Alameda-San Francisco County CA Archives Obituaries.....Lindley, Curtis H. November 20, 1920
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Oakland Tribune, November 22, 1920
Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California)
November 22, 1920 (Monday)
Page 16, Column 5

“Ex-Judge Lindley of San Francisco Dies

San Francisco, Nov. 22.  Arrangements for the funeral services of former Judge 
Curtis H. Lindley of San Francisco, who died here last night [actually November 
20], await the arrival of a son and daughter from Arizona.  Judge Lindley, 
authority on mining jurisprudence and recently chief advisor to Herbert Hoover, 
died shortly after his return from Arizona where he was engaged in the trial of 
a mining case.  The daughter is Mrs. Vernon Rood and the son Curtis H. Lindley 
Jr.

Judge Lindley was born in Marysville in 1850.  He was educated at the college 
of Santa Clara and the University of California and is the author of text books 
on mining law.  As president of the San Francisco Bar Association, director of 
the exposition and member of the Golden Gate park commission, he had many local 
honors.” END

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Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California)
November 23, 1920 (Tuesday)
Page 14, Column 6

“Judge Lindley Drew Up Charter of Livermore

Livermore, Nov. 23.  Former Judge Curtis H. Lindley, who died last Saturday 
night at his home in San Francisco at the age of 70, was a practicing attorney 
here in the ‘70s, residing here for several years with his wife [Sarah 
Elizabeth], who is the eldest daughter of the late William M. Mendenhall, the 
state pioneer of 1845, who owned the present townsite of Livermore and had it 
surveyed and platted in 1869.

Lindley drew up the original charter of Livermore when it was incorporated in 
1876, and lived here till about 1880.  He and his wife are remembered by all 
the old-time residents of the [Livermore] valley.” END

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