Sonoma-Plumas County CA Archives Biographies.....Scudder, Noah William 1845 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Scudder, Noah William. Was born near the town of Chester, Morris county, New
Jersey, June 21, 1845. At the age of eight, his father having started for
California, he was placed at school at the Chatham Institute, where he remained
until he was twelve years of age. His father returning from the land of gold for
his family, the subject of our sketch came by the way of Panama to California in
July, 1857, where he has since resided. For three years he lived in Plumas
county, and in 1860 emigrated to Sonoma county, and located in Petaluma, which
has since been his home. In 1860 he entered the office of the Petaluma Argus as
an apprentice, and for nineteen years was continuously engaged on the paper in
the various capacities of "devil," compositor, pressman, editor, manager, and
proprietor. In the year 1871 he purchased a one-third interest in the business
of the concern, being associated with H. L. Weston, and Jas. H. McNabb, which
partnership was continued for eight years. During this time the Argus was
enlarged to nearly double its original size, and a daily evening paper was
started as an experiment, and its publication continued one year. The office was
in the meantime supplied with a Hoe cylinder printing press, improved job
printing presses, the latest style of types, and became one of the most complete
offices in the State, and the Argus one of the most influential Republican
journals published on the coast. In April, 1879, Mr. Scudder sold his interest
in the paper to Samuel Cassidy, and embarked in the real estate, land, and
insurance business. In politics Mr. Scudder has always been a zealous
Republican, though he has never sought for or aspired to office. He is president
of the Young Men's Republican Club of Petaluma; that organization displaying
great activity in the canvass of 1879, which resulted in the election of George
C. Perkins, Governor of the State. Mr. Scudder is an enthusiastic admirer of the
institution of Free Masonry, and is a member of Arcturus Lodge, No. 180, F. & A.
M., over which he had the honor for two years to preside as Worshipful Master;
he is also a member of Petaluma Chapter, No. 22, Royal Arch Masons, and of Santa
Rosa Commandery, No. 14, of Knights Templar. On the seventh day of July, 1872,
Mr. Scudder was married to Miss Eliza E. Carpenter, only daughter of Dr. W. W.,
and Mrs. A. E. Carpenter, by which union he has one child, Pearl, born on the
29th day of March, 1873. Mr. Scudder's ancestors were among the early colonial
settlers of New Jersey, and were of English descent on his father's and of
Scotch and Dutch descent upon his mother's side. His grandfather, Noah Scudder,
had eight brothers who fought in the war of the Revolution, three of whom
surrendered their lives in emphasis of the principles enunciated by the
Declaration of Independence. His father's name is Jacob C. Scudder, and his
mother's maiden name was Nancy Drake, both of whom are still living in Sonoma
county.

Additional Comments:
Petaluma Township

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HISTORY
—OF-
SONOMA COUNTY,
-INCLUDING ITS—
Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams;
—TOGETHER WITH—
A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original
Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular
Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County;
Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain
 Growing Interests, and Pisciculture;
ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
—AND OF ITS—
Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO:
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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