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LYMAN TITUS
LYMAN TITUS was born in
Lamoille County, Vermont, January 17, 1831, his parents being William C. and
Amy (Lawton) Titus, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of New
Hampshire. In 1853 the family came West and settled in Greene County,
Wisconsin, where they made their home up to 1876, when they came to California,
where Mrs. Titus died, in the summer of 1885, at the advanced age of eighty-six
years. William Titus is still living, making his home with his son Lyman. He
was born in June, 1799. In his family there were originally nine children, of
whom seven grew up to manhood and womanhood. Three of the children are residing
in California, two besides the subject of this sketch.
Lyman Titus was raised in his native
State. As soon as he was able to perform manual labor he was put to work on his
father’s farm. When his family moved to Wisconsin, he remained one year in
Vermont, then followed them and made his home with them until he w as twenty
years of age. He followed farming for eight years. In 1862 he came to
California, making the trip across the plains with horse teams; he crossed the
Missouri river on the 24th of May and arrived at Carson City,
Nevada, after a journey of three months. They then made their way to
Sacramento, and a few days later came to a place between Elk Grove and Galt,
where they stopped awhile and came down to this valley in the following winter.
The next spring Mr. Titus homesteaded his present place, then consisting of 160
acres, since increased to 240. He has also a ranch of 180 acres in Sacramento
County, and 160 acres in Tulare County.
Politically Mr. Titus is an earnest
supporter of the Republican party and takes considerable interest in the
political issues of the day.
He was married March 22, 1863, to Adelia
Rattan, a native of Wisconsin, daughter of Jarvis Rattan, a resident of
Sacramento County. They have a family of five children: Lily May, born August
28, 1866; Arthur, August 15, 1868; Louis, March 6, 1872; Edith, April 3 1874;
and Ina L., October 9, 1876. During the number of years Mr. Titus has been a
resident of this State, he has on the whole been a successful farmer. Coming
here when an excellent opportunity presented itself, he was one to turn to
advantage everything that showed up in a favorable light.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Page 573. Lewis Pub. Co.
Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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