Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-01-18

records of said Court being now part OF
the archives of the County Clerks Of
fee here Afterwards he practiced be-
fore the Courts of the State aud par
ticularly of Amador County. He was
memb Der of the Legislature for three
terms before 1870. In 1876 he was ap-
pointed County Judge to complete an
uuexpired term and afterwards was
elected, serving until the enforcement of
the new Constitution, January l, 1880.
Judge and Mrs. Brown we're married
at the ages of q and IL years respect
lively, and lived together but a little
less than sixty years, up to the time OF
her death in 1896. The result of their
union was ten children, but three of
whom are now living, Mrs A. Askey
of San Jose, Mrs. Maggie Folger and
George w. Brown of Jackson.
w. L. McKim was one of the COM
missioners selected by the Legislature
of 1854 to organize the county of
Amador, providing the matter of divid-
ing it was carried at an election to be
held June II, 1854. The election was
carried for division, aud the commission
called an election for county officers to
be held July II, 1854, at which election
he defeated James t. Farley, afterward
United States Senator, for the Office of
treasurer. He was a surveyor here
and of much prominence for many
years and though he is long since dead
his name will always remain prominent
in this county where he did much sur
veying as United States Deputy Min
eral Surveyor and as County Surveyor,
the field notes of which are of record
and form the basis of many more
modern surveys. He died December
%, 1877, from the result of injuries re-
ceived on that day by being thrown
out of buggy near jackson.
w. L. McKim married the widow of
Henry Mann, proprietor of a restaurant
which stood near the site of the present
Central Hetel, and was thus step-father
to three girls and a boy. Mr.. Mann's
wife and family were in the East when
he came to Jackson, and shortly after
his arrival here he sent for them.
When the mother and children we're
crossing the plains Mr.. Mann was
wounded by pet bear kept at his place
and died before the family arrived.
The wedding of McKim and Mrs.
Mann was very romantic having taken
place on the top of Butte Mountain in
the presence of the fourteen families
who then composed the white domestic
population of the place, together with
many other prominent citizens. The
step-son of Mr.. McKim, Henry Mann,
is, and has been for several years, one
of the most prominent men in San
Francisco insurance circles. The step
daughters were all married here, one to
W. D. Skidmore who was one of the
clerks of the first election, one to Hell
mer Turner, and one to a man
named Babcock and after his decease
to John Burke. Helmer Turner with
his wife and family AMI his mother,
who is the relict of the one time County
Judge of Amador, J. Foot Turner, live
in Berkeley. Mr.. Turner has re-
sponsible position in the Office of his
brother-in-law, Henry Mann, in San
Francisco. John Burke and family
live in San Francisco. When the town
of Jackson was incorporated, Mr..
Burke was Waterman and did police
duty here. Since going to San Fran
cisco he has been employed on the
police force there and has for many
years been a sergeant.
Leon Sompayrac, Frenchman, was
storekeeper here and had general
merchandise store on the property now
owned by John Chinn on Main street.
Mr.. Sompayrac was married, his wife
having died here. He left Jackson
early, going to New Orleans, but has
been dead many years.
Thomas Jones, a native of Wales, for
number of years engaged in farming
and teaming, living on his ranch ad-
joining town. He owned and conduct
ed for time the Philadelphia house
which stood where r. Webb's block
now is on Main street. Later he was
employed in the revenue department
of the government with headquarters
at Jackson. For many years he was
prominent in politics and affairs of the
town and county. He has been de-
ceased about six years. His son, Harry
Jones, with his family, still lives on the
old farm adjoining town. His other
children are Mrs. Richard Webb of
Jackson and Thomas r. Jones who is
the head of one of the departments of
the Southern Pacific Company at Sac
ramentO.
Ellis Evans came here in the spring
of fifty with meat to sell, which had
been butchered on the Costumes river.
His enterprise was successful and SUBJ
equently he conducted three stores,
one at Butte, one at Clinton and one at
Jackson. In company with Armstrong
Askey he built the old Louisiana house
which, after the fire of 1862, was re-
built and called the National Hotel.
Evans and Askey were landlords of the
new house until the death of the latter
when Evans conducted it almost to the
time of his death, about five years ago.
Mrs. Evans, his widow, who is q sister
of G. M. and j. B. Meeks of jackson,
still makes her home at that hotel.
Mr.. Evans was one of the three
supervisors elected to govern the affairs
of the new county of AmadOr in 1854.
In 1855 he was member of the first
grand jury which took an active in
terest in the suppression of vice in the
community, and in the same year he
was elected Treasurer which Office he
filed for two years.
G. Fl. White was known as "Doc"
White and was an elder brother of D.
G. and John White, prominent in those
days. He is supposed TO have been a
physician, but did not practice here so
far as the writer has been able to ascer-
tain. After but few years in jack
son he returned te the States.
p. A Bowman IVES a physician and
passed away long years ago in the old
hosiery that formerly stood about
where the Bank block now stands on
Main street. So far as the writer has
been able to ascertain he left neither
kith nor kin here to mourn his loss.
Geo. G. Folger, the present postmaster
of Jackson, was with him when he
died. He was one of the first to be
buried in the jackson graveyard.
r. H. Hall, commonly called 'Con-
gress Hail." kept restaurant and
saloon on the property on which now
stands Love- Hall and M. Muldoon s
residence. He left here early and went