Pioneer Attorney and Civic Leader of Los Angeles, California. The son of Filer and Deborah (Waterman) Sackett, he was educated in New York and studied law under Hon. Thomas A. Osborn of Chautauqua County. He practiced law in Ohio and New York until 1849, when he came west for the Gold Rush. He sailed to Texas and then made the journey across the desert to California. In the barren region between El Paso and Fort Yuma, he located a freshwater spring known as Sackett's Well, named in his honor by his grateful traveling companions. He settled in San Francisco where he operated a hotel, serving as a California State Assembly member in 1852. He traveled widely throughout California and Mexico, soon moving to Los Angeles, where in partnership with George W. Goble he once again practiced law. Out of necessity in those early days, he also worked as a butcher. He was elected Justice of the Peace of Los Angeles in 1857. Over a long career of public service, he also served as Superintendent of Public Instruction, Los Angeles County Judge, and from 1865 to 1866 as U.S. Postmaster for Los Angeles. Husband of Mary J. Hovey, they were the parents of five children. Several sources say he was born in 1809. Originally interred in the first Los Angeles Odd Fellows Cemetery on Grand Street, he was moved to the present location on Whittier Boulevard in 1888.
Pioneer Attorney and Civic Leader of Los Angeles, California. The son of Filer and Deborah (Waterman) Sackett, he was educated in New York and studied law under Hon. Thomas A. Osborn of Chautauqua County. He practiced law in Ohio and New York until 1849, when he came west for the Gold Rush. He sailed to Texas and then made the journey across the desert to California. In the barren region between El Paso and Fort Yuma, he located a freshwater spring known as Sackett's Well, named in his honor by his grateful traveling companions. He settled in San Francisco where he operated a hotel, serving as a California State Assembly member in 1852. He traveled widely throughout California and Mexico, soon moving to Los Angeles, where in partnership with George W. Goble he once again practiced law. Out of necessity in those early days, he also worked as a butcher. He was elected Justice of the Peace of Los Angeles in 1857. Over a long career of public service, he also served as Superintendent of Public Instruction, Los Angeles County Judge, and from 1865 to 1866 as U.S. Postmaster for Los Angeles. Husband of Mary J. Hovey, they were the parents of five children. Several sources say he was born in 1809. Originally interred in the first Los Angeles Odd Fellows Cemetery on Grand Street, he was moved to the present location on Whittier Boulevard in 1888.
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