Butte County
Biographies
EDWARD G. TAYLOR
E. G. Taylor was born in Leeds, York county, England, August 12, 1818. When grown to manhood he went to Australia, and in 1848 was married to Miss Amelia Teague, at the town of Adelaide, in Australia. In December, 1849, they started for California, arriving here in April, 185. Mr. Taylor conducted a hotel at Hamilton, and at the same time engaged in farming. In 1855, his hotel was burned, and his oldest son met his death in the flames. Mr. Taylor was also badly burned at the fire. Having settled on what was called the Fernandez grant, he was dispossessed by the holders and left under protest. He then purchased a farm nine miles west of Hamilton, and continued at farming until 1874, when he sold out, moved to Gridley, and became proprietor and manager of the Gridley hotel. Mr. Taylor died of typhoid-pneumonia, January 30, 1878, at sixty years of age, leaving a wife, four daughters and three sons. Three children had died previously. The children were all born in Butte county, with the exception of one, a daughter, who was born in Australia and died in California in 1850. The second daughter, Amelia Ann, was married to William Spence, October 18, 1868; the third daughter, Mary Frances, is now the wife of Charles E. Gridley, son of the late George W. Gridley; Edward F. died in September, 1880, leaving a wife, the daughter of N. Wilson, and one child.
History of Butte County, California: From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time - Vol. II - Harry L. Wells & W. L. Chambers - 547 Clay Street, San Francisco, Cal., 1882.
Transcribed by: Betty Wilson
JOHN M. VANDERHOOF
JOHN M. VANDERHOOF, son of John and Betsey E. Vanderhoof, was born in the town of Phelps, Ontario county, New York, December 27, 1829. His boyhood days were spent in school and on the farm. In 1852, he emigrated to California, and engaged in mining at Forbestown, Yankee flat and other places on the south fork. After seven years he quit mining and began to team from the Sacramento valley to various places in and beyond the mountains. In 1870, he purchased the dairy and stock-ranch, on which he now lives. It consists of about 700 acres., He was married on the fourteenth of February, 1876, to Louisa L. Hartman, daughter of George and Elizabeth Hartman,. He is a member of the order of Odd Fellows at Oroville, and of the encampment; also, of the A.O.U.W., and of a branch of the same order, known as the Guarantee Fund Association. A view of the residence can be seen in this volume.
History of Butte County, California: From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time - Vol. II - Harry L. Wells & W. L. Chambers - 547 Clay Street, San Francisco, Cal., 1882.
Transcribed by: Betty Wilson
LEWIS WAGONER
LEWIS WAGONER was born in Knox county, Ohio, April 26, 1825, where he lived until twenty-four years of age. In April, 1849, he started overland for California, arriving above Steep Hollow, on Bear creek, in the month of August of that year. From there Mr. Wagoner went to Rose bar, on the Yuba, and ran a bakery and boarding-house until January, 1850, when he went to Bear river. He was at Downieville during a large part of the year. In the spring of 1851 he took up a claim in Plumas county, which he has held thirty years. From 1851 to 1858 he was engaged in packing and selling merchandise. He packed goods between Rich bar, on East branch, and Meadow valley, and passed through some pretty rough experience. He afterwards engaged in farming, which continues to be his sole occupation, and since 1858 has traded extensively in cattle. He came to Butte county in March, 1881, when he purchased his present residence. Mr. Wagoner was married in Oroville, in 1858, to Lucy Culver, a native of Vermont. She died in June, 1876. He was again married, on the fourteenth of July, 1880, to Miss Annie Stewart, who is proud of having been born, raised and married near Yuba city, Sutter county. Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner’s present residence was formerly owned by Thomas Dignen.
History of Butte County, California: From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time - Vol. II - Harry L. Wells & W. L. Chambers - 547 Clay Street, San Francisco, Cal., 1882.
Transcribed by: Betty Wilson