Corydon
M. West, proprietor of one of the largest and best conducted farms in Alabama
Township, was born in Pennsylvania in 1831. In 1838 his parents removed with
him to Pike County, Illinois, where they remained until 1852, when he came to
California. Mr. West first followed mining two years near Ione; next, opened
and conducted for several years a grocery and meat market called Miners’ Store,
two miles from Drytown. The next nine years he was in the cattle trade, in
which he had moderate success, and finally, in 1867, he purchased his present
place of 600 acres, eight miles from Galt, on the Galt and Ione road. There he
has a fine residence, with tasteful surroundings. Grain and cattle are his
specialties. Jefferson West, father of Corydon, was born near Concord, New
Hampshire; came to California in 1853, and died a year afterward. Mr. West, the subject of this sketch, was
married in this State, to America Baker, a native of Illinois. Their living children
are: Chester F., Alice E., Hattie A., Winnie M., Clara E., and Rachel E.; and
the deceased are: Charles E. and Mary E.
Transcribed
by: Marla Fitzsimmons
An Illustrated History of Sacramento County, California.
By Hon. Win. J. Davis. Lewis Publishing Company 1890. Page 295-296.
© 2004 Marla Fitzsimmons.