El Dorado County
Biographies
LEVI DARRINGTON
This gentleman is of English origin; he was a son of James and Eliza (nee Levell) Darrington, and born in Bedfordshire, England, on the 10th day of February, 1844. His father was a farmer and Levi worked on the farm during his minority. He came to America with a brother and stopped at Rockford, Illinois, where he engaged in farming. In January, 1860, he arrived at San Francisco, and after about one month spent in looking around the city he went to Richmond Hill and began mining. In this he was not successful, and abandoned it for a position with E. Townsend, of Mormon Island, in the butcher business. In a short time he began butchering on his own account and followed it till 1867, when he purchased his present home of 780 acres, located on the North Fork of the American river, twenty-nine miles from Sacramento. The farm is a productive one and under a good state of cultivation. On the 11th day of February, 1872, he was married to Jane Cornelius, a daughter of William and Mary Ann (nee Johns) Cornelius, she was born in Cornwall, England, October 24th, 1847, and came to California in 1872. They have six children, viz.: Thomas, born December 2d, 1872; William, born November 30th, 1874; George, born April 15th, 1876; Zacharias, born November 9th, 1877; Mary J., born August 18th, 1879 and Edith E., born March 15th, 1881. Mr. Darrington is a hard-working practical farmer, believing that what is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
John Darrington was born September 11th, 1853, in England; he came to the United States in 1865 and to California in 1869. He was married January 24th, 1882, to May Lloyd, a daughter of Charles Lloyd. He has 160 acres of land adjoining his brother’s. They are both industrious and successful tillers of the soil.
Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County, California with Illustrations & Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men & Pioneers - Oakland, Cal. - Paolo Sioli, Publisher, 1883. p - 239
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler