History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . A public-spirited man who believes it to be both theduty and the privilege of the citizen to contribute in every way possible to both thebuilding up and the upbuilding of the community, is Eugene S. Sargent, a native ofWatertown, Jefferson County, N. Y., where he was born on Washingtons Birthday,1850. His father, Richard Sargent, was also born there, and his parents, William andMary Sa
History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . A public-spirited man who believes it to be both theduty and the privilege of the citizen to contribute in every way possible to both thebuilding up and the upbuilding of the community, is Eugene S. Sargent, a native ofWatertown, Jefferson County, N. Y., where he was born on Washingtons Birthday,1850. His father, Richard Sargent, was also born there, and his parents, William andMary Sargent, were English folk who settled in Jefferson County. Richard Sargentwas a carriage maker, long at LaFargeville, N. Y., who moved west to Iowa in 1868and settled at Monticello, Jones County. There he engaged in blacksmithing andcarriage building until his death, in 1869. Mrs. Sargent was Phoebe Sage before hermarriage, and she also spent her last days in Iowa. They had two children: Eugene,the subject of our interesting sketch, and his sister, Florence E. Sargent, who becamethe wife of E. C. Renken, a druggist. They lived together in Iowa, until he passedon, and since 1907 she has resided in <I1 vQl. (jAo-^âT^^^ HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY Eugene S. Sargent was educated in the public grammar schools and at a privateacademy in La Fargeville, N. Y., and in 1868 removed to Iowa, where he learned thetrade of the wheelwright under his father. In 1869 he began work as a carpenter, andlater clerked for a while in a store. In 1876 he removed to Galena, Cherokee County,Kans., where he set up as a contracting builder; and he also went in for prospectingand mining for lead. He opened several new mines and sold them, and later removedto Carbondale, Osage County, Kans., where as a contractor he did general he pitched his tent at Onaga, Pottawatomie County, Kans., and continued tobuild extensively. He resided there from 1879 until 1904, and was instrumental i
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