Lives of Nevada County Pioneers v5 (2024) (559 pages)

Lives of Nevada County Pioneers (version 2021) Nov 1851—Bought 3 squares of property in Vacaville where Luzena opened Wilson’s Hotel. January 1855—Son Mason Jr. born at Vacaville. April 4, 1857 —Daughter Correnah Morehead born at Vacaville. Oct 1858 —New brick Wilson Hotel was completed at cost of $14,000. 1862—Son Thomas entered U.S. Naval Academy. 1867—Traveled to Texas by steamer. Returned to Vacaville and tried unsuccessfully to sell his property in order to move to Texas. Wrote a will, giving all his Calif. holdings to Luzena. Dec 3, 1868—Son Thomas married Margaret R. McGary at Suisun. Feb 1869—Son Thomas appointed U.S. Minister to Denmark. 1869—Joined Society of California Pioneers. Elected president of Vaca Valley Railroad. ca 1870—Son Thomas divorced by his wife Margaret. Oct 1870—Bought land in Texas. Dec 1872—Left his wife and family, going first to Missouri and then to Texas. 1873— Appeared before a magistrate in McLennan County, Texas and gave Luzena full power of attorney over all his property and assets in Calif. Son Jay went to Texas to live with him. 1874— Wife Luzena sold the Wilson Hotel to Ike Davis for $6,000 in gold. 1878 — After fires destroyed much of her property in Solano county, Luzena and Correnah moved to San Francisco to live with son Mason Jr. Dec 31, 1867—Son Jay married Margaret Jane Naler in Moody, Texas. 1879— Deeded all his Texas property to son Jay. 1880—Grandson Asa Cohen born in Texas. Feb-April 1881—Luzena’s dictated reminiscences were published in the San Francisco Argonaut. ca 1881—Son Mason Jr. married Caroline Kisling. Sept 5, 1882—Died in Moody, Texas. 1886—Daughter Correnah married Edward Clark Wright in San Francisco. 1887—Son Mason Jr. died in San Francisco. 1902— Widow Luzena died in San Francisco. THOMAS W. WILSON (1807_ ) 1807—Born in Pennsylvania. —Came to Calif. July 1850—Wilson and Edwin Burr opened the El Dorado hotel at Foster’s Bar and the Yuba River. Aug 21, 1850—Nominated by residents of Fosters’ Bar to run for state assembly from Yuba County (which then included later Nevada and Sierra counties). Sept 6, 1850—Withdrew as candidate in favor of Stephen Field, who was elected. 1850— Appointed deputy treasurer of Yuba County; assigned to collect taxes in mining camps. Oct 27, 1850—Census listed him at Nevada City; occupation: deputy treasurer. Nov 17, 1850 —Last seen in Sacramento enroute to Cincinnati via San Francisco and the brig General Worth; said to be carrying tax money collected in and around Nevada City in the amount of two or three thousand dollars. 31 WILLIAM WILSON (+) —Came to Calif. May 1851—Deputy sheriff of Nevada County. Oct 6, 1851— Appointed county assessor to replace Thomas G. Williams. May 15, 1852—He and William Endicott received contract to build county jail at Nevada City. March 29, 1854—Opened Wilson’s Exchange saloon on Broad Street. Aug 10, 1855—Sold Wilson’s Exchange to Harrington and Jones. Aug 15, 1855—Appointed James Patterson to be his agent and attorney while he was absent from the state. Mr. E.B. WINAMS (__—Came to Calif. Aug 30, 1856—Delegate from Rough and Ready, Nevada County, to Democratic county convention. May 7, 1857—Sec’y of meeting at Rough and Ready to close businesses on Sabbath after June 7. ) (DEM) JONAS WINCHESTER( -_ ) 1833—Partner of Horace Greeley in New York printing firm. —Married Susan Story, sister of a fellow printer. 1834—Copublisher with Greeley of the New Yorker. 1836—Dissolved partnership with Greeley and took over the job printing business of the firm. —Came to Calif.; wife stayed in New York. Jan 30 1850—Was publishing the Pacific News in San Francisco. Told his brother Ebenezer he was taking bribes from real estate agents to promote Yuba City and Stockton in his paper. April 16, 1850—Wrote his wife he would make half a million dollars in the next 5 or 10 years. May 1850— Appointed state printer. Sept 1850—His newspaper plant was destroyed in San Francisco fire. March 1851 —Resigned as state printer. April 18, 1851— Visited Nevada City before returning to San Francisco. 1851—Returned to New York. Feb 5, 1852—Left New York, bound for Grass Valley, Nevada County, with wife, daughter Ann, son Frank, and a servant. In addition, he had shipped a large quartz stamping mill to the same destination. Feb 27, 1852—Aboard the SS North America when it went aground 40 or 50 miles from Acapulco. Passengers were forced to walk to Acapulco and await rescue. March 19, 1852—Bought passage for his family aboard the SS Panama when it stopped at Acapulco. April 1852— Arrived in Grass Valley. July 24, 1852—Nevada Journal reprinted Winchester’s letter to the San Francisco Herald about the current status of mining at Grass Valley. Aug 5, 1852—Attended the first annual meeting of the Grass Valley Mining company. He, William C. Wood, Elisha Cook and E. W. Sloat were the trustees. 1852—Built a house and quartz mill on southeast side of Wolf Creek, between creek and Auburn Road. Feb 12, 1853 —Member of the plank road committee. May 6, 1853—”Kate Hayes diggings” was discovered south of his mill. May 27, 1853—Pres. of Grass Valley Saw Mill (his former quartz mill). His company would build a bridge over Wolf

Lives of Nevada County Pioneers (version 2021) Nov 1851—Bought 3 squares of property in Vacaville where Luzena opened Wilson’s Hotel. January 1855—Son Mason Jr. born at Vacaville. April 4, 1857 —Daughter Correnah Morehead born at Vacaville. Oct 1858 —New brick Wilson Hotel was completed at cost of $14,000. 1862—Son Thomas entered U.S. Naval Academy. 1867—Traveled to Texas by steamer. Returned to Vacaville and tried unsuccessfully to sell his property in order to move to Texas. Wrote a will, giving all his Calif. holdings to Luzena. Dec 3, 1868—Son Thomas married Margaret R. McGary at Suisun. Feb 1869—Son Thomas appointed U.S. Minister to Denmark. 1869—Joined Society of California Pioneers. Elected president of Vaca Valley Railroad. ca 1870—Son Thomas divorced by his wife Margaret. Oct 1870—Bought land in Texas. Dec 1872—Left his wife and family, going first to Missouri and then to Texas. 1873— Appeared before a magistrate in McLennan County, Texas and gave Luzena full power of attorney over all his property and assets in Calif. Son Jay went to Texas to live with him. 1874— Wife Luzena sold the Wilson Hotel to Ike Davis for $6,000 in gold. 1878 — After fires destroyed much of her property in Solano county, Luzena and Correnah moved to San Francisco to live with son Mason Jr. Dec 31, 1867—Son Jay married Margaret Jane Naler in Moody, Texas. 1879— Deeded all his Texas property to son Jay. 1880—Grandson Asa Cohen born in Texas. Feb-April 1881—Luzena’s dictated reminiscences were published in the San Francisco Argonaut. ca 1881—Son Mason Jr. married Caroline Kisling. Sept 5, 1882—Died in Moody, Texas. 1886—Daughter Correnah married Edward Clark Wright in San Francisco. 1887—Son Mason Jr. died in San Francisco. 1902— Widow Luzena died in San Francisco. THOMAS W. WILSON (1807_ ) 1807—Born in Pennsylvania. —Came to Calif. July 1850—Wilson and Edwin Burr opened the El Dorado hotel at Foster’s Bar and the Yuba River. Aug 21, 1850—Nominated by residents of Fosters’ Bar to run for state assembly from Yuba County (which then included later Nevada and Sierra counties). Sept 6, 1850—Withdrew as candidate in favor of Stephen Field, who was elected. 1850— Appointed deputy treasurer of Yuba County; assigned to collect taxes in mining camps. Oct 27, 1850—Census listed him at Nevada City; occupation: deputy treasurer. Nov 17, 1850 —Last seen in Sacramento enroute to Cincinnati via San Francisco and the brig General Worth; said to be carrying tax money collected in and around Nevada City in the amount of two or three thousand dollars. 31 WILLIAM WILSON (+)

—Came to Calif. May 1851—Deputy sheriff of Nevada County. Oct 6, 1851— Appointed county assessor to replace Thomas G. Williams. May 15, 1852—He and William Endicott received contract to build county jail at Nevada City. March 29, 1854—Opened Wilson’s Exchange saloon on Broad Street. Aug 10, 1855—Sold Wilson’s Exchange to Harrington and Jones. Aug 15, 1855—Appointed James Patterson to be his agent and attorney while he was absent from the state. Mr. E.B. WINAMS (__—Came to Calif. Aug 30, 1856—Delegate from Rough and Ready, Nevada County, to Democratic county convention. May 7, 1857—Sec’y of meeting at Rough and Ready to close businesses on Sabbath after June 7. ) (DEM) JONAS WINCHESTER( -_ ) 1833—Partner of Horace Greeley in New York printing firm. —Married Susan Story, sister of a fellow printer. 1834—Copublisher with Greeley of the New Yorker. 1836—Dissolved partnership with Greeley and took over the job printing business of the firm. —Came to Calif.; wife stayed in New York. Jan 30 1850—Was publishing the Pacific News in San Francisco. Told his brother Ebenezer he was taking bribes from real estate agents to promote Yuba City and Stockton in his paper. April 16, 1850—Wrote his wife he would make half a million dollars in the next 5 or 10 years. May 1850— Appointed state printer. Sept 1850—His newspaper plant was destroyed in San Francisco fire. March 1851 —Resigned as state printer. April 18, 1851— Visited Nevada City before returning to San Francisco. 1851—Returned to New York. Feb 5, 1852—Left New York, bound for Grass Valley, Nevada County, with wife, daughter Ann, son Frank, and a servant. In addition, he had shipped a large quartz stamping mill to the same destination. Feb 27, 1852—Aboard the SS North America when it went aground 40 or 50 miles from Acapulco. Passengers were forced to walk to Acapulco and await rescue. March 19, 1852—Bought passage for his family aboard the SS Panama when it stopped at Acapulco. April 1852— Arrived in Grass Valley. July 24, 1852—Nevada Journal reprinted Winchester’s letter to the San Francisco Herald about the current status of mining at Grass Valley. Aug 5, 1852—Attended the first annual meeting of the Grass Valley Mining company. He, William C. Wood, Elisha Cook and E. W. Sloat were the trustees. 1852—Built a house and quartz mill on southeast side of Wolf Creek, between creek and Auburn Road. Feb 12, 1853 —Member of the plank road committee. May 6, 1853—”Kate Hayes diggings” was discovered south of his mill. May 27, 1853—Pres. of Grass Valley Saw Mill (his former quartz mill). His company would build a bridge over Wolf