Monterey County CA Archives Biographies.....Lacey, Claude F. 1864 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

HON. CLAUDE F. LACEY, of Salinas, California, is a native of old Monterey, born
September 1, 1864. He came with his parents to Salinas in 1868, and has since
made this place his home. When not attending the public schools, he worked on
the ranch until he was fifteen years old. At that time he began to learn the
blacksmith trade. It was hard work for a boy of his age, but his fine physique
demonstrates that it caused him no injury. After working at the blacksmith trade
two years, he attended school for a time, devoting his leisure moments to the
study and practice of shorthand writing. Becoming proficient in this, in the
spring of 1884 he began reporting the court proceedings, and was subsequently'
appointed Court Reporter, which position he continues to fill. In 1886 and 1888
he was elected a Justice of the Peace of Alisal township.

  As will be observed, Mr. Lacey's occupations afforded him excellent
opportunities to acquire a knowledge of the law, as well as to familiarize him
with its forms and practice. Making the best of these advantages and still
further equipping himself for the legal profession by diligent study of the
text-books, under the sagacious directions of Judge N. A. Dorn, he was admitted
to practice in the Supreme Court of the State in July, 1891. In the fall of 1890
he was elected a member of the State Assembly for Monterey county, as a
Republican, in which body he served on the committees on apportionment and
elections, the Judiciary Committee, and the committees on public buildings,
public printing, and counties and county boundaries.

  Mr. Lacey was married in June, 1888, to Miss Emma Edrington. He is a prominent
member of the Native Sons of the Golden West, and was the first president of
Santa Lucia Parlor, No. 97.


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Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.

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