Judge James W. Bicknell

 Judge James W. Bicknell was born in Green County, Tennessee, October 21, 1813. Here he was raised and educated. In the year 1849, he left for California, crosssing the plains with ox teams, and arrived in the same year. He engaged in mining in Amador and El Dorado counties, and subseequently on the sourth fork of the Yuba River. We next find him in Nevada City, where he lived till 1852. He then settled in Placer county, and from there returned to his home in Tennessee, whe remained for six months. He again came to this state [California], settling in San Francisco, where he engaged in business with his brother-in-law, T. D. Heiskell. In the fall of 1853 he sould out and again went to the mines in Amador County. Here, in 1860, he was elected county clerk. In 1864 he came to San Mateo County, and took up his residence with A. Hayward. He was appointed county judge to fill an unexpired term of Harace Templeton, and in 1874 was elected to that office, which he held until the adoption of the new constitution. In the year 1869 he went to Los Angeles, where he was employed in the banking house of A. Hayward & Co. Here he remained three years. He moved to Redwood city in 1874, and has resided there till the present time. He was placed in nomination for county clerk in the fall of 1882, and elected to that office, which he now holds. In the year 1844 he married Elizabeth Heiskell, sister of T. D. Heiskell. She died in 1848.

Source: History of San Mateo County, California. San Francisco, B. F. Alley, 1883.

He died in 1884.