JOHN DUFFY 

John Duffy was born January 30, 1842, a son of John and Mary Duffy (the latter a native of Ireland). The father, a native of England, came to America when a boy, learned the carpenter trade, and worked at it in Syracuse, New York; afterward in Livingston County, Michigan, where he purchased land on which he resided until his death, which occurred December 3, 1865. He was the father of seven children. John, the subject of this sketch, learned the saddle and harness trade, and worked at it four years in Michigan. In 1863 he came to California via the Isthmus, sailing from New York on the steamer Champion to the Isthmus, thence on the steamer St. Louis to San Francisco, where he arrived on Christmas day, 1863. He obtained employment immediately on a farm, and afterward purchased an eighty-acre tract of land in San Joaquin Township, near old Elk Grove. Later he sold the same and purchased his present property in 1877. It is the northeast quarter of section 36, township 7. Mr. Duffy made a visit to the East in 1876 and brought back with him his youngest brother. He was married November 5, 1868, to Miss Mary M. Thompson. They have three children, namely: William C., born December 15, 1871; Mary M., May 24, 1875, died May 5, 1876; and Effie M., born April 17, 1878. Mr. Duffy is a member of the I.O.O.F., of Elk Grove, No. 274, and his wife is a member of the Rebekahs.