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ANSEL LITCHFIELD
ANSEL LITCHFIELD was born in Ohio
in 1831, went to Illinois in 1837, came to California in 1852 via the Isthmus of Panama, thence by the steamer Winfield
Scott to San Francisco, she carrying 1,400 passengers, three of whom died on
the passage, one being buried at Acapulco and two at sea. He saw the great fire at Sacramento city November 2, 1852, and the flood shortly after. Went to San Jose valley in January, 1853, and a few months later came to Stockton. He was married to Mrs. M. J. King in 1860, whose maiden name was
Cross, born at Lockport, New
York, in 1830.
Residence No. 606 San Joaquin
street, Stockton, California.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Page 378. Lewis Pub. Co.
Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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