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BOTTIMORE, W. T.; Post Office, Galt; was born in Maryland, in 1838, and lived
there until 1848; he removed to Virginia in that year, and remained until
1871, engaged as a bricklayer; he then came to this State, and settled in
Sacramento County; is engaged in butchering; owns three, acres of land. Mr.
Bottimore was married, in 1865, to Miss Louisa Cecil, a native of Virginia;
they have six children---two boys and four girls.
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BREWSTER, JOHN; Post Office, Galt; was born in New York, in 1830; removed to
Ohio in 1839, and lived there until 1841; in that year he moved to Illinois,
and remained there until 1853, engaged in farming; he then came to California
across the plains, by the southern route; was fifteen months on the way; he
was in the mercantile business fourteen years, and followed farming about
eleven years. He was married in 1851, to Miss C. F. Coe, a native of Ohio;
they have eight children---five sons and three daughters.
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BRYANT, A. B.; Post Office, Galt; was born in Ohio, 1831; removed to Indiana
in 1834, and lived there until 1852; he came to California in that year, and
resided in El Dorado County for awhile; settled in this county in 1855, and
engaged in farming and stock business; owns 40 acres of land, worth, with
improvements, about $3,000. He was married in 1869 to Miss F. M. Ferguson, a
native of Chicago, Illinois.
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CANTRELL, D. H.; Post Office, Hicksville; lives two miles from that town, and
twenty miles from Sacramento; was born in Tennessee in 1818; removed to
Missouri in 1832, and lived there until 1853, engaged in farming; he came to
California in that year and settled on the ranch where he now lives: owns
eight hundred acres of land, worth, with improvements, about twenty thousand
dollars. He was married in 1844 to Miss H. Kerby, a native of East Tennessee;
they have four children---one son and three daughters.
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CHASE, HIRAM; Post Office, Galt; lives two and a half miles from that town;
was born in New York in 1824, and lived there until 1852, engaged in farming
and lumbering; he came to California in that year and remained until 1857,
when he returned to the State of New York and resided there until 1869; he
then came back to this State; owns one hundred and sixty acres of land, worth
about twenty dollars per acre. Mr. Chase was married in 1859 to Amanda
Frazier, also a native of New York: they have two children---son and daughter.
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FAWCETT, WILLIAM; Post Office, Galt; lives one and a half miles from that
town; was born in England in 1828; emigrated to the United States when about
four years of age, with his parents, and lived in Ohio until 1852; he came to
California in that year, and resided in El Dorado County until 1854, being
engaged in teaming; he then settled in this county and continued teaming; he
moved to Dry Creek in 1862, and has since been farming; owns one hundred and
twenty acres of land in this county, and two hundred acres in San Joaquin
County.
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FERGUSON, WM. H.; Post Office, Galt; lives five miles north-west of that town,
and twenty-seven miles from Sacramento; was born in Pennsylvania in 1841, and
lived there until 1853; he came to California in that year, and engaged in
teaming; subsequently he moved to San Joaquin County, and remained there until
1859; he then settled in this county; owns four hundred and twenty-two acres
of land, worth, with improvements, about $7000. Mr. Ferguson was married in
1875 to Miss E. J. Uin, a native of this State; they have two children, son
and daughter. A view of his place is given in this work.
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FRANK, L. H.; Post Office, Galt; lives half a mile from that town; was born in
New York in 1813; removed to Ohio in 1836, lived there until 1854, engaged in
tanning and harness making; he then moved to Omaha, Nebraska, and stopped
until 1855, when he went to Iowa, and remained there until 1863, engaged in
farming; in that year he came to this State, and settled in this county, where
he has since lived; owns eighty acres of land, worth, with improvements, about
$3000. He was married in 1836 to Rebecca M. Cowdery, also a native of New
York; they have three children, a son and two daughters. Mr. Frank held the
office of Postmaster in Ohio nine years. He was the first Postmaster at Omaha.
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FUGITT, C. C., lives at Galt, his Post Office. He was born three miles from
new territory, at what was called “Platt Purchase,” in 1827, where he remained
till 1846, engaged in farming. In 1852 he moved to Fremont County, Iowa. July
4, 1847, Mr. Fugitt enlisted in a battalion of Missouri mounted volunteers,
and was ordered to California. They came to Fort Laramie and then returned.
Mr. Fugitt came to California in 1852, and settled in San Joaquin County where
he remained till 1875, when he moved to Sacramento County. In 1849 he married
Miss Elizabeth M. Williams, a native of Missouri, by whom he has had four
children, one boy and three girls. Mr. Fugitt has held the offices of
Postmaster (at Liberty, California), Notary Public and Deputy Assessor.
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FURNISH, WILLIAM R.; Post Office, Galt, where he lives; was born in Missouri
in 1838, and lived there until 1859, engaged in farming. He came to California
in that year, and was in the stock business in San Joaquin County until 1869;
he then moved to Solano County, and remained there until 1872, when he came to
this county, and stopped about two and a-half years; then he went to Fresno
County, and resided about two and a half years, when he returned to this
county. He was married in 1867 to Lucy Silvey, also a native of Missouri; they
have three children living, a son and two daughters.
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GATES, JAMES B., lives five miles from Galt, his Post Office, and twenty-seven
miles from Sacramento. He was born in Onondaga County, New York, in 1817,
where he remained till 1833; he then moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and engaged in
teaching school for two years, when he returned to Oneida Institute, where he
studied for two years. In 1849 he moved to Monroe, New York, and followed the
livery business; then came to California and followed mining and farming. In
1862 he went to England, returning in 1863. Mr. Gates married Levina Thomas, a
native of Devonshire, England, in 1864. Mr. Gates has held the office of
Justice of the Court of Sessions for Sacramento County.
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GEAR,
GEO. T.; Post Office, Hicksville; lives seven miles from Galt, and twenty-one
miles from Sacramento; was born in Wisconsin in 1854, removed to Minnesota in
1858, and lived there until 1870; in that year he went to Oregon, and was in
the wood business there until 1874; he then came to California: rents one
hundred and thirty-three acres of land from his mother. He was married in 1878
to Maria L. Wirts, a native of this county.
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GRAY,
GEORGE N.; Post Office, Galt; was born in New York, in 1827; removed to Ohio
in 1845, and lived there until 1850; engaged in farming and teaching; he then
started for California, but was detained about a year in St. Louis on account
of the cholera; he settled in this county in 1852, and was engaged in farming
and carpentering; afterwards he kept a hotel in San Joaquin County for eight
years; owns 160 acres of land. He was married in 1874, to Jennie Dodge, also a
native of New York; they have three children, all boys.
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HARVEY, C. W.; Post Office, Galt; was born in New York, in 1831; removed to
Illinois in 1844, and lived there until 1853, engaged in farming; he then came
to California and settled in this county, engaging in the stock business and
dairying; in 1873 he moved to Galt, where he is now running a hotel. He was
married in 1852, to Miss Martha Sherwood, also a native of New York; they have
three children---two boys and a girl.
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HARVEY, O., M.D.; post Office, Galt, where he lives; was born in Wayne
County., New York, in 1825, and lived there until 1845; in that year he went
to Illinois; graduated from Rock Island Medical School in 1849, and practiced
medicine in that State until 1850; he then came to California and practiced
medicine in El Dorado County until the spring of 1868, when he settled in
Galt; in 1858, he served as a delegate from the State Medical Society to the
National Medical Association, and, while East, graduated from the Medical
Department of New York University; he was a member of Board of Directors of
Insane Asylum for a term of five years. Dr. Harvey was a member of State
Senate, from El Dorado County, for three sessions; and also a member of the
Assembly, from Sacramento County, for one term. Since his removal to this
county he has been engaged in farming; owns three thousand acres of land. He
was married, in 1868, to Miss S. M. Hall, a native of New Haven, Connecticut;
they have two children---son and daughter.
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HAYT,
ANNA; Post Office, Hicksville; lives three miles from that town; was born in
North Carolina in 1829; removed to Texas in 1836, and lived there until 1846;
she then came to California, 1853. Mrs. Hayt was raised a slave, but bought
her freedom in 1858. She married James Hayt, a native of Alabama, in 1858, by
whom she has one son, now living.
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KANE,
J. O.; Post Office, Hicksville; lives one mile from that town and six miles
from Galt; was born in Ireland in 1820; emigrated to the United States in
1830, and lived in New York until 1845, engaged in farming; in that year he
removed to Illinois, and continued farming until 1850; he then came to
California across the plains, being three months on the way, and settled in
Placerville; he came to this county in 1855; owns two hundred acres of land,
worth, with improvements, about two thousand dollars. Mr. Kane now holds the
office of Justice of the Peace.
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KREEGER, S.; Post Office, Galt; lives three and a half miles from that town,
and twenty-five miles from Sacramento; was born in North Carolina in 1829, and
lived there until 1849; he came to California in that year and lived in El
Dorado County until 1853; he then moved to this county, and kept a feed store
in Sacramento City for five years; previous to that, though, he followed
mining; settled on his present location in 1863. He was married in 1863 to
Miss Jane Cunningham, a native of Belvidere, Illinois; they have seven
children---three boys and four girls. He owns four hundred and fifty-one and a
half acres of land, worth, with improvements, about $6500. A view of his place
is given on another page.
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McFARLAND, JOHN; Post Office, Galt; lives four miles from that town and
twenty-eight miles from Sacramento; was born in Scotland in 1824; emigrated to
the United States in 1834, and lived several years in New York; he then went
to Canada, and was engaged there as a carpenter and cabinet-maker until 1847,
when he moved to Illinois and worked at his trade until 1850; he came to
California in that year, and made Placerville his home until 1856; engaged in
mining the first year in the State; he built the first flume that was built in
El Dorado County, and continued the business at Mokelumne Hill. Mr. McFarland
bought his ranch in 1853, but did not settle on it until 1856, since when, he
has followed farming and stock-raising; owns two thousand one hundred and
eighty acres of land, worth about twenty-five dollars per acre; he has a very
fine house, and other improvements. A view of his place may he seen on another
page.
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MORONEY, DENIS; Post Office, Hicksville, lives six miles from that town and
twenty-five miles from Sacramento; was born in Ireland in 1829, and lived
there until 1848; emigrated to the United States in that year, and resided in
the City of New York until 1858, engaged in draying; he then came to this
State and county; owns five hundred and forty-six acres of land, worth, with
improvements, about $12,000. Mr. Maroney was married in 1855 to Bridget
Sexton, also a native of Ireland; they have four children---a son and three
daughters. A view of his place may be seen on another page.
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NEED,
GEORGE; Post Office, Galt; lives five miles from that town, and twenty-five
miles from Sacramento; was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1836; emigrated to the
United States with his parents in 1840, and lived in Indiana until 1857,
engaged in farming. He then came to California, and settled in this county; he
subsequently moved to Fresno County, and was engaged in stock-raising there
until 1867, when he returned to this county, and has since been farming; owns
six hundred and thirteen acres of land. He was married in 1867 to Miss S. J.
Ehler, a native of Indiana; they have four children, two boys and two girls. A
view of his place appears in this work.
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<PLANALP,
PETER; Post Office, Hicksville; lives six miles from Galt and twenty-two miles
from Sacramento; was born in Switzerland in 1828; emigrated with his parents
to the United States in 1834, and lived in Indiana until 1852. He then came to
California, and settled in this county; subsequently he moved to Fresno
County, and was in the stock business there for about five years. Since his
return to this county he has been farming and stock-raising; owns twelve
hundred and thirty acres of land. He was married in 1870 to Miss R. M. Need, a
native of Indiana; they have four children, a son and three daughters. Views
of Mr. Planalp's property may be seen elsewhere.
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PUTNEY, GEORGE S.; Post Office, Elk Grove; lives five miles from that town,
and twenty miles from Sacramento; was born in New York in 1830, and lived
there until 1851. He came to California in that year, and settled in this
county, where he has since lived, engaged in farming; owns three hundred acres
of land. Mr. Putney was married in 1870 to Miss J. M. Dixon, a native of
Vermont; she died in 1875; he was married again in 1878 to Helen Larkin, a
native of Pennsylvania; he has three children, a boy and two girls.
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PUTNEY, HENRY S.; born in State of New York, May 13, 1828, where he remained
until February, 1849, when he started for California, via the Isthmus route.
When he arrived at Panama, his money was exhausted, and he engaged in
ship-building, mining, water-selling, and hotel-keeping to replenish his
purse. On arriving in California, July 28, 1849, he went at once to the mines
at Lay's Bar, on the American River. In the Spring of 1850 Mr. Putney went to
the mines on Murderer's Bar. His mining enterprises proved very successful.
During the Fall of 1850 he went on a ranch near San Jose, which he abandoned
for the present home, six miles east of Elk Grove; he has resided here since,
and has been engaged in farming, stock-raising and threshing. To him belongs
the honor of running the first thresher ever run in the valley, and he has
continued the business for twenty-eight years. In pioneer days he got twenty
cents a bushel for threshing grain; six hundred bushels was a fair day's work.
The farm on which he now lives is well located, and is very productive; it
contains six hundred and fifty acres of land, and is valued at $8,700.
November 27, 1862, Mr. Putney married Miss Rhoda A. Bates. They have five
children, named respectively Melvina E., George S., Julia M., Eliza C., and
Frank M., all of whom are now living. A view of Mr. Putney's house is given
elsewhere.
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RANDOLPH, ALFRED ; Post Office, Hicksville; lives six miles from Galt, and one
and a-quarter miles from Hicksville; was born in Illinois in 1832, and lived
there until 1850. He came to California in that year, and engaged in mining in
Placerville until 1860; he then settled in this county, and has since been
farming; owns two hundred and fifty acres of land, worth, with improvements,
about $5,000. He was married in 1876 to Miss Emma McFadden, a native of Ohio;
they have two children, a son and daughter.
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RANDOLPH, S. T.; Post Office, Galt; lives five miles from that town, and
twenty-five miles from Sacramento; was born in Illinois in 1828, and lived
there until 1850, engaged in farming. He came to California in that year and
was engaged in mining at Placerville until 1852; he then settled in this
county, and has since been farming and stock-raising; owns four hundred acres
of land, worth, with improvements, about $7,500.
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RANDOLPH, THOMAS, Post Office, Hicksville; lives one and a half miles from
that town, and six and a half miles from Galt; was born in McLean County,
Illinois, in 1826, and lived there until 1855, engaged in farming; he moved to
Kansas in that year and remained there until 1860, continuing in the business
of farming; he then came to California, and settled in this county, where he
has been farming; owns one hundred acres of land, worth, with improvements,
about three thousand dollars. Mr. Randolph was married in 1878 to Mary Cooley.
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RILEY, MARGARET T. ; Post Office, Hicksville; lives four miles from Galt, and
twenty-two miles from Sacramento; was born in New York City in 1824, and lived
there until 1852; she came to California in that year, and resided in
Sacramento City until 1854, being there through the flood and fire; she then
(1854) moved to the place where she now resides: owns four hundred and
fifty-six acres of land, worth, with improvements, about nine thousand
dollars. She was married in 1851 to Peter Riley, a native of Ireland, and whom
she had five children; one son and two daughters are deceased; she has two
sons living. Mr. Riley died June 2, 1873.
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RUSSELL, W. H., lives five miles from Galt, his Post Office, and thirty miles
from Sacramento; he was born in California in May, 1859. In 1871 removed to
Sacramento City and continued at school till 1878. He then went to El Dorado
County and engaged in the dairy business for one year. In 1879 he moved to the
present home of eleven hundred acres (one half of which Mr. Russell owns), and
engaged in the dairy business. The ranch is known as the Garden Valley Dairy
Ranch, and is worth about twenty thousand dollars. This property was left Mr.
Russell, by his father, who settled on the place in 1850, and whose decease
took place in 1861.
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SAWYER, JAMES C., Post Office, Galt; was born in Maine in 1832; removed to New
Hampshire in 1837, and lived there until 1848, working in a cotton factory; in
that year he went to Boston, and resided there until 1851, when he moved to
New York and worked at carpentering until 1852; he then went to Wisconsin,
and, in the spring of 1853, he crossed the plains to California, arriving in
Placerville May 8, and came to this county in same year. Mr. Sawyer was in the
war with the Klamath Indians in 1855; he was with Mullan's expedition when
building wagon road from Walla Walla to Fort Benton; was at the Northern mines
when first discovered, and followed mining in Siskiyou County ten years; was
also at the Salmon River mines. Since he settled permanently in this county,
he has followed stock-raising and dairying: owns twelve hundred acres in the
county; he was the first Master of Galt Grange. Married in 1871, to Miss
Augusta Rane, a native of Hamburg, Germany; they have two children son and
daughter.
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SAWYER, J. H.; Post Office, Galt; was born in New Hampshire, in 1830; removed
to Massachusetts in 1846, and lived there until 1850, engaged in carpentering;
he then moved to New York, and worked at his trade until 1852, when he went to
Wisconsin, and continued working at his trade until 1853; he came across the
plains to California in that year, and stopped a short time in El Dorado
County; in the fall of the same year he came to this county; in 1856, he
returned to Wisconsin, and resided there until 1859, when he crossed the
plains again, and came to this State; he owns nine hundred and forty acres of
land. He was married, in 1856, to Jennie C. Newcomb, a native of New York;
they have four children two sons and two daughters.
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SAYLES, JAMES T. ; Post Office, Hicksville; lives three and a half miles from
that town; was born in Iowa, in 1848, and lived there until 1854; he came to
California in that year, and lived in El Dorado County until 1858; he then
moved to this county; owns two hundred and twenty-two acres of land, worth
about ten dollars per acre. He was married, in 1871, to Miss J. Williamson, a
native of this State; they have four children three sons and a daughter.
[Found them in 1880 Sacramento County, Dry Creek Census. Name is spelled
Sales.]
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SMITH, I. M., was born on the 18th day of January, 1839, in Kentucky, where he
remained till 1852, when his parents moved to Illinois. In 1857 he went to
Missouri, and worked in a saw mill. Joined the “Shepherd Brothers” train for
California in 1859; the party consisted of twelve men, three women and five
children; the train was attacked by Indians, about forty miles east of Rfft
River, and Mr. Smith, among others, was wounded; five men were killed. The
party was obliged to retreat, leaving property, till they met another train.
After the new train was formed, they pushed forward, and arrived at lone City,
Amador County, September 10, 1859. Since his arrival Mr. Smith has lived in
Buena Vista Camp, lone City, Susanville, Woodland, Acampo, McConnell's
Station, and is now living at Galt. He has engaged in mining, farming,
teaming, blacksmithing, mail contracting, and is now engaged in the wood
business, both wholesale and retail. Mr. S. has held the offices of Justice of
the Peace two years, Constable two years; is now Justice of the Peace at Galt.
On the 10th of March, 1870, he married Mrs. E. Packard; they have had two
girls, one of whom is now living, aged eight years.
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STOCK, A. G.; Post Office, Galt; lives three miles from that town, and
twenty-five miles from Sacramento; was born in England in 1833, and lived
there until 1852, engaged in farming; emigrated to the United States in that
year, stopping a short time in New York; came to California in the same year,
and lived in Placer County until 1856, when he moved to this county; has been
engaged in teaming, farming and sheep raising; owns four hundred and
twenty-six acres of land, worth, with improvements, about $4400. He was
married in 1862 to Miss Martha E. Cantrell, a native of Illinois; they have
seven children, lour suns and three daughters.
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VALENSIN, G., lives at Hicksville, twenty-one miles from Sacramento. He owns
two thousand five hundred acres of land. He was born in Italy in 1852. A view
of his place is given on another page.
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WEST, C.
M. ; Post Office, Elliott, San Joaquin County; lives eight miles from Galt and
thirty from Sacramento. He owns five hundred and sixty acres of land, valued
at $10,000. He was born in Erie County, Pennsylvania, in 1831, and moved to
Pike County, Illinois, in 1839. Here he remained, engaged in farming, until
1852, when he came to California. Since living in this State he has been
variously engaged in mining, butchering, merchandising, stock-raising and
farming. He married Miss America Baker, a native of Missouri, in 1870. They
have one son and two daughters.
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WISER,
HIRAM; Post Office, Galt; lives two miles from that town and twenty-seven and
a half miles from Sacramento; was born in Pennsylvania, in 1824; removed to
Illinois in 1836, and lived there until 1858, engaged in farming; he moved to
Kansas in that year, and leaving his family there, he spent about two years in
the Rocky Mountains; he left Kansas in 1861 and went to Iowa, where he
followed farming until 1863; he then came to California; owns three hundred
and fifty-five acres of land, worth, with improvements, about 25,000. The
house Mr. Wiser lives in was built in Maine and shipped here by way of the
Horn. He was married in 1853, to Miss Delia Gray, a native of Ohio; they have
five children a son and four daughters.
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WRISTON, S. E.; Post Office, Galt; lives in that town; was born in Illinois in
1833, and lived there until 1852; he came to California in that year across
the plains, and settled in this county, engaging in stock-raising and
dairying; owns four hundred and twenty-seven and a half acres of land, worth
about twenty dollars per acre. Mr. Wriston was married in 1870 to J. V.
Ferguson, a native of Illinois; they have two children son and daughter.
Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by
Thompson & West. .