Sacramento County Biographies

CHARLES P. MASSEY JR.

Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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SUTTER TOWNSHIP. 
Page 278.

	was born in Philadelphia on the 17th of November, 1842; 
graduated at the High School in 1858, and at once went to work in a mercantile 
house in Philadelphia, where he remained till 1863; at this time he came to San 
Francisco in the employ of a firm of that city; he continued there till 1874, 
when he removed to Sacramento and commenced business, dealing in carpets and 
upholstery; retired from the business in January, 1879, and removed to his dairy 
farm, known as the �Grove Dairy�. A sketch of the property (which was since 
destroyed by fire) appears on another page. In 1869 was married to Miss A. O. 
Dodge of Massachusetts. Mr. Massey's property is worth about $12,500. Post 
Office, Sacramento. 

Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by 
Thompson & West.

SACRAMENTO TOWNSHIP.
Page 287.
 
	was born in Philadelphia, March 17, 1842. He received a 
public school education, graduating from the Philadelphia High School in July, 
1858. He at once obtained a position in a mercantile house, and retained the 
situation until 1863, when, under engagement to a San Francisco firm, he came to 
California. In the spring of 1874 he relinquished this employment and moved to 
Sacramento, to commence a business there in carpets and upholstery, but retired 
in January, 1879, to give his full attention to his dairy, known as the "Grove 
Dairy," a sketch of his farm appearing in this work. He was married in 1869 to 
Miss Asenoth O. Dodge, a native of Dodgeville, Massachusetts, and has two 
children, (girls,) aged respectively eight amid ten years. He values his land, 
improvements, etc., at $12,500. 
 
Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by 
Thompson & West.

Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton