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Source: History of Alameda County, California
1883

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The Biography of Peter PUMYEA 

Page 962, transcribed by Barbara Venedam Pumyea 

[Surnames: PUMYEA, TURNER] 

    
PETER PUMYEA - The subject of this sketch was born in Fulton County, Illinois, May 17, 1844, and there resided on his father's farm until coming to California, in the spring of 1854, being accompanied thither by his father [Simon Peter Pumyea], mother, three brothers, and four sisters.  A month's voyage by the Panama Route, from New York, landed them in San Francisco, on June 16, 1854, whence the family proceeded to Marysville, Yuba County, where our subject was engaged in farming until 1865.  He returned to Marysville and became the proprietor of the New York Livery Stables, Oakland, and, purchasing an interest in the Newlands Stables, has ever since been one of its proprietors.  In 1876 Mr. Pumyea was elected to the distinction of one of the Board of Supervisors of Alameda County, and served with credit alike to himself and his constituents until 1879, being for two years chairman of the body.  Thenceforward he gave his attention to the livery business; but knowing his capabilities so well, he was, on October 3, 1881, selected by his fellow-citizens to fill the responsible office of Chief of Police, the functions of which he continues to carry out with a marked degree of efficiency, making for the city of Oakland the most efficient, energetic, and in every way capable Chief she has ever had.  To know Mr. Pumyea is to appreciate his sterling merits, while to have official and private dealings with him is to learn his manly worth, and recognize his unimpeachable character.  He married in Jackson, Amador County, January 23, 1877, Miss Lovine Turner, a native of Ohio, by whom he had a child, now deceased.