ANCIL FAY RAYMOND

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ANCIL FAY RAYMOND

Ancil Fay Raymond, of Flint & Raymond, ranchers in Cosumnes Township, was born near Prattsburg, Steuben County, New York, April 12, 1852, his parents being John C. and Sarah Ann (Corey) Raymond. The father, born March 24, 1826, died January 22, 1879; the mother, born August 24, 1828, is now Mrs. Truman C. Corey, of Linneus, Linn County, Missouri, where the Raymond family settled in 1868, on a sixty-acre farm adjoining the town. A. F. Raymond came to California in April, 1874, and worked on a farm. He was married November 25, 1874, to Miss Nettie Harriet Flint, born in New York city, December 1, 1856, of Swayne S. and Ellen M. (Nelson) Flint. Mrs. Raymond had preceded him to California, arriving in June, 1873. After marriage Mr. Raymond spent about two and one-half years in Missouri, engaged in stock-raising. In 1878 he returned to California. February 22, 1881, he rented 29.55 acres of the Haggin grant for hop-raising. In 1882 he raised on it 90,000 pounds of hops, a result never excelled in this State. In 1883, after his third crop, he surrendered his lease and made a visit East, remaining until March, 1884. Soon after his return he bought one-third interest, which he still owns in the Flint & Raymond ranch of 1,312 acres on the Consumnes, near McCabe bridge, Mr. Daniel Flint, of Sacramento, the uncle of Mrs. Raymond, being the senior member of the firm and owner of a two-thirds interest. The ranch is devoted to raising hops, hay and cattle. There are about thirty-three acres in hops and about 200 in alfalfa. Of cattle, mostly Durhams, there are 200 head, and of horses about twenty. Perhaps 300 acres are bottom land. The new irrigating ditch runs through the ranch for about one and a half miles. There is a small orange grove of about 250 trees. Mr. Raymond is a member of Sacramento Grange, No. 12; was its secretary in 1881, overseer in 1882, and master in 1883. He is also a member of Capital Lodge, No. 87, I. O. O. F.; has been conductor, warden, etc. He was elected justice of the peace in 1886, and in 1888, in the general election and special election which followed, he and his competitor on both occasions received an equal number of votes, when both agreed to withdraw.

Transcribed by Karen Pratt.

Davis, Hon. Win. J., An Illustrated History of Sacramento County, California. Page 536. Lewis Publishing Company. 1890.

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