Monterey-Sacramento-Tehama County CA Archives Biographies.....Toothaker, Luther S. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 28, 2007, 11:35 pm Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893) LUTHER S. TOOTHAKER, one of California's pioneers, and a mechanic by trade and profession, is one of Monterey's most respected citizens. He came to California in 1850, via the Isthmus of Panama. He is a native of Maine, being born in the vicinity of Bangor. His father, William Toothaker, was born on Long Island, and followed the sea for many years, but later turned farmer. Mr. Luther Toothaker is the third child of a family of six children. He left home at about twenty years of age, and, coming West, learned the trade of a carpenter in Iowa, and has made this his chief occupation. Upon arrival in California he went into the mines, and pursued mining for about fifteen years, with varying success. A portion of this time he was engaged in mill-building, and later worked in the car shops of the California railroad at Sacramento. He aided in the construction of the passenger coaches that conveyed the State Railroad Commissioners to Ogden, upon the historical mission of driving the golden spike. Still later he worked in the mills at Red Bluff, California. He has been married twice, and has one step-daughter. He came to Monterey in 1873, where he has since resided and followed his occupation. Mr. Toothaker is one of the types of the old-time pioneers, that all men delight to associate with, exhibiting sociability and frankness in all their dealings and intercourse. Additional Comments: Extracted from: 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/monterey/bios/toothake870bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb