Yolo County Archives - California Genealogy

Biography of Lester J. Hinsdale of Sacramento

Lester J. Hinsdale, an attorney and counselor at law of Sacramento, was born in Clarksburg, Yolo County, California, on the 18th of October, 1870. His father, Seymour S. Hinsdale, is a native of Vermont and a representative of an old Connecticut family that was founded in America by ancestors who came from England in the early part of the seventeenth century. Representatives of the name fought in the Indian wars during the colonial period and also in the war for independence. Through many generations the family was represented in New England, and Seymour S. Hinsdale continued to make his home … Read more

Biography of Joseph Craig

Joseph Craig, born in 1849 in Clinton County, Missouri, has been a key figure in Woodland, California, since 1852. As president of the Yolo County Consolidated Water Company, founded in 1903, he spearheads one of the state’s largest irrigation projects, crucial for local agriculture. A former successful lawyer, Craig shifted focus to public enterprises, significantly impacting Yolo County’s growth. He and his wife, Kate S. Stephens, own extensive farmland and hold major shares in the Bank of Woodland. Craig’s contributions to the community are marked by his leadership in both financial and agricultural sectors.

Biography of Eugene Aram of Sacramento, California

Eugene Aram, a prominent lawyer of Sacramento, is certainly one of the very oldest living native sons of California, with whose business, professional and political affairs he has been identified to a degree most honorable and creditable to an eldest son. He was born at Monterey, in what is now the state of California, on January 26, 1848. Mr. Aram was married in 1875 to Miss Lizzie Jasper, a daughter of J. M. C. Jasper, of Wheatland, Yuba county.