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A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) (713 pages)
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HISTORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. 423
he owned and ran a farm of 160 acres and also
a steam saw-mill.
Mr. Mills was married February 3, 1853, to
Mary A. Thompson, of Illinois, and they have
had five children, of whom four are now living,
namely: James W. who is married and resides
at Nord; Mary Jane, the wife of Frederick
Hackett, and resides at Gridley, Butte County;
and Capiolia, now the wife of Andrew Jackson
Sallers, who resides at Nord; and Charles C.
who is married, and resides at Nord. Mr. Mills
has been a Republican since the organization of
that party. He is now in his sixty-third year,
and has received his second sight, so that he now
sees as well as he ever did. He is one of those
worthy and industrious men who have earned
what they have by perseverance and hard work.
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HOMAS B. HUTCHINS, one of the
i largest fruit-growers of Butte county, has
been a resident of California since 1857.
He was born in the Dominion of Canada in the
year 1846, and is a son of P. R. and Jessie
(Walker) Hutchins. The father was a native of
Canada, and the mother of Scotland. Both
passed their last days in Butte County, California, the mother passing away in 1875, and the
father not until 1886.
Mr. Hutchins spent his youth in his childhood home. When the parents removed to
California he accompanied them, and has met
with marked success in all his business undertakings. He is the present owner of 877 acres,
400 acres of which are in fruit-trees, principally
peaches, pear: and prunes. By virtue of his
wide experience in fruit-growing, he has been
appointed on the Board of Horticultural Commiasioners by the Government.
The fraternal counections of our subject are .
in Stephenson County, Illinois, and in Linn of the most pleasant character; he is a member
of Oroville Lodge, No. 103, A. F. & A. M.; of
Franklin Chapter, No. 20, R. A. M., and of
Oroville Commandery, No. 5, K. T. He also
belongs to the Eastern Star Lodge, No. 35, and
Master of Gridley Grange, No. 76.
At Chico, Butte County, California, in 1880,
occurred the marriage of Mr. Thomas B.
Hutchins to Miss Lillie E. Hastey. Mrs.
Hutchins is a native of California, born in the
year 1859. She is the mother of two-children:
Ressie, born December 3, 1882, and Thomas,
born January 7, 1884.
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OHN P. HOFFMAN is numbered among
ij the many respected pioneers of 1849, and
is worthy of mention in this connection.
He is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Union
County, December 5, 1825; there he was reared
and educated, and after he left school was
engaged in teaching for two winters. During
the summer season he followed agricultural
pursuits, and previous to his going to California
he had some connection with the saw-mill business, and was also interested in canal-boating.
Mr. Hoffman is one of a family of twelve
children burn to Michael and Lydia (Wagoner)
Hoffman, who were members of old and in.
fluential families of Pennsylvania, the ancestry
on both sides being traced back to the earliest
settlers of the State. They were both longlived people, having passed four-score years at
the time of their death.
In 1849 our esteemed subject crossed the
plains to El Dorado County, California, and at
once engaged in mining; this he abandoned
after a few months, and, locating at the town of
El Dorado, established a meat market. He
continued proprietor of this business nntil 1850,
when he returned to his native State, making
the journey by water. It was his intention
merely to make a visit, but it was finally several
years before he returned to California. A part
of this time he was engaged in merchandising
County, Iowa.
In October, 1856, Mr. Hoffman was united
in marriage to Miss Jane B. Kirkwood, a native