March 7, 1973 (12 pages)

ied in 1924 J ELS d a vereroey ~ ie i s ¢ Sy. imma . Fee Div tas . eo » . ee Se ee SO See eee ae — For more than a third of a century n located on a farm in the Allison Ranch where he owns a ranch of eighty acres ming. He was born in County Durham, d is the only living child of a family of nd Mary (Robinson) Thompson, both h Thompson was a miner in the lead r left his native shores; he passed away and his wife survived him until she was ¢nded grammar school in England, and in to work in the mines, earning his own 374, he was married to Miss Margaret ham, England, daughter of Joseph and es, in whose family there were nine both deceased; Mary, Elizabeth; and e of our subject; and Joseph, William and Mrs. Thompson was blessed with . Lucy, Joseph, Nellie, Henry, and born in England, and all are now ife ot John S. Moore, was also born in is a native of Westpoint, Cal. Thomas, pd Miss Frances Brimskill, and they ind Lloyd; Henrietta is now the wife of ave one daughter, Irma L.; Georgiana »y have two children, Elton and Helen; rs. Moore was first married to William n the Golden Center Mine, leaving his argaret and Lester; and Mr. and Mrs. inley John and David Andrew. Mr. In politics, FratePnally he is. affiliated alley; and with his wife and daughter, er of the Pocahontas Club of Grass hme to the United States and settled at mily spent one year. Thentheycame to brest Springs, where they remained for the present ranch, consisting of eighty improved with a house and other farm home place, he leases a ranch of 200 ining Company, which he also farms. of Nevada County W.B. Lardner ELMER HOLLAND ARMSTRONG The legal profession of Nevada County has no representative who occupies a more prominent position or is more justly entitled to the regard of his fellow townsmen for the work he has accomplished, both as a lawyer and as:a citizen. than Elmer H. Armstrong. Born at Iowa Hill, Placer County, November 10, 1869 he is a son of Isaiah J. and Martha ( Holland) Armstrong, natives of Pennsylvania and Illinois, respectively. Isaiah J. Armstrong made his first trip to California via the Isthmus in 1849 and engaged in mining in Butte County, where he met with gratifying success. He returned East and was married: and in 1852, accompanied by his wife, returned to the West, crossing the plains in a train of covered wagons drawn by oxen, and located in Eldorado County, where he mined at Indian Diggings. Later he removed with: his family to Iowa, Hill, Placer County, where he engaged in mining and logging with ox teams. There were eleven children in the family: Rubey, deceased; Mary, now Mrs. Boardman of Spokane, Wash.George W., who was county clerk ef Placer County at the time of his death: Eugene, who died in February, 1924, in Oakland: Frank . of Sacramento; William, of Tuolumne, Cal.; Edward M., deceased: Nellie, now Mrs. Bowers, of Spokane; Elmer HH., of this review: Burton Howard, of Los Angeles; and Leroy E., Pacific Coast manager of the American Book Company, with offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Elmer H. Armstrong received his elementary education in the public schools of Iowa Hill; and later he studied pen art at the Southwestern Art School in St. Louis, Mo. Returning to the West, he entered Heald’s Business College in San Francisco, from which he was graduated. In 1899 Mr. Armstrong established the Grass Valley Business College, which he successfully conducted till 1913. when he turned the management over to Mrs. Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong began the study of law in 1910 with the LincoinJefferson Law School in Hammond, Ind.: and on July 2, 1913, he was admitted to the bar. In 1914 he was elected district attorney of Nevada County, and was reelected in 1918. holding office from January, 1915 to January 1923. His record during his first term of office as district attorney speaks for itself, for he secured cor viction in seventeen cases out of twenty-three: and during his second term of office he secured eighteen convictions out of twentyone felony cases. The record is unequaled in Nevada County and probably equals any record in the State. The marriage of Mr. Armstrong united him wit Elizabeth Angove, born at Ione, Amador County, Cal., a da of Stephen and Annie (Jones) Angove, 6 England and Amador County, Cal. The fat mining man in A mador County until his death: his widow surviv him. Mrs. Armstrong was actively assisting Mr. Armstrong as teacher in the business college during h i j affairs; and when he began the practice of lav management of the college. Mr. and Mrs.Frank Wehe, Jr., and resides in Berkeley. Mr. Armstrong held the position of city attorney for ( Valley for nine consecutive years. He was one of the organizerrs of the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce, serving as a director the first two years. He was attorney for the Exemption Board during the World War and was also the attorney for the County Council of Defense of Nevada County. He had charge of the work of organization and organized the entire county into community centers. At the close of the war he received an honorable from the State as well as from the gdvernment at Washi Armstrong’s private practice includes mining, civil and law; and in all of these branches of his profession success has crowned his efforts. Fraternally, he is a member of Tuolumne ,Lodge No. 8 F. & A. M., at Sonora; Grass Valley Chapter No. 18, “and Grass Valley Lodge No. 538, B.P.O.E. He belongs to the County : Bar Association and served as president in 1922 and 1923; and he is also a member of the State Bar Association and American Bar Association.

ied in 1924 J ELS d a vereroey ~ ie i s ¢ Sy. imma . Fee Div tas . eo » . ee Se ee SO See eee ae — For more than a third of a century n located on a farm in the Allison Ranch where he owns a ranch of eighty acres ming. He was born in County Durham, d is the only living child of a family of nd Mary (Robinson) Thompson, both h Thompson was a miner in the lead r left his native shores; he passed away and his wife survived him until she was ¢nded grammar school in England, and in to work in the mines, earning his own 374, he was married to Miss Margaret ham, England, daughter of Joseph and es, in whose family there were nine both deceased; Mary, Elizabeth; and e of our subject; and Joseph, William and Mrs. Thompson was blessed with . Lucy, Joseph, Nellie, Henry, and born in England, and all are now ife ot John S. Moore, was also born in is a native of Westpoint, Cal. Thomas, pd Miss Frances Brimskill, and they ind Lloyd; Henrietta is now the wife of ave one daughter, Irma L.; Georgiana »y have two children, Elton and Helen; rs. Moore was first married to William n the Golden Center Mine, leaving his argaret and Lester; and Mr. and Mrs. inley John and David Andrew. Mr. In politics, FratePnally he is. affiliated alley; and with his wife and daughter, er of the Pocahontas Club of Grass hme to the United States and settled at mily spent one year. Thentheycame to brest Springs, where they remained for the present ranch, consisting of eighty improved with a house and other farm home place, he leases a ranch of 200 ining Company, which he also farms. of Nevada County W.B. Lardner ELMER HOLLAND ARMSTRONG The legal profession of Nevada County has no representative who occupies a more prominent position or is more justly entitled to the regard of his fellow townsmen for the work he has accomplished, both as a lawyer and as:a citizen. than Elmer H. Armstrong. Born at Iowa Hill, Placer County, November 10, 1869 he is a son of Isaiah J. and Martha ( Holland) Armstrong, natives of Pennsylvania and Illinois, respectively. Isaiah J. Armstrong made his first trip to California via the Isthmus in 1849 and engaged in mining in Butte County, where he met with gratifying success. He

returned East and was married: and in 1852, accompanied by his wife, returned to the West, crossing the plains in a train of covered wagons drawn by oxen, and located in Eldorado County, where he mined at Indian Diggings. Later he removed with: his family to Iowa, Hill, Placer County, where he engaged in mining and logging with ox teams. There were eleven children in the family: Rubey, deceased; Mary, now Mrs. Boardman of Spokane, Wash.George W., who was county clerk ef Placer County at the time of his death: Eugene, who died in February, 1924, in Oakland: Frank . of Sacramento; William, of Tuolumne, Cal.; Edward M., deceased: Nellie, now Mrs. Bowers, of Spokane; Elmer HH., of this review: Burton Howard, of Los Angeles; and Leroy E., Pacific Coast manager of the American Book Company, with offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Elmer H. Armstrong received his elementary education in the public schools of Iowa Hill; and later he studied pen art at the Southwestern Art School in St. Louis, Mo. Returning to the West, he entered Heald’s Business College in San Francisco, from which he was graduated. In 1899 Mr. Armstrong established the Grass Valley Business College, which he successfully conducted till 1913. when he turned the management over to Mrs. Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong began the study of law in 1910 with the LincoinJefferson Law School in Hammond, Ind.: and on July 2, 1913, he was admitted to the bar. In 1914 he was elected district attorney of Nevada County, and was reelected in 1918. holding office from January, 1915 to January 1923. His record during his first term of office as district attorney speaks for itself, for he secured cor viction in seventeen cases out of twenty-three: and during his second term of office he secured eighteen convictions out of twentyone felony cases. The record is unequaled in Nevada County and probably equals any record in the State. The marriage of Mr. Armstrong united him wit Elizabeth Angove, born at Ione, Amador County, Cal., a da of Stephen and Annie (Jones) Angove, 6 England and Amador County, Cal. The fat mining man in A mador County until his death: his widow surviv him. Mrs. Armstrong was actively assisting Mr. Armstrong as teacher in the business college during h i j affairs; and when he began the practice of lav management of the college. Mr. and Mrs.Frank Wehe, Jr., and resides in Berkeley. Mr. Armstrong held the position of city attorney for ( Valley for nine consecutive years. He was one of the organizerrs of the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce, serving as a director the first two years. He was attorney for the Exemption Board during the World War and was also the attorney for the County Council of Defense of Nevada County. He had charge of the work of organization and organized the entire county into community centers. At the close of the war he received an honorable from the State as well as from the gdvernment at Washi Armstrong’s private practice includes mining, civil and law; and in all of these branches of his profession success has crowned his efforts. Fraternally, he is a member of Tuolumne ,Lodge No. 8 F. & A. M., at Sonora; Grass Valley Chapter No. 18, “and Grass Valley Lodge No. 538, B.P.O.E. He belongs to the County : Bar Association and served as president in 1922 and 1923; and he is also a member of the State Bar Association and American Bar Association.