Charles arrived in San Francisco with his father aboard the SS Central America 25 May 1852. They mined at Red Mountain Bar near the Tuolumne River before arriving in Chinese Camp in 1853. He continued clerking as he had done back in Massachusetts while taking on several business opportunities. After becoming Postmaster in the 1860s, his family continued in that position for over 100 years. He was the area's Notary Public beginning in the 1880s and three-time Justice-of-the-Peace. He was a principal member of the YoSemite Turnpike Company that was chiefly responsible in building the Big Oak Flat Road into Yosemite Valley. He died outside of Jamestown, and the C.H. Burden Undertaking Co. buried him two days later.
Charles arrived in San Francisco with his father aboard the SS Central America 25 May 1852. They mined at Red Mountain Bar near the Tuolumne River before arriving in Chinese Camp in 1853. He continued clerking as he had done back in Massachusetts while taking on several business opportunities. After becoming Postmaster in the 1860s, his family continued in that position for over 100 years. He was the area's Notary Public beginning in the 1880s and three-time Justice-of-the-Peace. He was a principal member of the YoSemite Turnpike Company that was chiefly responsible in building the Big Oak Flat Road into Yosemite Valley. He died outside of Jamestown, and the C.H. Burden Undertaking Co. buried him two days later.
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