San Joaquin County
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ELEAZER BARLETT TAFT
E. B. TAFT, farmer of Elliott
Township San Joaquin County, was born in Rhode Island, April 21, 1825, his
parents being Willard T. and Mary Taft. The subject was reared in his native
place, and there learned the carpenter and joiner’s trade. In the year 1849 he
started for California by water, landing in San Francisco May 5. He then took
the boat for Sacramento, where he went to work at his trade, earning $12 a day;
worked but a short time, when, getting the gold fever, he went to the mines,
where he was engaged in mining and at his trade. In 1864 he went to French
Camp, and afterward to Alameda County, preaching the gospel for two and a half
years. His health began to fail, and he concluded to rest. The next four years
he spent in traveling, and at the end of that time found his health much
improved.
Mr. Taft is cultivating a farm of 160 acres, whereon his wife had lived twenty years previous to their marriage; he has turned his attention mostly to poultry, in which he has been very successful, making in one year $918.71 clear of all expenses. He has been a Deacon in the Baptist Church.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Pages 403-404. Lewis Pub. Co. Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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