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WILLIAM HENRY BUTTRICK
W. H. BUTTRICK, a farmer of
Castoria, was born in Massachusetts in 1831. When seventeen years of age he
left that State for Illinois, where he remained until 1861, when he came to
California, across the plains, with 300 head of horses. On arriving at
Sacramento he at once went to work on the Sacramento levee, which he has the
credit of building. He hauled the first load of dirt for the construction of
the Central Pacific Railroad, on which rode Leland Stanford and Charles Crocker.
In 1864 he went back to Illinois, returning with 300 more head of horses,
bringing them this time to Stockton, where he became land agent for Captain
Moss, in whose employ he remained for twelve years. Since that time he has been
engaged in farming.
He married M. E. Noble in 1882, a native
of Wales, born in 1833. They have one son--Fred W.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Pages 565-566. Lewis Pub.
Co. Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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