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A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) (713 pages)
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Page: of 713
524 HISTORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
he went to Placerville and mined in that vicinity four years. He then located on the place
where he now lives, containing 255 acres and
situated four miles from Live Oak. Heis a
member of the Catholic Church. Was married
in Marysville, in 1860, to Miss Mary Whiterman, a native of Germany, and they have seven
children: Christine, Henry, Josephine, Katie,
Joseph, Willie and Andrew.
AFAMES M. PLEASANTS is a native of
i Kentucky, born in Lincoln County, April
29, 1809, and a son of Edward and Lucy
(Humber) Pleasants, natives of Virginia and of
English extraction. The father died September
27, 1839, and the mother in Augnst, 1844.
James M. was reared to the occupation of a
farmer in Kentucky, and in 1835 removed to
Missouri, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1849.
This was the memorable year of the gold excitement in California, and, filled with an ardent
desire to seek his fortune in a land whence the
reports came, that gold could be picked up anywhere, he emigrated to the Pacific coast, coming
overland with an ox team. He arrived at his
destination in 1850, and first located at what
was then known as Bidwell’s Bar, on Feather
River, where he was engaged in mining about
one year, meeting with fair succees.
In the fall of 1850 he determined to go back
to his first love, farming, and accordingly secured a piece of land in what is now known
as Solano County. He has since tilled the soil,
and is the present owner of thirty acres of fine
farming land, fifteen of which are fruit trees,
the remainder being devoted to pasture and the
raising of grain.
Mr. Pleasants was married in Kentucky,
August 8, 1833, to Lydia Mason, a native of
Virginia, and six children are the result of this .
union: William J., Edward J. and Elizabeth are
living; Sarah, Nancy M. and Thomas H. are .
deceaged.
Onur subject isa genial man, with the true
instincts of a gentleman, characteristic of those
born in the Blue Grass State. Naturally he
affiliates with the Democratic party, although
he is not active in political matters now. His
farm produces an excellent living, and if his
expectations in regard to the abundance of gold
lying about in California have not been fully
realized, he has the assurance of a_ bountiful
living, and a life-time home under the genial
skies of “ Our Italy.”
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ILLIAM E. LAWRENCE, a hortizu
in turist of Vaca Valley, was born in
Wellsville, New York, April 11, 1859.
His parents removed to the city of Clinton in
Clinton County, lowa, where our subject was
educated in De Witt Park High-School. His
father was Samuel B. Lawrence, of Ohio, who
died March 14, 1881; his mother, nee Lucy M.
Austin, was of New York. The subject of this:
sketch came to California, and settled in Vacaville, May 24, 1877.
Having learned the jeweler’s trade in Iowa,
he embarked in the same business in Vacaville, .
and so continued for six or seven years. He is
now located two and a half miles west of the
town of Vacaville on a farm, containing 338
acres of land, 100 acres of which is planted to
general fruit, which is in a flourishing condition. He also has ten acres of land planted to a
choice variety of table grapes. Like other fruitgrowers in this valley he ships a great portion
of his fruits to Eastern markets, and also sells
to the local trade. During the past year his
shipping receipts were sixty tons of grapes,
green fruits 100 tons, and also ten tons dried.
His farm also contains 100 acres in fine pasture
and wood land.
Mr. Lawrence was married at Vacaville, August 24, 1884, to Miss Inez ©. Barker, a native
of Vaca Valley, who was born March 25, 1866,
and is the daughter of the late George F. Barker, a pioneer of California, and a former prom-