McGlashan, C. F. (Charles Fayette), 1847-1931

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Charles Fayette McGlashan was born in Wisconsin in 1847 and came overland with his father and sisters, arriving at Placerville in September 1854.

He attended Sotoyme Institute, Healdsburg, California, from 1861 to 1865 and Williston Seminary in Massachusetts, 1868-1870. From 1872, McGlashan lived in Truckee almost continuously. Until 1874 he was principal of the public schools, resigning in October to go to Utah as correspondent for the Sacramento Record. He wrote a series of articles on the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1657 and the arrest of John D. Lee, the accused leader of the Massacre. In 1875 he began the practice of law, in addition to becoming editor and then editor and owner of the Truckee Republican.

In 1878 a subscription to the Republican from a survivor of the Donner Party led to McGlashan's writing several articles on the subject. These resulted in correspondence and interviews with survivors, a series of articles in the Republican, and, in 1879, the publication of his book History of the Donner Party, A Tragedy of the Sierra. A revised and corrected second edition appeared in 1880 and has often been reprinted.

McGlashan was an active man with many and varied interests. In addition to his law practice and newspaper work, he was an amateur entomologist and astronomer, real estate developer, inventor, collector of Truckee area history and lore, and was actively involved in the financing and construction of the Donner Summit Memorials. He died at Truckee in 1931.

From the guide to the Charles Fayette McGlashan Papers, 1847-1931, (The Bancroft Library)

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf McGlashan, C. F. (Charles Fayette), 1847-1931. Letter : San Francisco, to Friend Tebbets, 1886 March 18. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Edwards, Henry, 1830-1891. Papers, 1854-1897 (bulk 1862-1891). American Museum of Natural History
referencedIn Reed, Virginia Elizabeth B., d. 1921. Virginia Elizabeth B. Reed family papers, 1847-1901. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Houghton, Eliza Poor Donner. Papers of Eliza Poor Donner Houghton, 1820-1978. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Charles Fayette McGlashan Papers, 1847-1931 Bancroft Library
creatorOf Cornell, Vera B. Vera B. Cornell collection on the Donner Party, 1956-1983. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Eliza Poor Donner Houghton Papers, 1820-1978 The Huntington Library
creatorOf McCrary, George Washington, 1835-1890. George W. McCrary letter : Washington D.C., to J.C. Fremont : ALS , 1878, Aug. 7. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf McGlashan, C. F. (Charles Fayette), 1847-1931. Charles Fayette McGlashan papers, 1878-1946. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Stanford University Press archival book copies, 1900-2012 Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Hinkle, George Henry, 1896-1950. George Henry Hinkle and Bliss McGlashan Hinkle papers, circa 1880-1950. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Chapman, C. W. C.W. Chapman letter, 1933. University of the Pacific, William Knox Holt Memorial Library
creatorOf McGlashan, C. F. (Charles Fayette), 1847-1931. Charles F. McGlashan papers, ca.1878-1889. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf McGlashan, C. F. (Charles Fayette), 1847-1931. C.F. McGlashan correspondence : typescript (carbon), 1879-1904. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Houghton, S. O. (Sherman Otis), 1828-1914. Papers of Sherman Otis Houghton, 1831-1914 (bulk 1860-1900). Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
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associatedWith Behr, H. H. (Hans Herman), 1818-1904. person
associatedWith Chapman, C. W. person
associatedWith Clark, Edwin. person
associatedWith Coquillett, Daniel William, 1856-1911. person
associatedWith Cornell, Vera B. person
associatedWith Edwards, Henry, 1830-1891. person
associatedWith Edwards, William H. (William Henry), 1822-1909. person
associatedWith Entomological Society of Ontario. corporateBody
associatedWith French, G. H. (George Hazen), 1841-1935. person
associatedWith Hinkle, George Henry, 1896-1950. person
associatedWith Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932. person
associatedWith Houghton, Eliza Poor Donner person
associatedWith Houghton, Eliza Poor Donner. person
associatedWith Houghton, S. O. (Sherman Otis), 1828-1914. person
associatedWith Hulst, George D. person
associatedWith Koebele, Albert, 1852-1924. person
associatedWith McCrary, George Washington, 1835-1890. person
associatedWith McGlasham family. family
associatedWith Reed, Virginia Elizabeth B., d. 1921. person
associatedWith Riley, Charles V. (Charles Valentine), 1843-1895. person
associatedWith Rivers, John James. person
associatedWith Rowley, Robert Rossell, 1854- person
associatedWith Stanford University. Press. corporateBody
associatedWith Strecker, Herman, 1836-1901. person
associatedWith Whittier, Fuller & Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Wright, William Greenwood, 1831- person
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Truckee (Calif.)
California
California
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Chinese
Chinese
Discrimination against Chinese
Donner Party
Lepidoptera
Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857
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Birth 1847

Death 1931

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