California Biographies

Source:
History of Napa and Lake Counties
San Francisco, Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1881

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper 2011

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm


PHELAN, N. Is a native of Ireland, and was born in the city of Kilkenny in 1832. In 1845 he came to the 
United States, and in 1850 he came via Panama to California. He came to Lake County in August, 1857, 
and in 1864 was elected to the position of County Assessor, which office he held by re-election until 
1868. From 1874 to 1878 he held the office of deputy sheriff, and was deputy clerk from 1878 to 1880. 
In 1879 he was elected County Assessor, which office he now holds.