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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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520 HISTORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. there, and from a bare plain he has made a comfortable home, upon a well-cultivated ranch. At one time it consisted of 1,200 acres. In 1887 he sold the entire tract to the Marysville Land Association, and he now resides upon the saine as a renter; but he expects soon to have a comfortable home in the vicinity of Marysville, and enjoy the retired life which he has so fully earned. He was married in 1854, to Miss Eliza Johnston, a native of Illinois, and they have two children: John W. and Mary E. Mrs. Johnson died in 1862. Mr. Johnson was a member of the Odd Fellows order for a number of years. ebennative sons, born at Vacaville, Solano County, December 2, 1864. He received his education in his native county in the public schools, and also attended the Stockton Business College. He is the eldest child born to James W. and Samantha (Palmer) Gates. His father, who was anative of the Blue Grass State (Kentucky), was a pioneer of 1852. ‘The mother of our subject is a native of Tennesseee. Mr. (sates’ father is a large stockholder and director of the Fruit Growers’ Asscciation of Vacaville. Thomas L. Gates resides upon his father’s fruit farm three and a half miles north of Vacaville near tie foothills. He is jointly connected with his father as a fruit-grower and shipper. The farm consists of 200 acres of land, which is set out in choice varieties of fruits and grapes. They have also seventy-five acres of land in a general farm, and 1,800 acres of land adjacent of fine grazing land. Mr. Gates and his father make large shipments of green fruit East, also to Benicia Cannery under a contract. The residence of our subject is an elegant one, surrounded by beautiful grounds, on which are growing several orange trees which are now (January 9), laden with goldeft fruit. He has a Mp oe L. GATES is one of California’s , commodious barn and out-houees, including an excellent drying house for his fruit. Mr. Gates was married at Vacaville, April 25, 1887, to Miss Hattie Peas of Canada. Their union has been blesed with one child: James W. Our subject is a Democrat of the old Jacksonian stamp, and takes great pleasure in expounding the time-honored principles of his party. A ©). ke Junction City market, is one of the most popular young business men of Trir ity County, of which he is a native. He was born at North Fork, seven miles from Junction City, on the 20th of November, 1864, his parents being James Alexander and Mary Louisa (Zeigler) Tinsley. Flies father, a native of the vicinity of Richmond, Virginia, was reared there to farm life. At the age of twenty-one he went to New Or leans, and there began steamboating on the Mississippi between the Crescent City and St. Louis. In 1850 he croseed the plains to California, and coming to Trinity County engaged in mining on Cafion Creek, about two miles above Junction City. A couple months later he went to Burnt Ranch, and there engaged in merchandising. He also ran a pack train of about twenty mules from Burnt Ranch to Red Bluff, and also to Arcata (then Uniontown), Humboldt County. The memorable Indian raid counted him among its victims, and his business at Burnt Ranch having been destroyed he went to North Fork, where he engaged in the livery business. and also ran stage between that place and Weaverville, until 1867. He then went to Cox’s Bar, where he has since carried on a general merchandise business, and also stock-raising. Besides these interests, he also runs a pack train between Cox’s Bar and Junction City and Eureka, Humboldt County. Ile was married to Miss Zeigler in Red Bluff. They have had eleven children, of whom three (sens W. TINSLEY, proprietor of the