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A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) (713 pages)
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450 HISTORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
for three years; in 1857 he removed to San
Joaquin County, where he was occupied with
general farming until he was overtaken by
death, February 15, 1873. The mother is still
living, at the age of seventy-two years, and
makes her home at Lodi, San Joaquin County.
Mr. Robbins was born in San _ Bernardino
County, California, February 16, 1857, but was
taken to San Joaqnin County in his infancy,
and there he passed his youth and early manhood. It was in 1878 that he came to Butte
County and purchased land on which he has
since resided. He owns 155 acres in an advanced .
state of cultivation, and lying two and a half
niles from Gridley. The principal product of
this farm ie wheat, which is of a superior
quality.
Mr. Robbins is a member of Buena Vista
Lodge, No. 268, I. O. O. F., and of Gridley
Grange, No. —, ranking among the first men
of these fraternities.
In 1877, in San Joaquin County, California,
vecurred the marriage of Mr. H. C. Robbins
and Miss Margaret Masterson. They are the
parents of two children: Daniel W., aged ten
years, and Annie M., aged twelve years.
cw GEORGE BIHLMAN, a Sutter,
County farmer, is a son of Anton and
Brubaur (Willi) Bihlman, natives of Germany, and farmers, who had six children, our
subject being the only one in California. He
was born ‘in Baden, Germany, June 24, 1827,
and emigrated to the United States in 1849,
landing at New York, and immediately going
to Lagary, Pennsylvania, where he remained a
year; then he was a resident of St. Louis, Missouri, a year, and next in New Mexico, and then
back to Missouri again. In 1852 he came
overland to California. The first three years
he spent in mining.
tains, and resided upon it until 1870, when he
purchased the place where he now lives, on the
.
Live Oak Road, about eleven miles northwest
of Marysville. It contains 820 acres of fine
land.
He was married in California in 1864, to
Miss Sophie Everman, a native of Germany,
and they have three children—Anton William,
Mary and Dora. Mr. Bihlman is a member of
the Catholic Church.
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L. HATCH, a farmer and orchardist of
i Solano County, is a native of Delaware
County, Pennsyivania, where he was born
January 20, 1824, a son of Jonathan N. Hatch,
of Connecticut. His mother was a Miss Anna
M. Chaney, who died when he was eleven years
of age. Mr. Hatch’s boyhood was passed on his
father’s farm, and also worked in a cotton factory of which his father was proprietor. He
went to Muscatine County, lowa, in 1850, ‘and
remained there engaged in farming for two
years. Hearing of the great fortunes being
made in California, he finally decided to seek
the shores of the Pacific Coast, coming via
Panama, and arriving in 1852. He located in
Calaveras County, where he engaged for a time
in mining, but, not finding the fortnnes he expected, he decided to try his luck in Australia.
There he only remained one year, and again
longed for the climate and activity of California life, and soon returned to this State and
engaged in mining for four years. Growing
tired of the mines, and his natural trend being
. farming, he went to Napa Valley, where he engaged in pastoral pursuits until 1871. He then
visited his old home in the East, but not feeling-contented after so many years spent in this
genial climate, he returned here in 1872 and
located tive miles northwest of Vacaville, where
he has a farm of thirty-two acres of land, twen_ ty-five of which is planted to a choice variety
He then took up a tract .
of land in Sutter County, near the Butte Moun.
of fruits, three and a half of it to Muscat grapes.
Mr. Hatch was married in Napa County, Noveinber 17, 1859, to Miss Hornback, a native
of Missouri. They have four children living,