N. S. TROWBRIDGE
N. S. Trowbridge is member of the firm of
Stewart & Trowbridge, general merchants and dealers in hay, grain, wood and
coal, on
Mr. Trowbridge, who name introduces this
sketch, accompanied his parents across the plains to California, in 1852, first
locating at Shingle Springs, El Dorado county, where the father engaged in
mining until 1854, at which time the family removed to Jackson, Amador county. He graduated at the State Normal School in
May, 1866, and taught school in several places in California; became the
bookkeeper for the Oneida Mining Company in January, 1869; later he went to
Santa Cruz and clerked a year. In 1871,
he went to
Politically he inclines toward the American
party, although he takes no active part in political machinery.
May 19, 1869, he was married, at East
Oakland, to Miss Kate Clayton, a native of
Transcribed by Donna L. Becker
Source: "The
© 2005 Donna L.
Becker.