Amador County Biographies

LOUIS J. FONTENROSE

Submitted by Kathy Sedler

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County Clerk, Auditor and Recorder of Amador County, is a native of 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, now serving a fourth term as County Clerk for Amador 
County; was born September 27, 1850.  He came to California in 1857, receiving 
his education in the public schools of Amador County at Sutter Creek.  He 
resided with his parents at Sutter Creek till 1879, then came to Jackson, having 
been appointed Deputy County Clerk, which position he held until March, 1880.  
In 1879 he was elected on the Republican ticket, as County Clerk, and in March, 
1880, took the office, which he held until January, 1883.  He then received the 
nomination for re-election by the Republican party, and was defeated by a small 
majority.  In the fall of 1884 he was again nominated by his party for County 
Clerk and elected, and has held the officer ever since.
   His parents are natives of Italy, both born near Genoa.  They came to America 
about the year 1845, and settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where they 
remained several years, when they removed to Baltimore, Maryland, where they 
resided till 1857.  His father then removed with his family to California and 
settle din Amador County, where he established a home at Sutter Creek, and 
remained until his death, which was in 1874.  Hs mother is still living, at the 
old home at Sutter Creek.  He died at the age of fifty-five years.  His mother 
is now about sixty-five years of age, and is active and vigorous for one so 
advanced in years. 
   Mr. Fontenrose is a very pleasant gentleman, strictly attentive to his business, 
and has many warm friends, irrespective of party, throughout the county.
 
Memorial & Biographical History of Northern California, The Lewis Publishing 
Co., 1891