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Title: A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) Collection Type: Books and Periodicals Publisher: Lewis Publishing Company Published: 1891 Copyright: In the public domain or published before 1925 Source(s): Google Books # of Pages: 713 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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Original Held At: Searls Historical Library Location: 161 Nevada City Hwy, Nevada City, CA 95959

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HISTORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. 517 also affiliates with the I. O. O. F., and is Past Grand. His estimable wife, Annie, is also a member of the Rebekah Degrce, of which she is Noble Grand. SHED ™ENRY SCHNEIDER, retail butcher and 6 dealer in all kinds of fresh and salt meats, on Main street, El Dorado, has a wellventilated shop, neat and clean; is a professional in his line of business, snperintends the furnishing of his stock in trade personally, and knows that it has been properly handled, and is always in good condition for the market. The business was established in company with his father and brother. In 1888 Mr. Schneider took entire charge, and has since conducted it as sole proprietor. He is one of California’s sturdy sons, born in Pleasant Valley, El Dorado County, April 24, 1865. He was reared and educated in the county of his birth, and learned the butcher’s trade with his father. His parents were Henry and Louisa Schneider. The father is a native of Switzerland, and emigrated to America in 1856, and the mother is a native of the State of New York. Henry Schneider, the subject of this sketch, is from a long lived and prolific race; was joined in marriage, at El Dorado, February 22, 1888, with Miss Hester M. Wheeler, who is a native ot California, and the daughter of Noah Wheeler, a carpenter and wheelwright by trade who came to California in the early days. Mr. and Mrs. Schneider have one child, namely: Leland W. Mr. Schneider is allied with the Democratic party, but not active in politics. In society he affiliates with the Patrons of Husbandry, Grange No. 142, of Placerville. Grose gto w-e WILLIAM A. COATS, a Sutter County ‘A\R farmer, was born in Boone County, Missouri, September 12, 1833, a son of John H. and Catherine (Colvin) Coats. The father, a farmer by vocation, was a native of Madison County, Kentucky, and went to Missouri at the age of about eighteen years, followed farming there until 1850, when he came over the plains to California, During March, next year, he started home, in company with his son, the subject of this sketch, and while crossing the Isthmus of Panama to Chagres, he died at Gorgona, at the age of fifty-five years. His widow survived until 1881, when she died in California, aged seventy-three years. On arrival in this State in 1850, Mr. Coats and his son first stopped at Hangtown, where they saw the gambler “ Dick” hanged. The following spring the father started back fur his old home in the East, taking his son with him, saying that he would as soon see him hanged as to leave him in California by himself to follow inining in the vicinity of such a place as Hangtown. William A., the son, remained in Missouri until March, 1854, when he crossed the plains again, in a company of some thirty or forty, bringing about 100 head of stock, and had a pleasant trip. One of the company was William Furnish, an old ’49er now living in Sacramento. They first stopped on Dry Creek anp afterward went to Mokelumne Hill. In the fall they returned to Dry Creek and worked on the Wood Ranch of Washington Campbell, an old and well-known pioneer of Sacramento County. Next they were at Michigan Bar. In 1855 Mr. Coats located his present place, bnying of Buone Graham, occupied it one year and then commenced herding stock, which he continued for more than seven years. Then he purchased a number of sheep, in company with his unele, John Colvin, and they continued as . partners in the sheep business until 1866, when Mr. Coats took porsession of his homestead, and Mr. Colvin located in Colusa County. In 1860 Mr. Coats returned again to Missouri, by water, and in 1862 came again to California overland, bringing his wife, mother and a large number of others. He and his wife remained in Colusa until 1864, when they went to their present