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Sacramento County
Biographies
1880
AMERICAN
TOWNSHIP.
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245
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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SMITH, GEORGE, lives ten miles from
Sacramento, which is his Post Office; owns one hundred and sixty acres of land;
was born in Maine, in 1832, and lived there until 1855; he came to California
in that year, and settled in this county, where he has lived ever since; his
land and improvements are worth about $3000.
Mr. Smith has taught school, in Lincoln District, for the last ten
years; his school numbers thirty scholars.
He was married, in 1868, to Miss Laura A. Slight, a native of Ohio; they
have one child -- a daughter.
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STRAUCH, DAVID, was born
December 16, 1830, in Bavaria, Germany, where he learned and followed the
shoemaker’s trade. Here he married Miss Lena, daughter of John P. Miller, of
Bavaria, on the 13th of March, 1850. In 1858 they left Germany for
the United States, landing in New York in June, thence via the Isthmus route to
California. They have had thirteen children, viz.:Victor Frederick, born July
28, 1851; John Peter, born December, 1857; Christina, born December 4, 1858, died November 9, 1859;
Mary, born October 21, 1860, died October 8, 1862; Jennie May, born October 29,
1862; Rudolph W., born December 22, 1864; Chs. Frank, born April 10, 1867; Emma
Caroline, born May 11, 1869; Gustave Anton, born March 12, 1871; Charlotte Julia, born June 13, 1874, and
died December 6, 1876; Annie Caroline was born August 10, 1876. Two of the
children, having died in infancy, were not named. Since his arrival in
California, Mr. Strauch has been engaged in farming and dairying. He owns a
farm of eleven hundred acres, about nine miles from Sacramento, on the road to
Marysville. The grape is cultivated for his own use only. He keeps a dairy of
sixty to one hundred cows. A view of his residence and its surroundings can be
seen on another page.
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STRAUCH,V. F., lives ten
miles from Sacramento City, and owns
five hundred and ten acres of land; he was born in Germany in 1850, and
emigrated to America and to California in 1858, where he has since lived,
engaged in farming. In 1872 he married Miss Emma Steinmiller, a native of this
State. They have a family circle of one boy and four girls. Mr. Strauch’s land
and improvements are worth $10,000, a fine view of which may be seen on another
page. Post Office, Sacramento City.
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WEBER, MRS. ELIZABETH,
lives eight miles from Sacramento, which is her Post Office; was born in
Germany in 1825, and lived there until 1854; she emigrated to the United States
in that year, and came to California; she owns one hundred and sixty acres of land, which is well located; she has a
vineyard and distillery in connection with her farm; her land and improvements
are worth about $6000. She was married
in 1864 (her maiden name being Jugal) to J. Weber, and by whom she has had two
sons and four daughters all living. Mr. Weber died in 1878.
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WILLIAMS, MRS. J. A.,
lives ten miles from Sacramento, which is her Post Office; she owns six hundred
and twenty acres of land; was born in Georgia. She married Wm. H. Graham, and
had by him two daughters, Mollie and Sallie Graham; Miss Mollie is now engaged
as teacher of Oak Grove School; Mr. Graham died in this State in 1859. The
subject of this sketch was again married in 1863 to Jas. A. Williams, by whom
she has one son, Frank.
Source: History of
Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by Thompson & West.
© 2004 Nancy Pratt Melton.
Sacramento County Biographies