Butte County
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GEORGE C. MANSFIELD
GEORGE
C. MANSFIELD.--The author of this history, George C. Mansfield, was born in Strathroy, Ontario, Canada,
on November 9, 1880, a son of George Mansfield, a grain-buyer who, in 1887,
removed with his family to California, settling in
Nipomo, San Luis Obispo County,
where for years Mr. Mansfield, Sr., was a grain- and bean-buyer and commission
merchant. George C. Mansfield attended the Santa Maria
High School, and later the Berkeley
High School, graduating from the latter
institution with the Class of 1898. He entered the College
of Social Sciences of the University
of California, graduating with the
degree of Bachelor of Letters in 1902. During his college days he was a member
of the Abracadabra Club, and took a prominent part in student activities. In
his
senior year
he was editor of the student newspaper, The Daily Californian. He was elected
to membership in the Golden Bear, the senior honor society.
After
graduating, Mr. Mansfield engaged in newspaper work, and taught in high schools
at Visalia, Ventura, and Alameda.
He resigned his position, as head of the Department of History in the latter
school, to become the editor of the Press Review Publishing Company, which
published a syndicated magazine section for the smaller dailies of the state.
The San Francisco fire put the
publication out of business, and Mr. Mansfield came to Oroville to become the
editor of the Oroville Daily Register, in which paper
he later acquired an interest. He has been the editor of the Register since
1906, and under his control the paper has been a force for good in city and
county, and a big factor in the material advancement of the community.
On
September 11, 1911, Mr. Mansfield was married to Miss Bertha M. Simpson, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George H. Simpson of Honcut. At the time of
their marriage Mrs. Mansfield was teaching school near Ripon, in San Joaquin
County, where her work in school gardening had attracted much attention. Two
children have been born to them: George Campbell Mansfield, Jr., who was born
on April 5, 1913, and Henry Murdoch Mansfield, who was born on December 26,
1916.
Transcribed by Sande Beach.
Source: "History of
Butte County, Cal.," by George C. Mansfield, Pages 671-672, Historic Record Co, Los Angeles, CA, 1918.
© 2008 Sande Beach.
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