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A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) (713 pages)
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326 HISTORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
where he followed mining until late in the fall.
He then went to Indian Springs and built the
first cabin in that vicinity, where he lived that
winter. Next he went to Nevada County and
bought a claim on Deer Creek, but it proved
useless; then he spent a short time in Nevada;
and next he returned to Zumwalt Flat and
mined two months, averaging two ounces of
guld per day. The next year his wife came
across the plains with her father, Mark F. Gear,
Mr. Britton meeting the party at the head of the
Humboldt. He located in Marysville, as that
was the only place where he could obtain a
house. In 1853 he purchased the place where
he now lives, on the Colusa road, about threefourths of a mile from Sutter City, containing
345 acres. On this place he erected a tine,
large stone house in 1870.
He was married in Howard County, Missonri,
in 1848, to Miss Mary A. E. Gear, a native of
Madison County, Virginia, and they have nine
children: Mary C., Elizabeth A., James O.,
Henry H., Albert F., Robert L., Mattie V.,
Annie C. and Mark T. Mr. Britton is a member of the I. O. O. F.
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“= M. WADSWORTH, a farmer of SutA ter County, is a son of John C. and
TS? Ruth (Bradbury) Wadsworth. His
father was a native of Orange County, New
York, born in 1803, and was a farmer during
life. His mother was born in 1809, in Ohio.
They had two sone and seven daughters, of
whom two are in California— J. B. and Patience
B. Mrs. Wadeworth died in 1852, and Mr.
Wadsworth afterward married Mrs. Lovelett.
According to a historical volume entitled «Two
Hundred and Fifty Years of the Wadsworth
Family in America,” they are descendants of
Christopher Wadsworth, one of two brothers
who came from England in the ship Lyon, landing at Boston, Sunday, September 16, 1632.
Mr. W. M. Wadsworth, our subject, was born
in Morgan County, Illinois, March 22, 1829,
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and lived there until 1853, when he came overland to this State. He followed mining until
1858, returned to Illinois,and crossed the plains
again to California in 1859, bringing his father
and stepmother, and locating where he now resides. Here he bought 16U acres by exchanging
for it a yoke of cattle and a wagon. He now
owns 1,120 acres of good land. He is a prosperous farmer and stock-raiser. He has been a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for
thirteen years, and he also belongs to the orders
of Chosen Friends and United Workmen.
In 1859, in Illinois, he married Miss Sarah
M. Lovelett, a native of that State. She died
in 1864, and the next year he married Mies
Martha J. Winekoop, also a native of Illinois,
and they have seven children living: William
U., Edison S., Frank A., Minnie E., Harriet F.
A., George M. and Everett V. Two daughters
are deceased—Jennie M. and Eva M.
art Be dtin Spe ce
F. WALTON, one of the most prominent
farmers of Sutter County, is one of the
me ? best known representative men, having
been connected with many business and public
enterprises. He was born in Warren County,
Pennsylvania, July 18, 1835; son of Aaron
Walton, Jr., and Elizabeth, nee Hannah, all of
the agricultural class. His father is still living,
in Pennsylvania The father was born on May
20, 1800. Mr. B. F. Walton, our subject, completed his school education at Chamberlain Institute, Randolph, New York, taught schvol for
three years afterward, and spent two years traveling through the West, especially Wisconsin
and Minnesota. In 1859 he spent a few weeks
at his native home, and November 22, that year,
sailed from New York on the steamer Atlantic
to Aspinwall, and from Panama on the Golden
Age, arriving at San Francisco on December 18.
The very next day he took a steamer to Sacramento, and thence by stage he went to Maryeville, where he at first engaged in chopping
wood by the cord. In the spring he located