Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-14
PACIFIC COAST



Sac PRAxcrscs. Nov. l3-ShorsIy b.
fore $50 o'clock this afternoon sx Sens
Tor ShAron's son Fred noticed q sudden
change in his fathers condition. and al
the watchers we're called in from ths
ante-room. Al . minutes before [
o'ciock sxactly, the last feeble spark Of
life left the worn and pain racked
frame, end the strong spirit which had
animated the millionaire through life
quietly passed away and he vas dead
In bis dying moments be was attended
by all his relatives on this coast and
some Of his particular friends, amCnG
those present being his son, Fred
sharon. bis nephevs, William and
Clarence Sharon, his sister, Mrs Davis
Of San jose, 2. @. kevisnds, and Drs
MeNnlsy and Lane.
He vas born January 9Th. $50, a.
Snithheis. OHIO. His family were
farmers, Quakers in origin He entered
Athens College al the age of q TO study
Law, and remained there three years
when be returned home. diversifyina
bis lsbors on the farm With Law studies.
After six months Of this life be entered
u.
ward Secretary Of War, to qualify him
self for the bar. Failing health indu ed
him to travel for time. He then vent
TO St. Louis, where be opened Q iav
office. In the spring OF ls49, when the
gold fever vas epidemic, Colonel j. ID.
Fry and Mr.. Sharon formed copart-
nership, and together they crossed the
plains. arriving IN sacramento in Au-
gust, 1s49. Mr.. Sharon left Sacramento
in the winter of 1850. arrived in San
Francisco and entered into the real es
tate business. He continued his real
estate operations. and IN 1854 bis wealth
was estimated at $4,000. Then came
the stock excisemsnt, and within six
months his fortune Of xl5O,0Oo vas dis
sipeted.
Being without means, Mr.. Sharon had
TO seek employment, and asked and Oh
tanned work from the Bank Of Cali
fornia. which sent him to Virginia
City, New, for the purpose of adjusting
some outstanding claims Of that insti-
tation. He suggested TO the California
Bank manager TO establish an agency
in Virginia City, aud the idea was taken
hold of and Mr.. Sharon vas made
agent. Unlimited powers we're given
him, and after q service Of many years
be left the bank at his own desire and
vas succeeded by W. J. Ralston. Mr.
Sharon then turned his attention almost
exclusively to the mines Of the Com.
stock lode, from which he gained a
large part Of his vast fortune.
In 1852 Mr.. Sharon married Miss
Maria Malloy, Q native Of Canada,
whose father was q captain in the mer-
chant marine. By her he had five
children, only two Of whom now sur
vivs, Fred W. sharon and Lady Hes
keith, wife Of Sir Thomas @. T. Hesketh,
an English baronet.
In politics Mr.. Sharon Was q Republi
can. He was actively interested in or
Ranizine the Republican party in this
State 10 1856. and supported the Union
cause at the breaking out Of the rebel
lion. In 1874 he vas elected United
States Senator from Nevada for the term
Of six years from March I, 1874 The
failure Of the Bank Of California in
AuRu {, 1875, interfered With his SenA-
toriAl usefulness, and he bent all his
energies TO the task of resusoitating the
bank. His vast fortune, his strength.
his personal will, brought every creditor
and stockholder Of the bank into bar
mony With bis plans. and after forty
days of incessant labor the doors of the
bank, which had olesed apparently for
ever. we're swung open amid the cheers
of thousands. He has ever since been
closely associated with tho Bank of Cal
ifovuia. He evns real estate in this city
valued at 81, 800, 900. He also owns the
Palace Hotel and over five hundred
dwellings,, most of which are small bat
are yielding good rents. Besides these
be has 5000 acres in Fresno county and
the BuriiuRhame and Belmont ranches
in San Mateo county I; 10 the principal
shareholder Of the Bank Of California ;
holds the controlling interest In the
Carson and Colorado Railroad and is
the principal owner Of the Spring Valley
Water Company. He was worth alto
eesher e7er Gil, ZOO, 600, all having been
accumulated within the last twenty
years.
The sharon Divorce sait.
SAN FRANorsoo, Nov. l3.-in Judge
Sullivan's Court this afternoon, the mo-
Sharon divorce suit came up for CON-
me Mt, Judge Sullivan set tomorrow for
CURED before the fact Of Shafon's death
was known.
Cashier Of the Custom msuse.
Il 10 announced today that Collector
Haeer has selected T. J. Shackelford as
cashier Of the Custom House In this
city, to succeed II. Clay Miller, Who re-
Gently resigned.
A Rsbber with q Bsteher.knife.
portland (Or.) }. Nov. 1S.-This morn
Ladd & Bush. at Salem, drew from bis
boot hatcher knife and ordered Catch,
the cashier, to hand him over pile OF
money instantly. The cashier covered
him with Q revolver, telling him that be
would Are II he moved hand. Sheriff
Mimic at this junoture appeared 10 the
bank. Taking in the situation, he
seized the robber, bot vas stabbed
twice, though not dangerously. The
cashier then seized q baseball olnb and
began clubbing the robber over the
bead. Telling him 10 the floor. The rob
Der refused 10 give his name.
Eager neirs-
VALLEJO (Cai.), Nov. 13.-News vas
received here today that tSo. 600. OOo left
by three brothers, Thomas, William and
AauiIla Chase, Who died in Great Brit
ain, 10 about 10 be distributed among
the descendants Of the deceased broth
ers. Rev. ]. n. Chase, Of this city, and
Mrs. Jenny Chase Chamberlain. Of
Fairfield, California. arc among the
heirs. A meeting of the heirs on this
coast will be called for Immediate 40
ton.
washed overheard.
sAx FnANcsco, Nov. 10. Captain
wallace and second Mate @. Peterson.
OF the barkeutine Melanethon. from
0ray's Harbor, were washed overheard
on Nov. 9Th while furlinR the jib. The
captain wAs drowned, but the second
mate esasped O rope and saved himself.
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