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A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) (713 pages)
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444 HISTORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
broken only by death. Two of the four children
given them are living: Orilla Elizabeth, born in
Kentucky, and Thomas J., born in Oroville.
The home of Mrs. Jenkins, on the corner of Oak
and Robinson streets, is surrounded by an attractive grove of orange trees, whose perfume
lend fragrance to the adjacent homes. She was
among the first to plant trees from the seed of
the pioneer tree at Bidwell’s Bar. It might be
said in closing that Dr. Jenkins during life was
a Democrat, and was elected a member of the
State Legislature by his party, serving for along
time also as County Physician.
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H. CLIFFMAN, a Butte County farmer,
if is a son of Charles and J. A. (Smith)
® Cliffman, father a native of Maryland,
and mother of Pennsylvania. His father came
to California in 1849, returned to the
“States ” and came again to the Golden State in
1854, bringing his wife. He died in 1883.
The mother is still living. The subject of this
sketch was born in Butte County, in 1859. He
now owns a one-half interest in 600 acres of
land nicely improved, lying four miles west of
Gridley, besides forty acres adjuining that village, oceupying the former place. He raises
grain principally, and some live stock.
In 1885 he married Miss C. E. Tinker, who
was born in 1860, in Ohio. Their only child,
born in 1886, died the same year. They are
members in good standing of the Presbyterian
Church at Gridley.
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4 K. BROWN, a farmer of Butte County,
i is a son of M. and Elizabeth (Stinnett)
? Brown, the father a native of Virginia,
and the mother of Tennessee; the former died
in 1844, and the latter in 1862,—both in Arkansas. In the latter State our present subject
was born, in 1831. He came overland to California in 1869, with a team, first stopping at
Chico. Finally he settled upon his present
place, six miles west of Gridley, where he has
204 acres; and he has another tract, of 160
acres; grain is his principal product, and he
rears some live stock. :
In 1854, in Arkansas, he married Miss Sarah
Underwood, who was born in Missouri, in 1836,
and they have nine children,—Katie, Mohera,
Malinda, Elizabeth, Amelia, Adah, Leona, Maarice and James.
I tae TROXEL, one of the reliable
farmers of Butte County, is a native of the
State of Ohio, born February 22, 1822.
He came of one of the noted old Virginia families. His father, Jacob Troxel, was the son of
John Troxel, a Revolutionary soldier. Josiah
was the fifth born in a family of eight children.
He was reared and educated in Ohio and IIlinois, and was engaged in farming in the latter
State until 1864. In that year he sold out and
came to California, not for gold, but for health
and climate, which he prizes higher than the
glittering metal. His brother-in-law, William
Coon, had already lucated here: 80 to this place
he at once directed his course. Mr. Troxel’s
ranch consists of 400 acres, all nicely improved.
He built a sightly and pleasant home in 1873,
and also has other good farm buildings. His
principal crop consists of wheat and barley, the
average yield of wheat being from thirty to
thirty-five bushels per acre. On this ranch
much time and attention are given to the raising of horses, cattle and hogs.
Mr. Troxel was married in 1849, to Miss Eva
Ann Coon, a native of Ohio, by whom he has
had eleven children, one dying in infancy.
They have met with severe affliction in the loss
of children by accident. Elizabeth, a beantiful
and promising young lady of twenty, accidentally
had her clothing to take tire and she was so badly
burned that her death resulled. This occnrred
in 1871. Another child, a little son, John,
three years old, wandered from the house to a