Sutter-Yuba County Biographies

CHARLES PUGSLEY

Transcribed by: Kathy Sedler

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            A public-spirited citizen of the Barry district of Sutter County, 
who has assisted materially in developing the district, is Charles Pugsley, a 
successful peach-grower, whose twelve-and-a-half-acre orchard home is located in 
the Littlejohn tract of Sutter County.  He was born at Witheridge, in 
Devonshire, England, April 17, 1875, the fourth of eight children born to 
Charles and Ann (Loosemore) Pugsley, both natives of Devonshire.  Charles 
Pugsley, Sr., was a butcher and farmer, which trade and occupation he followed 
for many years in his native land.
            Charles Pugsley, our subject, received a public-school education in 
England up to the age of sixteen, when he went to Wales and there took a 
position with the Rochdale Society, at first as a clerk.  Later he was advanced 
to branch manager; and in 1909 he was made general manager of the Rochdale 
stores in Cardiff.  He remained with this firm for over twenty years.  On 
account of impaired health, he came to America; and after a trip of twenty-one 
days reached San Francisco.  From there he went to Scott Valley, Santa Cruz 
County, and for one year held an option on a ranch; but at the end of that time 
he gave it up and went to Mt. Hermon, a resort in the Santa Cruz Mountains, 
becoming superintendent of the resort, in which position he continued for six 
years.  Meantime he had invested his savings in his present home place in Sutter 
County; and since his arrival in the county, he has taken an active part in the 
development of the Barry district.
            Mr. Pugsley�s marriage occurred in Cardiff, Wales, on September 11, 
1900, and united him with Miss Emma Smith, a native of Llantriss, Wales; and 
they are the parents of two children, Raymond and Dorothy.  Mr. Pugsley is a 
charter member of the Barry Center of the Sutter County Farm Bureau, and served 
as secretary during the year 1922; then he was elected president, in 1923, and 
reelected in 1924.  He is also a director and the vice-president of the Sutter 
County Farm Bureau, and has charge of its marketing department, and buys the 
spray, sulphur, fertilizer and cover-crop seeds.  He belongs to the California 
Cling Peach Growers� Association and the California Peach and Fig Growers� 
Association.  Mr. and Mrs. Pugsley are active members of the Barry Methodist 
Episcopal Church, of which he is a trustee and a member of the board of 
stewards.  He is superintendent of the Sunday school, and teaches the Young 
People�s Bible Class; and he also takes an active interest in Young Men�s 
Christian Association work.  Mrs. Pugsley is a member of the Ladies� Aid and of 
the Bogue Wednesday Club.
 
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p. 1296-1297