Yuba County CA Archives Biographies.....Langdon, Walter E. 1875 - 
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Author: Peter J. Delay

    JUDGE W. E. LANGDON. — California has always been fortunate in the
exceptional personnel of her Bench and Bar; and prominent among those who have
added lustre to the history of the legal profession in the Golden State may well
be mentioned the Hon. W. E. Langdon, police judge at Marysville, who resides at
the comfortable Elks' Club in that town. A native son, he was born in Yuba
County, five miles to the north of Wheatland, on the Langdon ranch, on December
16, 1875. His father, Everett B. Langdon, was a native of New York State, and
crossed the great plains as early as 1851, with his wife and daughter, traveling
with an ox-team. He undertook teaming to the mines, and then bought a ranch near
Wheatland, which he farmed until 1886. Selling out, he ran a livery stable until
the advent of the automobile, when he retired from that field. He was justice of
the peace for East Bear River Township for many years, and was a town trustee of
Wheatland. He married Miss Adeline Woodruff, of Iowa, by whom he had five
children; and three of this family circle are still alive: Mrs. Leona Elder, of
Marysville; Walter E., of our review; and Benjamin I., of Sacramento. Everett B.
Langdon was an Odd Fellow, and belonged to the Wheatland lodge. 

    Walter Langdon attended the Wheatland schools, and then went to
Chestnutwood's Business College at Santa Cruz, from which he was duly graduated
in 1895. He learned the printer's trade in Wheatland, in the Graphic office,
where he received one dollar a week for wages. Then he worked as a bookkeeper
for Durst Bros., at Wheatland, and for the Niemeyer Bros. store, and also for
the J. W. Rich grocery store; and in 1898 he came to Marysville. He secured work
as a printer on the Marysville Democrat, and occupied various positions,
becoming foreman of the composing room, then assistant manager, and afterwards
manager. Tom Sherwood was owner of the paper at that time. Mr. Langdon made an
enviable record as a proficient and accommodating manager, and was exceptionally
popular with the general public. On April 1, 1910, he was appointed police judge
at Marysville; and he has been repeatedly re-elected to the same office, and is
now serving his sixth term. Since 1908, he has been secretary and manager of the
Elks' Home, Lodge No. 783, at Marysville, and in that capacity, too, he has more
than given satisfaction. He also belongs to the Woodmen of the World. 

    Judge Langdon was first married in Wheatland, in 1898, when he was united
with Miss Maude T. Monson, of Wheatland. She died at Towle, Placer County, in
May, 1910, leaving him three children: Walton M., who served over seas in the
World War as a member of the 172nd Aero Squadron and was mustered out at Camp
Kearney as sergeant, and who is now secretary of Marysville Post, American
Legion; Margaret L., who passed away in 1913; and Adeline T. In 1912 Mr. Langdon
was married again, the ceremony occurring in Sacramento and uniting him with
Miss May L. Walker, of that city. 


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HISTORY OF YUBA and SUTTER COUNTIES 
CALIFORNIA 
WITH 
Biographical Sketches OF 
The Leading Men and Women of the Counties Who Have Been Identified with Their
Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present 

HISTORY BY 
PETER J. DELAY 

ILLUSTRATED 
COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME 

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1924


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