Mendocino County Biographies

C. P. Smith

Transcribed by: Pat Howard

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	Was born in Sutter county, California, December 28, 1853. When but 
a child his parents moved to Solano county where they resided until 1857, when 
they came to Mendocino county and located at Ukiah. Here the subject of this 
sketch received his education and resided until 1861, when he, with parents, 
moved to Point Arena, where they remained until 1866, when they returned to 
Ukiah. From 1863 to 1869 he was working for wages in a meat market, but at this 
date he engaged with R. Moore in the same business as an equal partner. This 
continued until 1878, when he formed a partnership with N. C. Hinshaw under the 
firm name of Smith & Hinshaw. In April, 1879, he assumed full control of the 
business, until January, 1880, when he took in a partner, W. H. Haskell, and 
changed the firm name to Smith & Haskell. He bought Haskell out in April and 
since then he has been conducting the business alone. Mr. Smith married, January 
1, 1877, Miss Sarah C. Crockett, a native of California, born October 11, 1858, 
in Mendocino county. Their children are: Charles F., born September 2, 1877; 
Mabel, born November 26, 1879.
 
SOURCE: History of Mendocino County, California - San Francisco, Cal. Alley, 
Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1880 Pp. 669