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HENRY C. SHATTUCK
HENRY C. SHATTUCK was born
August 31, 1826, in Hookset, New
Hampshire, his parents being
Charles and Sarah (Taggart) Shattuck, the former a native of Massachusetts, and the latter of Maine. The father, a farmer by trade, also a mechanic,
moved to Michigan in 1844, where he remained until his death in 1884.
The mother died the same year: there was but twenty-five days interval between
their deaths. There were nine children in the family.
Henry, the subject of this sketch, learned
the cooper’s trade, which he followed until he came to California in 1849, crossing the plains with ox teams. They
arrived at Bear river, after a trip of six months. Mr. Shattuck went to Sacramento, where he laid the first wood floor that was ever laid in that city.
He went to San Francisco, thence to Marysville, and thence to Downieville,
where he started the Downieville Express, and the first store, at that time
called the Forks of North Yuba. In the fall of 1851 he went to Suisun
Valley and took up a ranch and went to farming. In the fall
of 1852 he returned to Michigan and married Miss Maria Hass, a native of that State.
They came to California, crossing the plains and arriving at Suisun September
1, 1852. They remained there until August, 1860, when he sold out his different
places, came to this valley and purchased a squatter’s claim to his present
home situated ten miles from Stockton, on the Stockton and Woodbridge road. He now owns 400 acres of choice farming land,
which he has himself improved. The place is devoted to general farming. Mr.
Shattuck planted the first vineyard in this county. He is a practical farmer
and one of the most successful in the county. Everything around his home is
comfortable and cheerful, and everything that meets the eye is indicative of
taste and neatness.
Mr. Shattuck was married, as before
stated, to Miss Maria Hass. They have by this union two children living and one
deceased, Jeanette M., Blanche V., and Francis L., deceased.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Pages 314-317. Lewis Pub.
Co. Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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