George H. Abbe was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, March 6, 1830. In 1842 his parents moved to Boone county, Illinois, where he lived till the fall of 1851, when he " came the Horn around," and landed in San Francisco in August, 1852. On the first of September he commenced raining on Kanaka flat. In the fall of 1853 he bought an interest in a mine at Birchville, Nevada county. In April, 1854, this was sold out. He went to Forest City, where he mined until April, 1857. He then bought an interest in a livery stable, which he sold in 1863; and in 1865 he moved to Grass valley, mining there and at Meadow lake for a year. In 1867 he went to Downieville, remained two years, and moved to Sierra City, where he has since resided, engaged in the livery business. Mr. Abbe was married in 1860 to Miss Kate Reily of Forest City, and to Them have been born four children; all living. H. H. Bigelow is a New Yorker by birth, and a native of Essex county, where he was born in 1820. In 1835 be began as a sailor between New York and Montreal, which occupation he followed until 1856, serving as a captain from 1843. At that time he went to Minnesota, and farmed there four years; and in December, 1860, started for California, arriving in San Francisco in March, 1861. From there he came directly to Sierra county, and located at Sierra City. In 1869 he returned to Minnesota with the intention of remaining, but found that the Pacific coast was more congenial to his health, and he came back the same year. In 1870 he built the Bigelow house, which he kept until 1881. He was married in 1845 to Miss S. J. Webster of Essex county. New York. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

 J. W. Brown is a native of Troy, New York, and was born June 26,1828. In 1833 his parents moved to New York city, where our subject clerked in a dry-goods house from 1842 till 1849, when he came to California, via the Horn, and arrived in San Francisco July 1, 1849. Soon after, he started for the mines on the Yuba, and spent a short time on Rose's bar, Landers1 bar, Ousley's bar, and Kenebec bar. In July, 1851, he came to Sierra county, and located at Good- year's bar, where he mined until 1854. He was in the employ of L. T. Fox from 1856 to 1861, when he went into partnership with John Giddings in the clothing business, and ran a pack-train from there to Eureka. Mr. Brown bought Giddings* interest in the store, in 1863, and in the spring of 1866 sold out and moved to Downieville. He was elected county auditor in 1865, and re-elected in 1867. In 1873 he went into the hardware store of Cole, Ward, & Co. In 1874, bought a two- thirds interest, and the balance in 1881. Mr. Brown was married in 1862 to Miss C. Harran, at Goodyear's. To them have been born four children, one of whom is still living. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

William H. Burgess of Goodyear's bar was born at New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1814. He resided at that place and in Boston until the fall of 1838, when he went to Mississippi on account of his health. He came by the southern route in 1849 to California, reaching San Francisco in the latter part of November. His first mining was done at Oregon gulch, near Georgetown. In the spring of 1851 Mr. Burgess went to the northern part of Sierra county, and worked a while at Sears' Diggings, but on the first of August removed to Downieville, and again to Goodyear's in September, where he has since resided. For a number of years he was engaged more or less in mining, and had an interest in the Fir Cap mine. Of late years he has been occupied in carpentering and building. Mr. Burgess was elected justice of the peace in 1854, and has served the people in this capacity most of the time since. He was a member of the board of supervisors in 1857, and afterwards an associate justice of the court of sessions for four terms. August C. Busch was born in Hanover, Germany, April 13, 1836. He came to New York in 1850, and remained there four years, when in 1854 he journeyed to the Pacific coast, arriving at San Francisco in June. During that fall he came to Sierra county, and mined at Downieville for a short time. Then he went to Nevada City and spent the winter, but in the spring returned to Downieville, and followed mining till 1866. In 1863 he bought an interest in the Gold Bluff quartz mine, and worked there till 1866, when he and C. A. Heringlake purchased a ranch at Sierra City, and kept the hotel till 1872; at which time they opened the general-merchandise establishment they are now conducting at that place. In 1859 he put in the first rubber belt which was used on the river. The company, thinking it would not work, declined to spend any money on it, but allowed Mr. Busch to try it at his own expense. He was appointed postmaster of Sierra City in 1866, and has held the office continually since, having also been agent for Wells, Fargo, & Co. since 1871. He was married in 1871 to Mrs. K. M. Campbell of Sierra City. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

L. Byington was born in New Haven, Connecticut, June 28, 1820. His parents moved to Cincinnati in the fall of that year, where our subject lived till 1852. On leaving school he worked in a butcher-shop, and in 1844 opened a shop of his own. In the spring of 1852 he came to California, via the Isthmus, and located at Marysville. In June, 1853, he came to Goodyear's bar, and opened a meat market, where he continued until 1856, when he went to Monte Christo, and sold meat there for about seven years. He moved to Downieville in 1863, and in 1864, in company with Henry Fordham, bought the Washington market. He has been in this business ever since While at Cincinnati he was a member of the 6re department, and a president of it when he left. Mr. Byington was elected a member of the board of supervisors of Sierra county in 1866, and again in 1875; and represented the county in the assembly in 1877. He was married in 1857 to Miss Catherine Trehill of Forest City. Mr. and Mrs. Byington have had eight children, seven of whom are living. Jason Campbell was born at St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1834, where he was raised a farmer. In the spring of 1847, when thirteen years old, he went to Mexico and drove a government team till the war closed. In 1849 he started for California, but after getting as far as Chihuihua, the company decided to go back, and he had to return with them. In 1850 he started again across the plains, arrived at Placerville in September, and went to mining. In the spring of 1851 he came to Sierra county, and mined on Nelson creek. In July he went to Goodyear's bar, and mined there till 1853, when he opened a livery stable. In 1857 he sold the stable and purchased a ranch, which he worked for many years. In 1876 he sold his ranch to H. H. Kennedy, and came to Downieville, where he has been engaged in teaming ever since. Among his mining experiences may be mentioned that of 1852, when, in company with nine others, he flumed the river below Goodyear's, and took out $12,000 a week for six weeks. He was married in 1857 to Mrs. S. Dutton of Goodyear's. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

G. B. Castagneto was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1834. He was raised a farmer, and came to the United States in 1854, stopping one year in New York and Massachusetts, when he came to California, arriving in San Francisco in May. 1855. Soon after, he went to mining in Calaveras county. He came to Sierra county in 1857, and stopped at Downieville till January, 1859, when he removed to Sierra City, where he has since resided, engaged in ranching and merchandising until 1870.  [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

John Howard Clute of Alleghany was born January 11, 1824, in Henderson, Jefferson county, New York. In the fall of 1843 he started out for himself as a cook on a lake vessel, at seven dollars a month, becoming an ordinary seaman in 1844. In the fall of 1847 be became master of the schooner St. Clair, following the lakes as master of a vessel running from East Buffalo to Chicago, until 1858. On the first of June, 1859, he left New York for California, reaching San Francisco July 1, 1859. On the eighteenth he came to Alleghany, and worked for F. W. Clute & Brother until 1866, after which he took charge of an'engine at the Union mine in Wet ravine, one mile from Alleghany. Mr. Clute became a partner of John T. West, June 1, 1866, in the saloon business at Alleghany, the firm of West & Clute being still in existence. Mr. Clute is also interested in mining. He was married June 11, 1850; and again, on the tenth of April, 1856, was united in marriage to Miss C. H. Carter, his first wife having died December 24, 1854.

A. Crignon is a native of France, and was born November 30,1819. After leaving school he learned the carpenter's trade. In 1843 he went to the Marquesas islands, where he remained until 1851, when he came to the United States, arriving in San Francisco in Jane. Shortly after, he began mining on the American river, at Coloma, In the spring of 1852 Mr. Crignon came to Downieville, where he has resided continually since, being engaged in mining most of the time . [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

Eugenio Kincaid Downer, son of A. L. Downer, was born in Newark, New York, in 1847. His father came to California in 1849, where he was joined by his wife and children in the winter of 1852, who came by steamer via Panama. The family settled at Shasta, Shasta county, where our subject received a common-school education, and learned the printing trade in the office of the Shasta Courier. December 24, 1865, he took up his permanent residence at Downieville, where he was employed as journeyman printer on the Mountain Messenger for two years and a half, then owned by Dewey & Vaughn. With D. L. Whitney, he purchased E. M. Dewey's interest in the paper. A few years later J. H. Ford bought out Mr. Whitney's share, and afterwards sold it to Mr. Downer, giving him an equal interest with Mr. J. A. Vaughn, which business relationship has since existed. Mr. Downer is at present interested in the Bald Mountain Extension gravel-mine, the Oro quartz-ledge, Grand Prize claim, Wilbourn Consolidated drift diggings, and the Golden Gate quartz-ledge. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

B. T. Eggleston was born in Herkimer county, New York, in 1824, where he was raised a farmer. In 1849 he came to the Pacific coast, arriving at San Francisco in September. From there he journeyed to Mormon island, and mined during the winter. He came to Downieville in April, 1850, and has been a resident of that town ever since. His principal occupation has been mining. In 1871 Mr. Eggleston located the Mo wry and Eggleston mine, on Craycroft hill, and has been at work in it since that time. His elegant home on Jersey flat is portrayed on another page of this work. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

F. A. Eschbacher was born in Baden, Germany, October 2, 1824. He was raised a farmer, and came to the United States in March, 1854, stopping a short time in Cincinnati, and then coming by way of the Isthmus to California. In the spring of 1855 he arrived at Downieville, and engaged in mining for eight years, three years of which were spent at the Primrose, in Hog canon. In 1862 he went into partnership with A. Heiser in the bakery business, which they conducted until the fire of 1864, after which Mr. Eschbacher put up the St. Charles hotel, where he has since been landlord and proprietor. The hotel is pleasantly located on Main street, and enjoys a popularity and patronage not exceeded by any hotel in the mountains. In the management of the place he is ably seconded by his affable and energetic spouse, who looks carefully after the wants of their numerous guests. A view of the St. Charles hotel appears on another page. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

F. L. Fischer was born in Saxony, Germany, in 1849. When fourteen years old he worked in a brewery, and learned the trade at which he worked until 1869. In 1870, upon the breaking out of the Franco-Prussian war, he went into the army, where he served till 1874, when he was discharged, and emigrated directly to California. He located at Sierra City, worked one year there in the mines, and then went to Downieville. Here he was employed five years in the brewery. In October, 1881, he purchased an interest in the Sierra Brewery, which he owns at present, in company with William Junkert. "Mr. Fischer was married in 1877 to Mrs. H. Fischer of Sierra City. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

N. B. Fish, the present sheriff of Sierra county, was born in Waldo county, Maine, December 28, 1830. In 1850 he went to work at ship-carpentering at Damariscotta, and stayed there three years. In 1854 he came to California, arrived at La Porte in June, and went to mining at Secret diggings. He followed mining there and in the northern part of the county until 1874, when he was appointed under-sheriff. In 1877 he was elected sheriff, and re-elected in 1879. He is a very efficient officer, and a man highly honored and esteemed. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

Robert Forbes, a native of Dundas, Ontario, came to Grass Valley, Nevada county, in the fall of 1864, where he remained two years. In 1866 he came to Downieville, and worked in the foundry and machine-shop for a number of years. In 1877, he, in company with James Taylor, purchased the foundry at Downieville, which is now in a flourishing condition. Mr. Forbes was married in 1872 to Henrietta Ann Allen, a native of Downieville. They have had three children, two of whom are living. James Taylor came from Louisville, Kentucky, to Grass Valley, where he worked as a machinist for his brother. In 1874 he went to Virginia City, and came to Downieville in 1877, when he entered into partnership with Robert Forbes, in the foundry. Mr. Taylor was married in 1850, at Dublin, Ireland, his wife dying in 1874, and has one child living. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

Peter Goff is of Irish nativity, and was born in Dublin, April 8, 1830. He went to the sea for a living in 1846, and followed the life of a sailor for seven years. He came to San Francisco in November, 1851, soon after located in El Dorado county, where he mined until May, 1852, when he came to Sierra county, and mined on the north and south forks for seven years. In December, 1860, he came to Sierra City, where he has since resided, being engaged in mining until 1867, when he opened a boarding-house and started a livery stable. At present he is engaged in the livery business. He was married in 1866 to Miss M. Murphy of San Francisco, and to them have been born three children. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

William Haskins was born in Oxfordshire, England, in 1826. He learned the carpenter's trade in his native country, and has followed it since. In 1864 he came to Forest City, Sierra county, where he has since resided. He was married in 1852 to Miss S. Vinall of Surrey, England. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

Philo A. Haven- is a native of Chatauqua county, New York, where he was born in the year 1818. In 1834 Mr. Haven moved to Joliet, Illinois, then in Cook county. Here he remained until he followed the eager tide of gold-seekers westward, in 1849. He journeyed overland in a train of seventy-four men, but left them at Salt Lake, and with six others came on in advance. They came through the Henness pass, and camped on Bear river on the tenth of August. On the sixteenth he was mining at Slate range, on the Yuba river, but a few days later came three miles farther up the stream, and bought a claim of Cut-Eye Foster, which he also worked a few days. With his cousin Carlos Haven, Warren Goodall, and Thomas Angus, he came up to Little Rich bar, a half-mile below Downieville, which he and an Indian had located on the twenty-fourth of August. They worked there that fall, and went out with one hundred and twenty pounds of gold, going down the Sacramento river to San Francisco. Mr. Haven carried his portion, thirty pounds, in a shot-bag that was tied up in a gunny sack. While there he bought at Geary's auction sale five lots in the hills, for $2,900. He loaned three thousand dollars to the Bowers brothers, who were mining at Deer creek, now the site of Nevada City. He soon went up to see them, and they offered him a claim that would pay fifty dollars a day, but he refused it, as he could make much more at the forks of the North Yuba, where he had been in the fall. Seven men started with him December 31, 1849, for his old diggings, but they all left him during a big snow-storm on the Middle Yuba. Three others, the Lewis brothers and Chamberlain, however, joined him, and they proceeded onwards to Forest City, camping that night in a heavy snow-storm. They arrived at Goodyear's bar January 10, 1850, where they obtained forty pounds of flour, paying four dollars a pound for it. The article was not very savory, as there were grubs in it an inch and a half long. They found the ground at Little Rich bar all claimed by other parties. Mr. Haven's party then located two and one-half miles up the north fork, and camped where Thomas Steele's residence now stands. Our subject 8 brother, James M. Haven, came there in the spring, and the old company divided, Mr. Haven having the choice of claims, and the Lewis brothers taking the specimen purse of S5,000. He then prospected at Howland flat, and was exploring the head of Nelson creek when the Stoddard party came along in search of the fabulous Gold Lake, and be went with them until they disbanded at Humbug valley. He then found rich diggings on the north fork of Feather river, and spent part of the winter of 1851 at Big Rich bar. During a terrible snow-storm, in which he and his companions nearly lost their lives, he went to Bid well's bar, being en route to the states. In the summer of 1852 he returned to Downieville, and worked on Sailor flat one hundred days, taking out $4,000. In the fall Harrison Wheeler, Joseph Limperich, Frank Fellows, and Mr. Haven built the saw-mill above Downieville. Mr. Haven cut the first tree himself, which furnished 10,000 feet of lumber, and brought $500. It was built for the purpose of defraying the expenses of prospecting. He found the Excelsior diggings four miles north-west of Downieville, which he worked until 1858, and then commenced prospecting quartz at Gold Lake, and built the dam at the foot of the lake in 1859. At that time there was a hotel at the head of the lake, built by Mr. Church. Mr. Haven organized the Gold Lake mining district, and with his brother built a mill to prospect quartz, together with a saw-mill and residence. In 1862 he discovered the placer claims, and has since been actively engaged in working them by hydraulic means.  [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

C. A. Herringlake.—He was born in Westphalia, Germany, July 8, 1827. When fourteen years old he began to learn the trade of baker and confectioner, at which he worked until he came to the United States in 1855. After his arrival in this country he spent three years at his trade in Dayton, Ohio. Part of the years 1858-59 he spent in Indiana, and from 1859 to 1861 in Illinois. At that time he came to California, worked one year at his trade in San Francisco, coming to Downieville in the spring of 1862. Here he ran a bakery for a year; then, in company with A. C. Busch, opened a hotel. In 1865 he bought an interest in the Gold Bluff Mining Company, and worked with it for a year, when, with A. C. Busch, he bought the Sierra City ranch. They kept the hotel till 1872. At that time they opened a store, which they are now running. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

S. D. Hill was born in Walpole, New Hampshire, in the year 1821. Two years afterward his parents moved to Stowe. Massachusetts. When sixteen years old he began work in a woolen factory at Feltsville, Vermont, where he learned the trade. In 1846 he bought the mills, and continued the business for himself until 1849. Mr. Hill came to California in the fall of 1850, and mined first at Salem bar, near Mormon island. In March, 1851, he came to Downieville, and has lived there since. In 1854, in company with George Webber, he bought the Durgan saw mill. In the following year he sold his interest to Webber, and with Bradburn and Smith built a mill on the South fork, a half-mile above Downieville. In 1858 he resumed mining, and has been engaged in this occupation since. In 1859 he located the Slug Cafion quartz-lead, which proved very rich. In 1861 he located the Oro mine, near Downieville. He was married in 1842 to Miss E. A. Giddings of Feltsville, who has borne five children, four of them still living. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

Joseph Hutchison was born in Scotland in 1828. When fourteen years old he started out for himself, and came to the United States, stopping in Jo Davis county, Illinois, till 1850, where he was engaged in lead-mining. At that time he came across the plains, arriving in El Dorado county in August. Shortly afterward he mined at Mokelumne hill. In 1851 he went back to Illinois, but in 1853 returned to California. After mining six months at Johnstown, he removed to Weaverville, Trinity county, and remained four years at mining. He then went to Tehama county, engaged in stock-raising till 1862, when he came to Sierra county, located at Sierra City. and. in company with S. N. Wilcox, built a hotel, which they ran till 1866, when Mr. Hutchison sold out, and followed the live-stock business till 1874, at which time he bought into a meat market with I. T. Mooney. In 1880 they dissolved partnership, and Mr. Hutchison opened the market he now owns. He was married in 1852 to Miss M. M. Goldthrop of Illinois, by whom he has had two children. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

William Edward Jones

I. G. Jones, the present county surveyor, was born in Ireland, November 25, 1832. In 1842 his parents emigrated to this country, and after stopping a short time in Ohio and Illinois, settled at St. Louis, in 1847, where our subject studied surveying. In 1850 he took the southern route to California, arriving at Los Angeles in November; soon after which, he went to Nevada county, and engaged in mining at Nevada City. In September, 1851, he came to Downieville, and bought the Washington claim on Durgan flat. In the following spring he reorganized the Jersey company, and flumed the river, which operations paid well. In December, 1853 he started for New York on the steamer Winfield Scott, which was wrecked on the Anna Cappa rock off Santa Barbara, where the passengers were seven days on the rock, when they were taken off by the California and continued the voyage. In July, 1854, he returned to Downieville, and resume the Jersey company. In the following year he commenced surveying, and has folio that time. Mr. Jones was appointed TJ. S. deputy mineral surveyor in 1872. He county surveyor in 1872, which office he has held continuously since. In 1875 he c Bald Mountain Extension Gold Mining company. He was married in San Francisco 1877, to Miss Mary Tibbey of that place. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

De. Alemby Jump was born April 10, 1821, on the bank of the Ohio river, in Bellmont county, Ohio, where his parents resided on a farm. His father removed to Richland county in the  fall of that year, where the doctor was raised, attending school during the winter months age of twenty he went to a school at Norwalk, Ohio, under the direction of Dr. Thompson a Methodist clergyman. Here he taught school during the winter months, and also as father's farm. He commenced the study of medicine in May, 1846, in the office of Dr. Bushnell at Mansfield, Ohio, and graduated February 21, 1849, from the medical department of Reserve college at Cleveland. He then began practicing at Bryan, Williams county but on, the twenty-third of April, 1850, started across the plains to California, arriving in October, and began mining at Logtown, El Dorado county. He was one of the party who discovered the Eureka mine in Plumas county, in the spring of 1851, and gave the name to the company. He remained at the mine until October, 1852, and then went to Plum valley, Sierra county, where he spent the winter. July 18, 1853, he bought the office of Dr. D. P. Durst at St. Louis, and practiced medicine there eleven years, being burnt out three times during this period. He removed to Downieville October 7, 1864, and took charge of the Sierra county hospital, to which he had been appointed by the board of supervisors. With the exception of five years, when Dr. Chase was county physician, he has held this position ever since. He was elected coroner in 1865, and served six years. In 1873 he was re-elected, and held the office until March, 1880. Dr. Jump was married October 20, 1863, at St. Louis, to Miss Mary E. McCrory of Pennsylvania. They have one son, Robert L., born September 1, 1864, now a student at Berkeley. The doctor is interested in a hydraulic mine at American hill, and several others, having spent $30,000 in mining without drawing a dividend. He enjoys a large practice in Downieville and the surrounding country. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

 Henry H. Kennedy, son of Maxwell and Eveline Kennedy, was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, December 19, 1837. He was reared at his father's home until twenty-one years of age, when he left Ohio, February 5, 1859, and came, via the Isthmus, to San Francisco. He proceeded at once to Eureka, where he worked in a mill, summers, and mined the remainder of the year, until the spring of 1863, sinking what he made in the mill into a tunnel in the Wahoo diggings near St. Louis, where he is still interested. In 1863 he went to Oregon, intending to go to the mines at the head of Columbia river, but taught school instead; and came back to California in November, 1864. After teaching one term of school in Sacramento county, he returned to Sierra County in the spring of 1865. In the fall be went back to Ohio, via Nicaragua, and lived there for nearly ten years. He was married January 8, 1870, to Miss Clara Harding, who was born in Mahoning county, Ohio, January 7, 1852, and was the daughter of John A. and Mary J. Harding. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy have had four children, as follows: Harding, born December 28, 1870; Ellis, born September 2, 1873; Laura, born November 27, 1875; and Clara, October 16, 1881—all now living. In 1875 Mr. Kennedy returned to California with his family, landing in Truckee, April 15, 1875, and purchased his beautiful ranch at Goodyear's bar of Jason Campbell, on which he erected, in April, 1880, their present elegant home, shown on another page. The ranch has reached a high state of development, and is as desirable a piece of property as can be found, there being one thousand fruit trees in bearing, and many other improvements. Mr. Kennedy "is a member of Downieville Lodge No. 123, A. O. U. W. Walter B. Kimball was born in Chicago, February 3, 1838. He was raised and educated there until twelve years of age, when he went to Watertown, New York, with his mother, his father having previously gone to California. Mr. Kimball returned to Chicago in 1855, and in 1861 came, via the Isthmus, to this coast. Proceeding at once to Eureka North, he engaged in mining. In 1872 he moved to Downieville, clerking for two years in Dr. Aiken's drug store. He opened a drug establishment of his own in 1874, which he still conducts. Mr. Kimball was elected a justice of the peace in 1879, re-elected in 1880, and holds this office at the present time. He was . married September 20, 1865, to Amelia Collier of Eureka, and has four children : Hattie, Harlow, Nellie, and Walter. He is a member of Downieville Lodge No. 123, A. O. U. W. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

Dr. Josiah Lefever, one of a family of sixteen, was born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1822. His parents were among the earliest pioneers of the state, having moved there from Virginia in 1808. His father, Isaac Lefever, served his country in the war of 1812. Josiah graduated at the Starling Medical College of Columbus, Ohio, in 1850, and commenced practice at Williamsport, Ohio, where he remained two years. In 1852 he came to California, and located at Little York, Nevada county. From there he moved in April, 1853, to Park's bar, and in the fall of that year gave up the practice of medicine and went to ranching in Sutter county. In August, 1854, he moved to Forest City, resumed the practice of medicine, and has continued it at that place ever since. He was elected to the legislature in 1858, and in that year was married to Miss M. A. Sullivan of New York city. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

W. T. Luther, the present county assessor, was born in Swanzey, Rhode Island, January 2, 1825. In 1843 he began work at pottery-making, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, which he followed for six years. In January, 1849, he left for California in the ship Hopewell, and arrived in San Francisco in August. Soon after he went to Jacksonville, where he mined a short time; then he returned to San Francisco, and, in partnership with Captain Sam. Vincent & Son, bought a schooner and carried freight to Stockton. Freight then brought sixty dollars per ton, and for lumber seventy-five dollars per M. In the summer of 1850 Mr. Luther mined on Slate and Nelson creeks and Feather river. In the fall he settled at Marysville, and ran a pack-train from that place to the mountains, until the year 1859, when he came to Sierra county and bought an interest in the Gold Valley quartz-mine. In 1861 he established a packing and forwarding business at Downieville. Mr. Luther was elected county assessor in 1879. He was married in 1872 to Miss L. L. Diffenderfer of Iowa. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

I. Martinetti was born in Switzerland in 1841, and emigrated to the United States in 1860. He came direct to California, arriving in June. He mined in El Dorado county three years, and then went to Gold Hill, Nevada, where he conducted a bakery for eighteen months. He then came to Sierra county and settled at Sierra City. Here he mined two years, and in 1869 built a hotel^ which he kept until 1872. At that time he formed a partnership in general merchandise business with N. Tartini. He was married in 1877, to Miss M. Williams of Monte Christo. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

A. J. McGuire was born in Cambria county, Pennsylvania, July 11, 1838. In 1852 he began work in a cabinet shop, and continued at this labor for three years, learning the trade. In 1857 he went to Iowa county, Iowa, and followed farming two years. In May, 1859, he started for California, across the plains, and reached Sierra county in October. He soon went to mining at Deadwood, and was there till 1863, when he came to Downieville. Here he did carpentering until 1870, when he opened a shop for all kinds of wood-work and repairing. He was married in 1874, to Miss E. Cruikshank of Yuba county, by whom he has had two children, one of whom is living. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

N. H. Meany is a native of New York city, and was born in August, 1831. In February, 1849, he shipped as a seaman for California, arriving at San Francisco in February, 1850. Soon after, he went to Sacramento, and was principally engaged in clerking there for four years. In August, 1856, he came to Sierra county, and commenced mining at Forest City. He moved to Downieville in April, 1866, and has resided there since that time. He was married April 29, 1860, to Miss A. W. Potter of Forest City, the union being blessed with a son and a daughter. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

Lewis Mowry was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, July 30, 1827. He began work in a dry-goods house in 1843, and was employed two years, when he was engaged in a woolen-mill, and remained three years. In 1848 he went to Fairfield, Iowa, and took charge of a mill there. He crossed the plains in 1852, arriving at Downieville in November, and began mining at Sailor ravine. In a year he opened a bath-house, which he ran till the fire of 1858; then owned a grocery store for two years, after which he started an auction and commission business, conducting it three years, but not finding it profitable, returned to mining. In 1864 he went into the grocery store of John Weil, present state treasurer. In 1876 Mr. Mowry was appointed administrator of J. Bailouts estate, and conducted a grocery belonging to it for two years; then the present enterprising firm of Spaulding, Mowry, & Co. was formed. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

L. Nessler was born in the province of Vorarlberg, Austria, in 1825, on the seventeenth of March. He began as a butcher in 1843, and worked at the business until he came to the United States, in 1854. After stopping a year in Wisconsin, he came to California, and arrived in Downieville November, 1855, where he was engaged in mining until the following spring. Then he went to Camptonville, Yuba county, and was engaged in the occupation of a ferrier for a year, after which he returned to Downieville and worked in a brewery three years, when, in company with Joe Wackman, he bought the business. In 1864 the brewery was burned, and they lost 310,000. They immediately rebuilt, at a cost of $8,000. Two years after, Mr. Nessler bought out his partner, and ran the business alone for two years, when he formed a partnership with J. A. Blohm, which existed for eight years. In 1870 the brewery was again burned. Mr. Nessler now conducts the business alone. He was married in 1863 to Miss M. Garibaldi of Downieville, who has borne him four children, three of whom are living. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

J. W. Orear is a native of Lexington, Kentucky, and was born January 6, 1836. In 1854 he came across the plains to California, arriving at Sacramento in September, and from there came directly to Downieville, where he has resided ever since. After mining nearly a year he entered the employ of the Alta California Telegraph company; helped put up the line from Nevada City to Downieville; opened the offices at Forest City and Camptonville, and soon after took charge ot the Downieville office, which place he still holds. He was married in 1861, in Downieville, to Mrs. C. Fox, and again in 1875, to Miss Ida Secretan of Downieville. He has had one son by-hi^first wife, and a son and daughter by his second wife.  [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

L. H. Osgood was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan, May 14, 1833. In 1845 his parents moved to Winnebago county, Illinois, where our subject remained till 1854, in the fall of which year he came to California, stopping a short time in San Francisco, and moving to Sierra county in May, 1855, where he mined for a season at Craig's flat. He then went to Poker flat, and remained until 1865. Mr. Osgood was engaged in the dairying business from 1858 to 1861, and in butchering from 1859 to 1864. In 1859 he was appointed under-sheriff. In 1873 he commenced reading law, and in 1877 was admitted to the bar, since which time he has been engaged in practicing law. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

Benjamin Pauly is a Bavarian, and was born in 1826. His parents came to New York city when he was seven years old. At the age of fourteen he commenced work in a butcher's shop, was there four years, when he went into business for himself, and opened a pleasure garden. He arrived lit in San Francisco in the fall of 1852, and after working at his trade a short time in this city, went to Amador county and commenced mining. He stopped there but a short time, but came to Sierra county in November of 1852, and followed mining in the vicinity of Downieville until 1858, when he bought the East fork saw-mill, which he now owns and has been running since that time. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

H. H. Purdy was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1828. In 1831 his parents moved to Oneida county, where our subject lived until 1846, when he went to Utica to learn the jeweler's trade. Three years after, he opened a shop in Rome, New York, and remained there until he came to California, in 1852, starting in March, via the Isthmus, and arriving in San Francisco in July. In August, 1852, he came to Downieville, and purchased an interest in the jewelry store of Benjamin Green, which they ran for four years. In 1856 Mr. Purdy acted as deputy county treasurer, and with Mr. Green, was engaged in constructing a ditch at Eureka, doing their banking with Langton & Co. This house failed, and Mr. Purdy lost heavily; sustaining losses also on the Minnesota ditch, which proved unremunerative. In 1859 he was engaged with his father, S. Purdy, in a foundry at Downieville.. In the following year he went to Silver City, Nevada, and worked at his trade there a year. In 1861 he went on his ranch in Long valley, and remained there until 1869, when he returned to Downieville, and opened the storejn which he is now interested. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

W. Ryan was born October 16, 1828, in London, England. At the age of twelve he started out for himself, and followed a sailor's life ten years, when he landed in San Francisco, in November, 1850, and went to raining at Harrisonville, Yuba county. He mined at Pine Grove in 1852, at Poker flat in 1853, and at Eureka, Sierra county, from 1854 to 1866; since which time he has been engaged principally in clerking. In 1870 he moved to Downieville, and was appointed postmaster in 1874, having held the positiou ever since. Mr. Ryan was deputy recorder from 1866 to 1870, and deputy county clerk from 1872 to the present time. He was married in August, 1868, to Miss E. A. L. Rich, by whom he has five children. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

Dr. J. J. Sawyer, son of Thomas P. and Ann L. Sawyer, was born in Monroe county, New York, in the year 1840, where he was reared and educated. He attended for two years lectures in the medical department of the University of Buffalo, graduating from that institution in February, 1865, the degree of M. D. being conferred upon him by ex-President Millard Fillmore, then presi- dent of the college. Dr. Sawyer then went into the government service at Camp Douglas, 111., as acting assistant surgeon, U. S. A. From there he was transferred to Troy Road barracks, Troy, New York, where he was post surgeon until the close of the war and the disbanding of the army, when he resigned his position and went to Michigan. He practiced for three years in that state, after which he came to California, and located at Cherokee, Butte county. Here he had an extensive practice, being also physician for the great Spring Valley hydraulic mine. From there he went to Quincy, Plumas county, where he had charge of the county hospital, and was surgeon of the Plumas-Eureka mine. Some years ago he removed to Sierra City, his present home, where, in addition to his large outside surgical practice, he holds the position of surgeon for the Sierra Buttes mine and the Marguarite mine. Dr. Sawyer was married in 1872, to Miss Maria L. Glass of Cherokee, California. One daughter, Anna, was born to them in Quincy, in 1875. The doctor has a very complete dispensary in Sierra City. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

O. Scheffer was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1830. At the age of sixteen he began clerking in a store, where he remained for four years. In 1850 he crossed the continent to California, and first mined in El Dorado county. In 1851 he was at Yreka, and from there in a short time went to Nevada county, where he mined until 1860. He then followed mining at Forest City until 1865, when be opened a saloon, in which business be has been engaged to the present. He was married in 1863, to Miss C. Young of Forest City, who has borne him nine children, eight of whom are living. John Scott, treasurer of Sierra county, was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, March 1, 1830, being the son of James G. and Mary Scott. He lived at his birthplace in Ohio until February, 1853, when he came by steamer to California, going directly to Chandlerville, in the northern part of Sierra. In August, 1853, he came to Downieville, resided there a year, and in August, 1854, went to Eureka North, where he engaged in mining and lumbering until October, 1876, being associated for ten years in the lumber traffic with Hon. G. Meredith. At that time he met with an accident in a hydraulic claim, which cost him the loss of his right leg, G. B. Crooks being his mining partner at the time. Mr. Scott was elected county treasurer in September, 1877, on the republican ticket, defeating W. H. Burgess of Goodyear's bar, the democratic nominee. He was re-elected to the office in September, 1879, over his former opponent. Mr. Scott is a member of Mountain Shade Lodge No. 18, F. & A. M. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

S. A. Scullin came to California in 1857, at the age of twenty-one. His native town was Essex, Chittenden county, Vermont. When eighteen years old he went to Troy, New York, where he lived one year, after which he spent two years in New York city. Upon his arrival by steamer at San Francisco, Mr. Scullin proceeded at once to Forest City, where most of the time since be has been engaged in contracting, mining, and timbering. For seven years he had the contract to furnish the Bald Mountain mine with timber. In November, 1863, he enlisted in the seventh California volunteers, was stationed for six months at San Francisco, and during the next year and a half at Fort Yuma, Maricopa Wells, and Camp McDowell, his regiment building the latter fort. He was in Arizona one year, participated in one campaign against the Apaches, and in 1865 returned to San Francisco, where he was discharged. In the fall of 1865 Mr. Scullin bought James McNaughton's interest in the Forest house, and became a partner of Mr. West. He was married in October, 1869, at Grass Valley, to Miss Mary Griffen, a native of Vermont. Three boys have been born to them, named Willis Earle, Austin Everett, and Paul Elwood. Mr. Scullin is a member of the Forest City lodge of Knights of Pythias, in which he occupies the position of Chancellor. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

Henry Spaulding.—He is a Vermonter by nativity, having been born in Orange county, November 30, 1835. At the age of fourteen he went to Boston, entering the employ of Nourse & Co., wholesale dealers in farming implements. After staying there two years he entered upon an apprenticeship to a carpenter, and served four years at the trade. He came to California in 1857. arriving at San Francisco in July. In September he came to Forest City, where he mined continuously until 1870, when he was appointed under-sheriff. In 1873 he was elected sheriff of Sierra county, and served one term. In company with L. Mowry and W. J. Holmes, Mr. Spaulding, in 1878, established the firm of Spaulding, Mowry, & Co., now doing the heaviest business in "the county. He was married in Downieville, April 4, 1864, to Miss Sarah Egan, who died March 8, 1872. He was married again December 24, 1874, to Miss Carrie Holmes of Forest City. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

J. C Stewart of Goodyear's bar was born and raised in Montgomery county, Ohio. He started for California, via the Isthmus, in January, 1852, arriving at San Francisco on the first day of April, a troublesome delay of six weeks having occurred at Panama. Upon his arrival, he started immediately up the Sacramento to Marysville, from whence he set out on foot up the Yuba, with several companions, having run short of money. He settled at Goodyear's bar, where he has since resided, having been connected for many years with the saw-mill, in company with John Schriver. He was married in November, 1870, to Miss Alma Clark, four children having since been born to them. He is a member of Mountain Shade Lodge No. 18, F. & A. M., at Downieville. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

H. Strange, the present county clerk of Sierra county, was born in Suffolk, England, September 28, 1829. He emigrated to the United States in 1850, and, after spending a year in New York in the employ of the Pacific Steamship Company, came to California, arriving at San Francisco in February, 1852. In March he went to Calaveras county, and mined at Rich gulch nearly a year, when he went to San Francisco, with the intention of going to Australia. While waiting for the steamer the Russett house was burned, where the Cosmopolitan since stood ; he was present, and, in saving some of the inmates, was so badly burned that he was disabled for a year. In March, 1854, he came to Sierra county, and went to mining at Downieville. He mined for six months, in 1855, on the McCloud river, and got back to Downieville in July, 1856, without money. In 1861 he was appointed deputy clerk, which post he held till 1868, when he was elected clerk, and has served the county in this capacity continually since, being an efficient officer and an exceedingly popular man. He was married at Downieville, in 1863, to Miss N. A. Hill of this place, by whom he has had one son and a daughter. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

Jerome A. Vaughn, son of Jesse and Betsey Vaughn, was born at Chardon, Geauga county, Ohio, December 20, 1837. He resided at his home until nineteen years of age, acquiring an education at the Hiram institute, and learning the printer's trade, when he went to Chicago, and for several months worked in various printing-offices. He then removed to Waukegan, Illinois, and worked on the Gazette two years; after which, in 1858, he worked on the Transcript at Peoria, Illinois, until the fall of 1859, when he again changed to Delevan, Wisconsin, and became one of the proprietors of the Delevan Northron, that was burned out in 1860. Mr. Vaughn then became foreman of the Janesviile Republican job department, but on the first of April, 1861, started over- land for California, arriving in Marysville August 10. For a short time he worked on the Express and Appeal, but in September went to La Porte, then to Sacramento, and to San Francisco, laboring at his profession. In April, 1862, he was employed as a guard in the prison at San Quentin, but soon worked on the Argus at Petaluma. During that winter's session of the legislature Mr. Vaughn was clerk for the sergeant-at-arms of the assembly. In the spring of 1863 he went to Carson on horseback, then to Virginia City, and in October returned to La Porte, where he bought a half-interest in the Messenger, in November, with which he has since been connected, part of the time as senior editor. Mr. Vaughn was one of the original locators of the Bald Mountain Extension mine, and is now largely interested in it, together with several other mines. He was married December 24, 1865, to Miss Eva Passage of Delevan, Wisconsin. Their children are Altie, Jessie, Eva, and George. Mr. Vaughn is a member of the Masonic order, and is district deputy and grand master workman of the Workmen's order. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

Alonzo Ward was born at Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in October, 1822. When seventeen years old he went into a tinshop and learned the trade. In 1844 he went to Niles, Michigan, and during the next eight years resided at that place, at St. Joseph, and at Chicago. In 1852 he came to California, and worked at his trade in Sacramento. In the spring of 1853 he went to ranching on Cache creek in Sacramento county, but soon sold his ranch, came to Sierra county in July, 1853, and stopped at Craig's flat, mining most of the time until 1854, when he went to Sebastopol. In the spring of 1855, in company with six others, he started the Pioneer tunnel, wherein he lost $9,400. Mr. Ward worked at his trade for C. W. Gilbert in Downieville from 1863 to 1873, when, with Messrs. Cole and Campbell he bought the business. In 1881 it was sold to J. W. Brown, the present proprietor. Mr. Ward was married in 1870, to Mifs A. F. Flanders of Downieville. Two children have blessed their onion. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

H. G. Weir was born in Brooke county, Virginia, in the year 1830. He began work in a marble-shop at the age of fifteen, and learned the trade of marble cutter and engraver, which he followed until he came to California in 1850. He crossed the plains, and arrived at Placerville in July. Here he mined until the following spring, and then came to Poker flat in this county, where he dug for the precious metal for ten years. In 1861 he went to Morristown, and mined there until 1867, when he went to Downieville, and engaged in the livery business, which he has continued to the present time. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

John T. West is a native of Denmark, where he was born in 1835. He was raised at home, learned the clock-making trade, and came to New York in 1854. In a few months he came around the Horn to San Francisco, where he lived a year, and then, in 1855, went to Nevada City, working at Cherokee during the winter. In the following spring Mr. West came to Kanaka creek, Sierra county, and from there to Alleghany in 1857, where he began mining with the Knickerbocker company, of which he was a shareholder. Mr. West was engaged in mining at Alleghany and Smith's flat until 1868, when he opened a saloon. In 1873 he moved to Forest City, bought another saloon, retaining his interest in the old one. In 1880 he, with James McNaughton, bought the Forest house of Henry Ellery, and is now a partner with S. A. Scullin in the same popular hotel. Mr. West is interested in the South Fork mining company. He is a member of Forest Lodge No. 66, F. & A. M., at Alleghany; of Mistletoe Lodge No. 54, I. O. O. F at Alleghany; and of the Knights of Pythias No. 44, at Forest City. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

Dr. R. S. Weston was born at Belchertown, Massachusetts, in 1822, where he was raised. He received his education at Brown's university, from which he graduated in 1845, taking a degree. He afterwards attended a medical college in Woodstock, Vermont, where the degree of M. D. was conferred on him, and commenced practice in Rhode Island. Dr. Weston came to California in 1851, via the Isthmus, and settled in Butte county, where he practiced three years. In 1854 he came to Forest City, engaged in mining until 1863, without success, when he was elected to the assembly on the republican ticket. In 1864 he returned to Forest City, and opened a drug store, which is still owned by him. His present store was erected by him after the fire of 1865. He has been postmaster of the town since 1860, telegraph operator since 1864, and justice of the peace since 1866. Dr. Weston was married in Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1847, his wife dying a year after marriage. In 1851, at Woonsocket, Rhode Island, be married again, but lost his second wife in 1857. Two children by his second wife died in infancy. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and has been connected with the Good Templars lodge of Forest City since 1867. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

 J. S. Wiggins was born at Chicago, Illinois, in 1839. In 1852 he came with his father to California, arriving at Marysville in August. In May, 1853, he came to Wisconsin flat, and in the fall to Downieville, and has lived there almost continuously from that time. In January, 1854, he began work in the express office, and carried the Rumville express from there to Fosters-bar from April, 1854, to the spring of 1856. At one time he made the trip from Marysville to Downieville, 65 miles, carrying eastern papers, in seven hours and twenty minutes, riding but two animals. In 1858 he bought the passenger train (a mule train) running from Downieville to Eureka. In 1859 he sold out and worked for a company until 1861. Then he went to Forest City for a few years. In 1865, after the fire, he built a livery stable, but shortly after sold out and returned to Downieville. In 1866 he took charge of the train from there to Howland flat, and ran it for three years. Mr. Wiggins was married in 1875 to Miss E. Miller, daughter of James Miller of Sierra valley. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

 D. L. Whitney was born in Cincinnati February 3, 1827. In 1828 his parents moved to Warren county, Ohio, where he lived till 1845, when they again, moved to Lee county, Illinois. When twenty-one years of age he enlisted in company first regiment Illinois volunteers, for the Mexican war, and served till the close of the war. In the spring of 1850 he started for California, coming across the plains with two others, and arriving sixty-five days after at Placerville. In a short time he came to Downieville, and went to mining on Durgan flat. In the fall of 1851 he was in Tuolumne county, and in the spring of 1852 in El Dorado, where he opened a store at Hock creek in the fall, and sold out in 1854. He then mined a year in El Dorado, and returned to Downieville. In 1855 he built a saw-mill on Shady flat, and has been in the lumber business ever since, now owning mills on China flat and at Howard ranch. Mr. Whitney represented Sierra county in the legislature of 1871. He was married at Marysville in 1862, to Mrs. E. A. Welch of Seneca county, New York, who died at Downieville in February, 1880. By her he had one daughter. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]

Julius S. Wixson was born September 3, 1848, in Steuben county, New York. His parents removed to Alleghany county when he was quite small, in which locality he was raised, living there until twenty-five years of age. In March, 1874, he came to California, and first taught school in Sierra valley. He then taught one year at Howland flat, two years at La Porte, and one year at Gibsonville. In 1877 he was elected county superintendent, and re-elected in 1879 for the three-year term, having held the office about five years. He now resides at Sierra City, where he presides over the excellent school at that place. Mr. Wixson was married in December, 1875, to Sarah E. Peckham of Oakland, formerly of New York, who came to the western coast in 1866. Their children are Robert, born September 9, 1876; Charles Sumner, born April 10, 1881. Mr. Wixson is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges at Sierra City. [ An Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties by Farriss & Smith, 1882. Transcribed by Janice Rice.]