Plumas County Biographies

Walter Ede

Transcribed by Craig Hahn, Oct 2004

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This gentleman is one of the leading farmers and stock growers of Sierra valley. 
He was born in Sussex county, England, on the twenty-ninth day of July, 1835. He 
came to the United States in 1843, with his parents, and settled in Waukeshaw 
county, Wisconsin. On the third day of March, 1857, he embarked, via the 
Isthmus, for California. When he first landed in California he engaged in 
mining, and pursued this industry in different localities with more than average 
success; but he was not satisfied with the life of a miner, and in 1863 bought 
the ranch he now owns, and engaged in stock growing and dairying.  Mr. Ede deals 
extensively in cattle.  He has 1,300 acres of land, well watered by the stream 
known as Adams creek, which waters a considerable portion of Sierra valley.  Mr. 
Ede was married December 31, 1870, to Miss Caroline A. Dean, daughter of Moses 
and Sarah Dean, who was born in Picaway county, Ohio, October 26, 1854. They now 
have four children; Cora May, born May 8, 1874; Leonard Greely, December 13, 
1875; Charles Walter, January 17, 1878; and Irene, January 23, 1880. When Mr. 
Ede arrived in California he was penniless, and with a limited education, 
obtained in the common schools of Wisconsin; but he has been successful in 
business, and by tact and industry has surrounded himself with a good property 
and comfortable home. He handles about three hundred head of cattle annually, 
and the amount of business done is above $10,000 per annum
 
Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from 
1513 to 1850. - Fariss and Smith, San Francisco,  1882. p 264