Colusa County Biographies

William N. Herd

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            On November 10, 1859, William N. Herd came to Colusa County, and 
went to work at whatsoever his hands found to do that was honorable, in order to 
earn his daily bread.  His honest toil, and close application to his work, 
earned him more than his daily bread, and three years later he purchased a farm 
on the east side of the river, near Colusa.  In 1870 his neighbors brought this 
quiet, unassuming, industrious man forward for County Assessor, and he was 
elected upon the Democratic ticket to that office, serving for six years.  
William N. Herd is a native of Kentucky, born September 25, 1834.  He spent the 
first nineteen years of his life on his father�s farm.  In 1854 he made his way 
to California, following mining at Placerville, with poor success, up to the 
time he came to this county.  In 1885 he was appointed Supervisor to fill the 
vacancy caused by the death of C. Kopf, and in 1888 was elected to the same 
office.  He is the father of two sons and three daughters, and he lives happily 
at his home in Colusa, while he farms his land near Maxwell.  He is popular as a 
Supervisor and is esteemed as a citizen.
 
�Colusa County� � by Justus H. Rogers � Orland, CA � 1891 � pp 430