Butte County
Biographies
ARCHIE HARVEY LOCEY
ARCHIE HARVEY LOCEY.--A public official who exemplifies efficiency through the invention
and introduction of improved methods for the transaction of official business,
is Archie Harvey Locey, the popular county auditor
and recorder, who was born a native son at Chico, Butte County, January 6,
1881. His grandfather, Ira H. Locey, brought the
family to California. His father is Alexander C. Locey,
of whom a sketch will be found on another page of this work.
The eldest of seven children, Archie
Harvey Locey was brought up in the vicinity of Chico,
where he was educated in the public school, after which he attended both the
Chico State Normal and Heald’s Business College at
San Francisco, from which latter he graduated in 1900. His first employment was
as bookkeeper for the San Francisco Produce Company; then, in 1901, he entered
the service of the Bank of Chico as bookkeeper, and later was made teller in
that wide-awake institution.
Mr. Locey
continued with the bank until he was elected county auditor and recorder. In
1914, he was chosen by the people at the primaries as county auditor and
recorder; and he took office on January 3, 1915. Seldom, if ever, has Butte
County had an abler occupant in that office, and never in a more conscientious
one. Being a thoroughly careful business man, sincere and upright, and also a
warm advocate of the most efficient and economical means of conducting business
affairs, Mr. Locey has originated several methods for
simplifying and more easily handling the accounts, and of more speedily and
surely keeping tab on the various and many expenses of different offices,
including the receipts and disbursements of the several school districts.
In San Jose, A. H. Locey was married to Miss Nora M. Pettit, a native of Iowa,
who completed her education at the Chico State Normal. They are the parents of
eight children: Marjorie, Alexander, Babette, Dorrance, Natalie, Eleanor, Constance and Gordon. The
family is associated with the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Locey
is a member of the Woodmen of the World and also belongs to Chico Parlor, No.
21, N. S. G. W. In politics he is a stanch Republican. He is a
member of the State Association of County Recorders and County Auditors. As a
representative citizen he holds an assured position in his native county.
Transcribed by Marie Hassard
02 August 2008.
Source:
"History of Butte County, Cal.," by George C. Mansfield, Page 1001, Historic Record Co, Los
Angeles, CA, 1918.
© 2008 Marie Hassard.
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