Sacramento County
Biographies
S. A.
Branscombe, a farmer, was born September 30, 1850, in Canada, son of John and
Elizabeth (Clark) Branscombe, natives also of that province, both of whom also
died in that country, the father September 28, 1882, and the mother January 21,
1889. In their family were four
daughters and five sons, as follows: Katie, Sallie, Hannah J., Sophia, William,
Samuel, Robert, Arthur and Samuel; six are still Living. Mr. Branscombe, our subject, was reared on a
farm in Prince Edward County, Canada, and came to California in 1870, and for a
while worked for wages. Three years
afterward he returned to Canada with the intention of remaining there; but
before he crossed the Sierras he was homesick, and when he reached the cold
climate of Canada he determined to settle in California for the remainder of
his life. Although he was offered good
inducements by his father to stay there, he refused them and returned here in
1874. He rented land until 1881, when
he purchased his present farm of half a section, which appeared to most people
at that time to be very poor; but the very first crop paid for the land. He is a good manager of his ranch, following
general agriculture and having a small vineyard and orchard. Indeed, he has been more than successful, as
his premises demonstrate. He is a man
of untiring energy and undiminished ability.
Although he has suffered several severe accidents, by runaways and by
being run over by the cars, etc., he is still in good health. December 29, 1880, he married Miss P. A.
Tice, daughter of George and Vashti (Woodward) Tice, her father a native of New
York and her mother of Indiana. They
have no children.
Transcribed
by Karen Pratt.
Davis, Hon. Win. J., An Illustrated History of Sacramento County, California. Page 491. Lewis Publishing Company. 1890.
©
2005 Karen Pratt.