Amador County Biographies

D.B. SPAGNOLI

Submitted by Betty Wilson

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	D.B. SPAGNOLI, attorney and counselor at law, at Jackson, was born 
in Piedmont, Italy, November 13, 1840.  He received his education in Italy, 
France and Switzerland, having finished at Vevay.  In 1854 he came with his 
parents and a younger brother direct to San Francisco, and from there on to 
Amador County.  They first engaged in mining for a few months, after which they 
opened a store of general merchandise.  His father died September 24, 1863, aged 
fifty-four years, and his mother March 17, 1873, at the age of sixty-six years.
	Sylvester G. Spagnoli, his brother, was born September 22, 1845, and 
is now Deputy County Clerk, which position he has filled for the past six years.
	Louis J., the subject of this sketch was appointed Deputy County 
Recorder and Auditor of Amador County, March 1, 1866, which position he held for 
four years, having been reappointed in 1868.  In 1869 he received the nomination 
for County Clerk, by the Democratic party, and was elected.  In 1871 he was 
again the nominee of his party for Clerk, but was defeated, the Republicans 
having elected the entire ticket.  In March, 1871, his term of office not having 
expired, he obtained a leave of absence from the State Legislature, and returned 
to Italy on a visit to his old home and the scenes of his childhood.  On his 
return he formed a law partnership with Judge R.M. Briggs, with whom he 
continued in the practice of law till 1876.  He was then appointed Deputy County 
Clerk, which position he held till 1880.  He then opened an office and engaged 
in the practice of law till 1884, when he formed a partnership with Judge Curtis 
H. Lindley.  Judge Lindley had been a Superior Judge of Amador County previous 
to this partnership, having been appointed to fill the unexpired term of Judge 
George Moore, deceased.  This partnership lasted for three years.  From 1887 to 
the present time Mr. Spagnoli has conducted the law business alone.  In 1871 he 
was appointed a Notary Public by Governor H.H. Haight, which office he has held 
uninterruptedly to the present time.
	Mr. Spagnoli has been twice married:  first to Miss Isabella Bryant, 
a lady from Maine.  They had two children:  Sylvester N.D. was born December 14, 
1872, and has received a collegiate education in Santa Clara College and is now 
engaged in the drug business in Jackson.  Urbano G.D. was born December 27, 
1873, and is now attending school in Jackson.  Mrs. Spagnoli died August 8, 
1874.  In 1882 Mr. Spagnoli died August 8, 1874.  In 1882 Mr. Spagnoli was again 
married, to Miss Ida Bell Kerr, a native of California.  They had three 
children, Lizzie M., Ernest B.D., and Roma V.  Mr. Spagnoli is a member of 
Amador Lodge, No. 60, F. & A.M., Sutter Chapter No. 11, and has also taken the 
Scottish rite, the highest degree in Masonry.  He is also a member of Jackson 
Lodge, No. 138, A.O.U.W., and Jackson Council, No. 80, Chosen Friends.  He is 
progressive, energetic, attached to his profession and consequently is 
successful, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of all who know him.
 
Memorial & Biographical History of Northern California, The Lewis Publishing 
Co., 1891