Sierra County
Biographies
O. Scheffer
was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1830. At the age of sixteen he began clerking in a store, where he remained for four years. In 1850 he crossed the continent to California, and first mined in El Dorado county. In 1851 he was at Yreka, and from there in a short time went to Nevada county, where he mined until 1860. He then followed mining at Forest City until 1865, when he opened a saloon, in which business he has been engaged to the present. He was married in 1863, to Miss C. Young of Forest City, who has borne him nine children, eight of whom are living.
Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from 1513 to 1850. - Fariss and Smith, San Francisco, 1882. p 494-495
Transcribed by Craig Hahn, Nov. 2004
S. A. Scullin
came to California in 1857, at the age of twenty-one. His native town was Essex, Chittenden county, Vermont. When eighteen years old he went to Troy, New York, where he lived one year, after which he spent two years in New York city. Upon his arrival by steamer at San Francisco, Mr. Scullin proceeded at once to Forest City, where most of the time since he has been engaged in contracting, mining, and timbering. For seven years he had the contract to furnish the Bald Mountain mine with timber. In November, 1863, he enlisted in the seventh California volunteers, was stationed for six months at San Francisco, and during the next year and a half at Fort Yuma, Maricopa Wells, and Camp McDowell, his regiment building the latter fort. He was in Arizona one year, participated in one campaign against the Apaches, and in 1865 returned to San Francisco, where he was discharged. In the fall of 1865 Mr. Scullin bought James McNaughton’s interest in the Forest house, and became a partner of Mr. West. He was married in October, 1869, at Grass Valley, to Miss Mary Griffen, a native of Vermont. Three boys have been born to them, named Willis Earle, Austin Everett, and Paul Elwood, Mr. Scullin is a member of the Forest City lodge of Knights Pythias, in which he occupies the position of Chancellor.
Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from 1513 to 1850. - Fariss and Smith, San Francisco, 1882. p 495
Transcribed by Craig Hahn, Nov. 2004
D. L. Whitney
was born in Cincinnati February 3, 1827. In 1828 his parents moved to Warren county, Ohio, where he lived till 1845, when they again moved to Lee county, Illinois. When twenty-one years of age he enlisted in company G, first regiment Illinois volunteers, for the Mexican war, and served till the close of the war. In the spring of 1850 he started for California, coming across the plains with two others, and arriving sixty-five days after at Placerville. In a short time he came to Downieville, and went to mining on Durgan flat. In the fall of 1851 he was in Tuolumne county, and in the spring of 1852 in El Dorado, where he opened a store at Rock creek in the fall, and sold out in 1854. He then mined a year in El Dorado, and returned to Downieville. In 1855 he built a saw-mill on Shady flat, and has been in the lumber business ever since, now owning mills on China flat and at Howard ranch. Mr. Whitney represented Sierra county in the legislature of 1871. He was married at Marysville in 1862, to Mrs. E. A. Welch of Seneca county, New York, who died at Downieville in February, 1880. By her he had one daughter.
Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from 1513 to 1850. - Fariss and Smith, San Francisco, 1882. p 498
Transcribed by Craig Hahn, Nov. 2004
Dr. R. S. Weston
was born at Belchertown, Massachusetts, in 1822, where he was raised. He received his education at Brown’s university, from which he graduated in 1845, taking a degree. He afterwards attended a medical college in Woodstock, Vermont, where the degree of M.D. was conferred on him, and commenced practice in Rhode Island. Dr. Weston came to California in 1851, via the Isthmus, and settled in Butte county, where he practiced three years. In 1854 he came to Forest City, engaged in mining until 1863, without success, when he was elected to the assembly on the republican ticket. In 1864 he returned to Forest City, and opened a drug store, which is still owned by him. His present store was erected by him after the fire of 1865. He has been postmaster of the town since 1860, telegraph operator since 1864, and justice of the peace since 1866. Dr. Weston was married in Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1847, his wife dying a year after marriage. In 1851, at Woonsocket, Rhode Island, he married again, but lost his second wife in 1857. Two children by his second wife died in infancy. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and has been connected with the Good Templars lodge of Forest City since 1867.
Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from 1513 to 1850. - Fariss and Smith, San Francisco, 1882. p 497
Transcribed by Craig Hahn, Nov. 2004