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pIoneeTsummoneo(Continued from page 1)started for California, arriving m tills* state early in November. He first mined at Selby Flat, later removing to the Hill ranch near Grass , Valley. Here he pursued ranching, teaming and working; on the “Tele-J graphhV until November, 1859, when he came to tliis county and■ settled in Potter Valley.In 1860 he assisted in the foundling of the Ukiah “Herald”, being ■employed by E. R. Budd and in 1862 ' he purchased an interest in that paper. In 1864 he went to San Francisco, after selling his interest in the “Herald/’ and became foreman of the “Mining and Scientific Press. While on a visit home in 1865 he was presented without his solicitation, with the office of U. S. assistant assessor of the revenue department. He was sworn in at Santa Rosa on April 13, and on the same day came word to Santa Rosa of the fall of Richmond. He started for home bearing this tidings and walked from Cloverdale to Ukiah, two days ahead of the mails which bore the same momentous news. He held his appointment as revenue officer through five successive administration^hX was twice elected road overseer in Potter Valley and resigned in I860 to remove to Ukiah after redeeming two ranches from nature in the then wilderness of Potter Valley, and successfully putting them on a going basis. After coming to Ukiah he engaged in photography.He was always more or less idea-j tified with the newspaper businesk,being foreman of the Constitutional *Democrat, the forerunner of the Dispatch-Democrat, in 1862 and 1863, In 1864 he returned to San Francisco and took charge of the mechanical department of the Mechanics’ Fair Daily Press, and served in a similar capacity in 1876, 1877 and 1878. In January, 1879, lie purchased the “Ukiah City Press,” taking in as partner in February, Chas. S. Paine, of the Petaluma Argus and the San Francisco “Evening Post.”He was also an active political figure, serving, after his removal to Ukiah, as deputy assessor underboth S. W. Haskett and J. H. i)ono- /hoe, and later as deputy recorder under Recorder Denman. In 1875 and 1876 he was appointed road overseer of Ukiah road district, and in 1877 he was elected marshall of Ukiah City, being the first to hold such office.Four children survive the deceased, being Mrs. May Ellis, Grant Carpenter, Mrs. Grace Hudson and Frank L. Carpenter.__
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Dispatch Democrat
Ukiah, California, US
Fri, Feb 14, 1919
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