1824-1897
Adoniram Judson Batchelder
Businessman/Public Servant MA/CA
The August 8, 1897, edition of the San Francisco Call reports the headline “Mourning in Marysville: Passing to Adoniram Judson Batchelder, a Pioneer of Yuba County.”
Yuba County mourns the loss of an efficient officer and ex-representative in the State Legislature, while Marysville is in deep gloom over the passing of an honest citizen and a brave pioneer. Adoniram Judson Batcheler, since 1888, with the exception of two years, Public Administrator of this county, died at 4 o’clock this evening after a lingering illness from gangrene poisoning.
Batchelder came to California in 1857, and located in Fosters Bar, where he engage in mining and later in the merchandise business. He was chosen to represent his people in the Legislature in 1855 and 1856 and on his return to Fosters Bar he entered into partnership with J. M. Crowell in the grocery business. He became Postmaster and Wells, Fargo & Co.’s agent in the mining camp and bought gold dust for the mint and assay offices. In 1865 he was again sent to the Legislature and again in 1867.
In 1870 he was appointed United States Deputy Census Marshal for the Northern District, about that time establishing himself in the grocery business in Maryville. Here he has resided ever since.
For many years he was president of the local Society of Pioneers. He was a member of Yuba Lodge, F and A.M.; of Washington Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and of Marysville Commandery, K. T. The funeral will be held under the auspices of these societies at 6 o’clock tomorrow morning.
Batchelder was a native of Massachusetts and 72 years of age. He never married, and his only relatives are two sisters in Essex County, Mass. He was formerly a Webster Whig, but was allied to the Republican Party since its accession to power.[1]
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[1] “Mourning in Marysville: Passing of Adoniram Judson Batchelder, a Pioneer of Yuba County,” San Francisco Call, August 8, 1897, p. 7.