How to Pronounce Charles E. Sexey
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Jan 01, 0001 Died on 24 Jul 1888 (aged 1887)
British gold rush pioneer
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About Charles E. Sexey
- Charles Eamer Sexey (March 1818 – 24 July 1888) was an English trader.
- He first visited New Zealand as a young man where he farmed and traded.
- In 1849 he travelled to San Francisco and took part in the Gold Rush as a trader in the mining camps.
- Eventually, having made his fortune out of the mining industry, he moved to Marysville, California, where he became a Levee Commissioner, landowner and President of the informal anti-mining activist group, the Anti-Debris Association, which was concerned with protecting landowner rights.
- He built some of the most important buildings in the city, one of which housed the Appeal newspaper, now known as the Appeal-Democrat.
