1854-he and was married, and four years later he fant daughter, Emma, to California, and the Washington district. He was a mechanical gamator in quartz mills in Nevada County. » sixty-two years old; the mother lives in 1 Mrs. Meservey are the parents of four ssistant postmaster at Nevada City. Loring the Hawaiian Sugar Company’s plant at ed and has three children, William Loring, Tace. Florence E. is a‘stenographer in San is married and has one daughter, Shasta M. 2 W.B. Lardner He served during the World War at Camp Stotsenburg, Philippines, and was in the 2nd Field Artillery. He was returned to Camp Fremont, Cal., where he remained for a short time, and then his regiment was sent to Fort Sill, Okla., and finally to Camp Taylor, Ky. He served as a corporal for nineteen months. William E. Meservey was made a Mason on February 3, 1872, in Quantabacook Lodge No. 129, A.F. & A.M., in the State of Maine. Later he was demitted and became a member of Nevada Lodge No. 13, F. & A.M., of which he is a Past Master. He has been secretary

of the lodge for the past twenty-one years and also served as in. Spector of the Twelfth Masonic District of California for seven years. He is High Priest and Past High Priest of Nevada Chapter No. 6, R.A.M.; is a member of Gateway Council No. 13, R. & S. M. at Auburn; is a Past Eminent Commander of Nevada Commandery No. 6, K.T., Nevada City; and is now Prelate of the Commandery. With his wife and daughter he is also a member of Evangeline Chapter No. 9, 0.E.S., Nevada City, of which he is a Past Patron; and we also find him a popular member of the Sons of St. George in Grass Valley. He is a Republican in politics. Mr. Meservey purchased a home place of two acres a mile and a quarter from Nevada City, at Town Talk, where he built a comfortable residence and where the family make their home. DANIEL F. NORTON In the history of Nevada County no name is more prominent among the agriculturists and general upbuilders than that of Daniel F. Norton, who for the past eleven years has served as county horticultural commissioner. During his tenure of office 2000 acres have been planted to pears and 600 acres to plums. The acreage of the commercial bearing orchards at the present time is 1700, with Bartlett pears as the leaders; and 600 acres are in plums, and 400 acres, in peaches. Mr. Norton has charge of the fruit exhibits from Nevada County, which have always taken first prize. At the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, in 1915, Nevada County was awarded the highest prize for Bartlett pears. Mr. Norton gave his personal attention to assembling the exhibit, which was on exhibition seven weeks; and from eight to ten boxes of fresh pears were shipped daily to San Francisco, where J. E. Taylor was in charge of the exhibit: Mr. Norton was born near,Council Bluffs, Iowa, May 13, 1852, a son of Daniel and Clarice (Witt) Norton, both natives of Canada. The father ran a ferry boat in the early forties from Council Bluffs to Omaha. In 1862 the family, consisting of father, mother and three ’ children, crossed the plains to Nevada and settled in Virginia City. Both parents are now deceased. Daniel F. Norton was reared and educated at Dayton, Nev. After reaching young manhood he came to California and took up the study of law with L. A. Norton, a prominent attorney in Santa Rosa; and later he passed the examination in the county courts of Santa Rosa. When his father became ill, he was obliged to support the family by working in the mines, at first in the Sutro Tunnel Mine. Later he erected a silver mill, which he operated until 1887, when he sold out and located the same year in Grass Valley. Here he purchased a half-interest in a gold-saving process connected with the Idaho Mill. Subsequently he tried farming on 560 acres of land at Newtown, which he later sold. Besides being county horticultural commissioner for Nevada County, Mr. Norton is State quarantine guardian and deputy State sealer of weights and measures for this district, all important positions in the progress and development of this section of California. The first marriage of Mr. Norton united him with Miss Mary Westerfield, daughter of Senator Westerfield of Nevada. Mrs. Norton passed away at Grass Valley in 1891. In 1921, Mr. Norton was married to Miss Zula Curry, who was born at Grass Valley, Cal. Her father was-a pioneer miner, and was killed in the IdahoMaryland Mine near Grass Valley. Mrs. Norton is a member of the Rebekahs and the Ladies’ Order of Moose. The Nevada County Nugget i ¢ er \\ : EZ, ;\ L\ ? Wt At 7 joniien ut 1 * ‘ee@itne rid