Sacramento County
Biographies
WILL J. CARRAGHAR
The
high degree of intelligence displayed by the members of the Sacramento bar has
received wide recognition and deservedly so, for it is an accepted fact that
the attorneys of the city stand unsurpassed for thorough knowledge of the law,
conscientious study of jurisprudence and familiarity with even the smallest
details connected with the successful practice of the profession. While in
point of years Will J. Carraghar ranks among the
youngest members of the bar, in point of professional information and mental
capacity his rank is among the highest, and already he is winning the
recognition which his talents abundantly justify. The spacious quarters in the Nicolaus building which he has occupied since August 1,
1911, afford him a central location and at the same time offer the appointments
so valuable to dispatch in modern professional enterprises.
It
has been the good fortune of Mr. Carraghar to enjoy
identification with Sacramento
throughout his entire life. Educated in its schools, familiar with its
advantages, cognizant of its opportunities and acquainted with its incomparable
citizenship, he presents a type of present-day progress and of
twentieth-century patriotism. His father, Edward J., member of the firm of Buckmann & Carraghar, is one of the proprietors of an exclusive and
elegant restaurant in Sacramento
and also for ten years or more has been prominently identified with civic
affairs he served for ten years as chairman of the finance and judiciary
committee. In political views he favors the Democratic principles and his son
likewise gives allegiance to the same party.
After
having completed the studies of the public schools up to the ninth grade Will
J. Carraghar entered the Christian
Brothers College
on K street,
Sacramento, where he completed a
four-year course. Next he became a student in St. Mary's College at Oakland,
this state, from which he was graduated in 1907 with a high standing.
Immediately afterward he began to study law with Judge C. E. McLaughlin and
continued his readings under the late Judge DeVine of
Sacramento. At the age of
twenty-two he was admitted to the bar and immediately began the practice of his
profession for himself. Already he has won a high standing among the attorneys
of the city and the promise of a growing success gives favorable indication of
his future prominence in the law. Throughout all of his life he has been a
believer of the Roman Catholic Church and his contributions to religious
undertakings are generous. The Knights of Columbus, a popular fraternal
organization, has the benefit of his active identification, while socially he
holds membership with the University Club and the Sacramento County Bar
Association. His marriage took place October 19, 1907, and united him with Miss
Irma Scott, daughter of Jed M. Scott (member of the firm of Scott &
Gilbert, manufacturing druggists of San Francisco) and a
great granddaughter of Josiah Johnson, one of the pioneer railroad builders of California.
Three daughters bless the union, Helen Mary, Irma Margaret, and Catherine
Ellen.
Transcribed by Sally Kaleta.
Source: Willis,
William L., History of Sacramento County,
California, Pages 872-873. Historic
Record Company, Los
Angeles,
CA. 1913.
© 2006 Sally Kaleta.