Sacramento County
Biographies
WYMAN McMITCHELL
WYMAN McMITCHELL, son of John and Zilpa (Eaton) McMitchell, both natives of Fairfield, Herkimer County, New York, was born September 20, 1820, at Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York. In 1849 he came to this coast, sailing on the brig Empire, Captain Baxter, on Sunday, February 16, 1849, from New York for Vera Cruz, came across Mexico to San Blas, from there by schooner to San Francisco, reaching there the last day of May. He came up to Sacramento from San Francisco in June, 1849, and engaged with the Union line of steamers in 1851-’54. The river traffic at that time was immense; with the C. S. N. Company might be mentioned the steamers Senator, New World, Wilson G. Hunt, the Confidence, and later the Bragdon, Grilda, which ran through to Marysville and others. With this company and its successors, the Central Pacific Railroad, he has been all these years, having charge of the freight department. October 11, 1839, he was married to Harriet Upegraff, now deceased, daughter of Captain James Upegraff, who came across the plains in 1849. He has one daughter living.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Davis, Hon. Win. J., An Illustrated History of
Sacramento County, California. Page 653. Lewis
Publishing Company. 1890.
© 2007 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.