THOMAS T. DARGIE

 

 

Thomas T. Dargie passed his entire life in California and was fifty years of age at the time of his death, in 1907.  He received the advantages of the public schools, and was long and closely identified with newspaper enterprise, principally in connection with the Oakland Tribune.  He was influential in political affairs, and as postmaster of the City of Oakland he gave a most efficient and acceptable administration.

 

     Mr. Dargie was a man of fine mentality and sterling traits of character, and his was ever a secure place in the confidence and respect of his fellow men.  He married Miss Bessie Sedgewick, daughter of John Sedgewick, who was a native of Sharon, Connecticut, and a cousin of Gen. John Sedgewick, a distinguished Union officer in the Civil war.  John Sedgewick came in an early day to California and became a leading citizen in Sonoma County, where he served as county sheriff in the pioneer days and incidentally encountered many thrilling experiences, as law and order were at that period somewhat difficult to maintain.  He was active and influential in political and general public affairs, became a successful representative of livestock industry and served as an internal revenue official in Sonoma County.  He finally established his residence in San Francisco, and here likewise he was called upon to serve as sheriff.  He married Miss Melvina Davis, who was born in San Francisco.  He was eighty years of age at the time of his death, in 1912, his wife having preceded him to the life eternal.

 

     Mr. and Mrs. Dargie became the parents of two children:  Bessie is the wife of Andrew G. McCarthy, and they have three children: Mary Louise, Andrew G., Jr., and Betty Swan.  Thomas Melvin Dargie, the only son, was one of the gallant young men who represented California in overseas service with the American Expeditionary Forces in France in the great World war, he having been a member of the Three Hundred and Sixty-ninth Infantry, commanded by Colonel Cavanaugh.  He is now a resident of San Francisco, is married and has one son, Thomas Melvin, Jr.  The widow of the subject of this memoir maintains her home in San Francisco, with residence at 2201 California Street.

 

 

Transcribed 6-4-04  Marilyn R. Pankey