Charles Wilkinson Otis was born May 1830 in New York.
Inmate in the Sacramento County Jail
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40066555/charles_h_otis/?xid=637&_ga=2.137976246.749622427.1572964416-1337949228.1570736414
Inmate: #4210 Folsom Prison
Rec: 27 Oct 1897
Crime: Grand Larceny
Term: 5 Yrs
Age: 67
Discharged to Parole 27 May 1901
He had gotten into another bit of a bind in 1889, trying to steal a wagon.
I am almost sure he was married before he left New York to come to California. He did marry on 16 Oct 1867 in Sacramento, CA to a widow who had a daughter.
Lois Nutter(1825-1891)She divorced him by 1880 as stated in the census records. When she died she left everything to her daughter Adeline Alice Cully (1850-1909). Her first husband was Dr. Matthew D Cully (1818-1865).
Charles seemed to be a colorful gentleman, he was a jack of many trades, the farm job he had before robbing his employer seemed to be his longest. Maybe Mr. James Ryan should of been a little more careful of letting anyone know where he was putting all that money. A bank would of been a better choice. Charles only spent $100 of it on what besides booze we will never know.
The dollar experienced an average inflation rate of 2.88% per year during this period, meaning the real value of a dollar decreased. In other words, $100 in 1897 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $2,855.63 in 2015, a difference of $2,755.63 over 118 years.
This is what a $20 bill looked like in 1897.
Inmate in the Sacramento County Jail
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40066555/charles_h_otis/?xid=637&_ga=2.137976246.749622427.1572964416-1337949228.1570736414
Inmate: #4210 Folsom Prison
Rec: 27 Oct 1897
Crime: Grand Larceny
Term: 5 Yrs
Age: 67
Discharged to Parole 27 May 1901
He had gotten into another bit of a bind in 1889, trying to steal a wagon.
I am almost sure he was married before he left New York to come to California. He did marry on 16 Oct 1867 in Sacramento, CA to a widow who had a daughter.
Lois Nutter(1825-1891)She divorced him by 1880 as stated in the census records. When she died she left everything to her daughter Adeline Alice Cully (1850-1909). Her first husband was Dr. Matthew D Cully (1818-1865).
Charles seemed to be a colorful gentleman, he was a jack of many trades, the farm job he had before robbing his employer seemed to be his longest. Maybe Mr. James Ryan should of been a little more careful of letting anyone know where he was putting all that money. A bank would of been a better choice. Charles only spent $100 of it on what besides booze we will never know.
The dollar experienced an average inflation rate of 2.88% per year during this period, meaning the real value of a dollar decreased. In other words, $100 in 1897 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $2,855.63 in 2015, a difference of $2,755.63 over 118 years.
This is what a $20 bill looked like in 1897.
Id never seen one of those bills before
ReplyDeleteI think the older bills look pretty cool compared to today money. Thank you for your comment.
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