Jesse Yarnell
American journalist (1837–1906)
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Thomas Jesse Yarnell, known as Jesse Yarnell, (1837–1906) was a California newspaperman who established the Los Angeles, California, Weekly Mirror, which took over the Los Angeles Times in 1881 and later merged with it.[1]
Biography
Yarnell was born in Gratiot, Ohio, on June 20, 1837, and learned the printing trade in Zanesville in that state.
- California
He came to California in 1862 and established the Daily News in Placerville. He and Susan Caystile were married there.[2] In 1866 he moved south to Los Angeles, where he founded the Weekly Republican newspaper, which he later sold to a brother-in-law.[2] It later merged with the Evening Express. He next founded the Weekly Mirror in Los Angeles.[1]
Yarnell was a candidate on the Prohibition party ticket for an at-large Congressional seat in the 1882 election, but lost.[3] In 1902, he was nominated by the Prohibitionists for a seat in the California State Assembly but campaigned unsuccessfully as an independent.[3][4][5]
He died on January 19, 1906. He was survived by his widow, Susan Caystile Yarnell, their son Ellis, and their three daughters, Jessie, Catherine and Esther Yarnell. He also had a brother, George.[1] Yarnell left an estate of about $50,000, the largest item being a 204-acre ranch in Buena Park, California, valued at $30,000.[6]