Tulare County Biographies

CHARLES C. BEQUETTE

Transcribed by: Craig A Hahn

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     The name Bequette has long been honored not only in Tulare county, but in 
the state at large. In these pages appears a biographical sketch of Paschal 
Bequette Jr., in which is given some of the history of Col. Paschal Bequette 
Sr., a native of Missouri who rose to eminence on the Pacific coast. Charles C. 
Bequette was born at Saint Genevieve, Mo., in 1834. His parents dying while he 
was yet but an infant, when he was five years old he was taken to Wisconsin, 
where he became a member of the family of his uncle. In 1850, when he was about 
sixteen years old, he and his brother crossed the plains to California and 
located at Hangtown. Later in 1852, they went to Sierra county, where they mined 
until 1857. In 1859 Mr. Bequette drove a band of cattle from Yolo county to 
Tulare county and settled on land at Outside Creek, where he prospered as a 
stockman until 1867.  Then selling out his interests there, he homesteaded a 
tract of land near Lemon Cove, where he was successful in the breeding of cattle 
and horses for fifteen years, until he took up his residence at Visalia, where 
he has since lived, continuing an active interest in the political affairs of 
the county. His public spirit and his capacity for public business have been 
recognized by his appointment to various responsible offices, he having served 
two terms as deputy recorder and auditor of Tulare county, of which he has also 
served as deputy county treasurer and deputy county assessor. 
 
SOURCE:  History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical 
Sketches - Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913  Pp 419, 420