Sacramento County
Biographies
CHARLES L. PUGH
CHARLES L. PUGH.—An
expert well-driller is Charles L. Pugh, a native of Sacramento,
where he was born on September 24, 1868, the son of S. H. and Mary Ann (Greer)
Pugh. His father was a pioneer of ‘62, and came to California
from Kentucky, crossing the
plains while driving two teams of cows; he was a blacksmith, and soon found
demand for his services; and while he worked at the forge, he also attempted
farming. Later, he came to Perkins, and here had a blacksmith shop and a
hotel, for twenty-five years; and he died in Sacramento,
in 1914. Three years later, Mrs. Pugh, a native of Missouri,
breathed her last. The worthy couple were married
before they came to Perkins, and they had six children.
Charles
Pugh attended the public schools, and then worked at various jobs until he
established himself in business, planting, and doing carpenter work, and
operating as a general mechanic. For the past quarter of a century,
however, he has been well and favorably known as a well-driller, and has put in
more wells than any other man in the county
of Sacramento; so that today he is
considered an authority upon the subject, and often appealed to for advice by
others. Especially is he called upon by private individuals, and
government authorities to help locate water. He
has installed the outfit of the Capital Dairy, the Oak Park Water Company, and
the Haggin Bottom Land Company, as well as many other
plants; and in this great work of developing water, has helped immensely to develop the county. He is a Democrat, and for twelve
years he was a very acceptable justice of the peace of Brighton
Township.
In
the year 1890, Mr. Pugh married Miss Minnie Morton, by whom he had five
children, who in turn had seven children of their own. Through a second
marriage, Mr. Pugh became the husband of Eloise Rhodes. He is a Mason, of
the third degree. He is fond of fishing, and of
the great outdoor world generally, his professional work bringing him more and
more into touch with Nature.
Transcribed 7-02-07
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 931. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Marilyn R. Pankey.