Jeremiah Burckhalter

Candidate Biography:

Born: July 1, 1813 in Indiana
Married.
Children: Abram and O'Cain
Died: October 28, 1883 in Santa Rosa, CA

• In the 1850s, Burckhalter built and maintained a franchise for a toll road between Hornitos and Mariposa which was known as the "Burckhalter Toll Road". The portion of the road closest to Mariposa is now named "Old Toll Road".

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Source: Legislative Guide... of all the State Officers and Members of the Legislature... by Kean & Dudley (H.S. Crocker and Co.; 1871)
Source: "Judge Jeremiah BURCKHALTER", Mariposa Gazette, November 10, 1883. Submitted by W. Disbro