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BABCOCK, I. N., lives
two miles from Sacramento, his Post Office; owns thirty-five acres of land; was
born in Rhode Island in 1828; removed when four years of age to Ohio, and lived
there into 1849; he came to California in that year, driving oxen across the
plains, and settled where he has resided ever since; is now engaged in farming,
stock raising and dairying. Mr. Babcock says, when he arrived where Sacramento
now stands, the ground was covered with campers, anxious to get to the mines,
but who had no means of conveyance; he commenced teaming to the mines, receiving
10c per pound for freight; with his six oxen being made as high as $300 per
week. He was married in 1868 to Mrs. Evaline Leak, a native of Kentucky, who
had six children by her former husband; she has borne Mr. Babcock one daughter.
He held the office of Justice of the Peace from 1852 to '54, and of Supervisor
from 1858 to '60.
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CIPPA, THOMAS, lives 6
1/2 miles from Sacramento, his Post Office; owns 147 acres of land; was born in
Switzerland in 1835, and lived there until 1859; in that year he went to
Australia, and engaged in mining and butchering until 1866; he then came to
California, and remained here until 1872, when he returned to the place of his
nativity. He came back to this State in the same year, and is now engaged in
farming and stock raising; his land and improvements are worth about $4500. Mr.
Cippa has held the office of School Trustee of Oak Grove District. He was
married in 1866 to Mary Bernasochi, also a native of Switzerland; they have four
sons and one daughter.
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COFFIELD, P., lives
one and a half miles from Sacramento, which is his Post Office; was born in
Denmark in 1843, and lived there until 1862; he came to England, and followed
the life of a sailor until 1868; he came to California in that year by way of
Australia, and engaged in farming in this county until 1874; he then moved to
Sacramento City, and was proprietor of Sierra Nevada saloon for about four
years. In 1878 you removed to his present place of business, at the Shed,
American River bridge, where he keeps a saloon, just north of the Toll Bridge.
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COLBURN, J. A., lives
eleven miles from Sacramento, which is his Post Office; owns two thousand nine
hundred acres of land, 640 acres of which is in Sacramento County; was born in
New Hampshire in 1818; in 1836 he removed to New York, and subsequently to Ohio,
where he lived until 1852, engaged as a cooper; he came to California in that
year, and remained about four years and Sacramento City. In 1856 he purchased
the old Eagle Hotel, in Placer County, and ran it about seven years; travel on
that road then being light, he removed to his present place in American
Township, where he has since been engaged in farming and stock raising. Mr.
Colburn was married in 1845 to Miss C. French; they have to daughters.
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CONE, GEORGE, lives one
and a half miles from Sacramento, which is his Post Office; he owns seventy-two
acres of land; was born in Ohio, in 1815, and lived there a until 1838; he then
moved to Missouri, and engaged in farming until 1844; in that year he removed to
Cincinnati, and was engaged as lumber measurer on the Ohio River and Fourth
Ward, for about eight years. He came to California in 1852, and settled in this
county, where he now resides. He was married, in 1861, to Katherine C. Lyon, a
native of New York; there they have one son, and one daughter. Mr. Cone was a
member of the Assembly in 1855; he has held the office of Justice of the Peace
since 1854, with the exception of year 1855.
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EVERETT, C. A., lives
four miles from Sacramento, which is his Post Office; was born in Maine, in
1834; when seven years of age, he removed with his family to Massachusetts, and
lived there until 1852; he came to California in that year, and engaged in
mining; subsequently he moved to this county, where he is now engaged in farming
and carpentering. Mr. Everett has held the office of Deputy Assessor for the
last fourteen years. He was married, in 1863, to Louisa Werden, a native of New
York; they have three sons and one daughter.
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FOLEY, MICHAEL, lives
five miles from Sacramento, his Post Office; owns 148 acres of land; was born in
Ireland, in 1819, and lived there until 1849, engaged in farming; he emigrated
to the United States in that year, making New York his home, being engaged in
steamboating until 1851; came to California, and settled in this county in 1852,
where he is now farming and raising stock; his land and improvements are worth
about $4500. Mr. Foley has held the office of Clerk of Oak Grove School
District. He is was married, in 1846, to Mary Coakley, also a native of
Ireland, and who has borne him six children -- -- two boys, and four girls, all
of whom are living.
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HOLLAND, JAMES, was
born in South Carolina, in 1824; he removed to Alabama, and remained till 1850,
when he started for California. After his arrival, the mines engaged in his
attention for seventeen years; then went to the silver mines of Idaho, and
remained some time. Mr. Holland removed to Sacramento in 1867, and bought the
property known as Hubbard' s Gardens, which included the first orchard in or
about Sacramento. In years past, this orchard used to give a profit of $10,000
or $12,000 per annum. The orchard is to-day well stocked with the finest
varieties of cherries, apples, nectarines, &c. Twenty-four acres are set in
alfalfa, and the yield is prodigious. Mr. Holland married Adilia Black, a
native of Georgia, in 1871. A fine view of Mr. Holland's property may be seen
on another page. His Post Office is Sacramento.
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JOHNSTON, WILLIAM E.,
lives twelve miles from Sacramento, which is his Post Office; he owns 310 acres
of land; was born in Ireland, in 1816; emigrated to the United States, in 1827,
and lived in Knox County, Ohio, until 1833; he then moved to St. Louis,
Missouri, and engaged in milling and farming until 1853; he came to California
in that year, and settled in this county, where he has since been engaged at
farming. He was married, in 1849, to Margaret Hargrave, also a native of
Ireland; she has borne him eight children, all of whom are living -- five sons,
and three daughters. Mr. Johnston held the office of School Trustee, of Lincoln
District, for about six years. A view of Mr. Johnston's place may be seen on
another page.
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JUDGE, MRS. WINIFRED,
lives three miles from Sacramento, which is her Post Office, she was born in
Ireland; her maiden name was Kane; she was married, in 1852, to John J. Judge;
he was born in Ireland, in 1822, and lived there until 1848; he emigrated to the
United States in that year, and lived in North Carolina, engaged in masonry, a
until 1852; he then came with his bride, to California, and settled in this
county; he died in 1876. Mrs. Judge has carried the business (farming) on since
her husband's death; she has three sons, and two daughters living -- one son
deceased. She owns seven hundred fifty-three acres of land, which, with
improvements, are worth about $16,000. A view of Mrs. Judges plays may be seen
on another page.
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KEITHLY, ABRAM; Post
Office, Sacramento; lives ten miles from that city; was born in Missouri, in
1831, and lived there until 1849; he came to California in that year, and has
lived in this county ever since; he has been engaged in farming and threshing
for the last twenty-five years; owns one hundred and sixty acres of land, worth,
with improvements, about $2000. Mr. Keithly has held the office of Road
Overseer, of District No. 3. He was married, in 1861, to Gertrude Chatterton, a
native of New Jersey; they have three children -- a son, and two daughters.
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