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Theodore Sedgwick Pomeroy Jr.

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Theodore Sedgwick Pomeroy Jr.

Birth
Massachusetts, USA
Death
14 May 1865 (aged 41)
California, USA
Burial
Crescent City, Del Norte County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.7507304, Longitude: -124.2112652
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T. S. Pomeroy is shown in the Crescent City, Del Norte County Census of 1860 with:
Isabella C. Pomeroy age 30
Fannie S. Pomeroy age 3

Born in Massachusetts, T.S. Pomeroy came to Crescent City in 1853 as Clerk of Klamath County. He also bought a lot deed from J.F. Wendell about that same time. In 1854, he was listed as a juror in the trial of Black Mow, Jim and Narpa and later was appointed County Judge to fill a vacancy. In 1856, he became a co-partner and editor-in-charge of the Crescent City Herald until 1861, when he moved to Jacksonville, Oregon and established the Southern Oregon Gazette. While in Del Norte County, he served as secretary of the Crescent City Plank and Turnpike Co. in 1856 & 1857, and was appointed to the Democratic Committee of Crescent City in 1857. He died of illness and was buried at the Pioneer Cemetery (which later became Brother Jonathan Cemetery) in Crescent City, California.

He also has a memorial on a stone in Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Berkshire, MA where his wife, daughter, and parents are buried. See find-a-grave #60232459
T. S. Pomeroy is shown in the Crescent City, Del Norte County Census of 1860 with:
Isabella C. Pomeroy age 30
Fannie S. Pomeroy age 3

Born in Massachusetts, T.S. Pomeroy came to Crescent City in 1853 as Clerk of Klamath County. He also bought a lot deed from J.F. Wendell about that same time. In 1854, he was listed as a juror in the trial of Black Mow, Jim and Narpa and later was appointed County Judge to fill a vacancy. In 1856, he became a co-partner and editor-in-charge of the Crescent City Herald until 1861, when he moved to Jacksonville, Oregon and established the Southern Oregon Gazette. While in Del Norte County, he served as secretary of the Crescent City Plank and Turnpike Co. in 1856 & 1857, and was appointed to the Democratic Committee of Crescent City in 1857. He died of illness and was buried at the Pioneer Cemetery (which later became Brother Jonathan Cemetery) in Crescent City, California.

He also has a memorial on a stone in Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Berkshire, MA where his wife, daughter, and parents are buried. See find-a-grave #60232459

Inscription

Sacred to the memory of Theodore S Pomeroy; The dearly loved, the early dead



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