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A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) (713 pages)
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Page: of 713
554 HISTORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
children, namely: Emma J., Agnes, Allie,
Mabel and Lila: four sons are deceased. _Politically Mr. Plummer is allied with the Repuablican party, and is active in local matters. He
also takes an active part in school matters, and
has been a member of the School Board eight
years. Socially he affiliates with Silveyville
Lodge, No. 201, F. & A. M., and is a prominent member of John W. Geary Post, G. A. R.
+ Rese Qew—
MALEASANT MARION GUYNN, a reprey sentative rancher and an early settler of
x Butte County, was born in Greene County,
Missouri, October 6, 1837, the son of John and
Mahala (Baty) Guynn, both natives of Tennessee. They were the parents of seven children, six of whom are now living, and two are
in California.
The subject of this sketch, the third child,
was reared on his father’s farm, and attended
the public schools. He arrived in this State
September 15, 1857, when twenty years of age,
and was first engaged in the mines on Butte
Creek, and next worked for wages on a farm
near Rock Creek. He then purchased an interest in some stuck, after which he worked for
a cattle firm five years. In the summer of
1860 he went to Visalia, and from there on a
mining expedition to the Corso Mines, and
while there located several mines, but never returned to work them. The same suimmer he
and several others crossed Death Valley in
search of the old emigrant quartz ledge. They
suffered sume for water and provisions, but
made the journey in safety. In 1862 Mr.
Guynn took from the Governinent 160 acres of
land, which he has since improved, and where
he still resides. His brother, Andrew B. Guynn,
was with him, and also took 160 acres adjoining, where they lived as bachelors until Jannuary, 1887. From time to time Mr. Guynn has:
added to his first purchase until he now owns
720 acres. Some idea of the productiveness of
the farm can be gathered from the fact that in
his best season he harvested forty-five bushels
of wheat to the acre, on 160 acres of land. He
has made wheat-raising his principal business,
but also raises cattle, horses and hogs. This
season he is sowing 3,500 acres of wheat, and
gives employment to about twenty men.
He was united in marriage January 18, 1887,
to Miss Jennie Howard, a native of Iowa, and
the daughter of Rev. W. H. Howard, a native
of Tennessee, and a minister of the Methodist
Church, South. Their union has been blessed
with five children, one of whom, Lee Wilson,
died when five years of age. The living are:
William Rose, Louis Marion. Creed Ashley and
Bruce Henderson. Socially Mr. Guynn is a
member of the A. O. U. W., of the blue lodge
and of the Royal Arch Masons. In his political opinions he is a liberal Democrat. Both he
and his wife are members of the Methodist
Church, Suuth, of which he is a trustee and
steward. Mr. Guynn is one of those remarkable men who have lived twenty-nine years in
one locality, and has the good will of the whole
cominunity. He has been rightly named
« Pleasant,” as he is a cordial good-natured and
hospitable gentleman.
ACOB A. ONSTETT, a farmer of Sutter
1 County, was born May 30, 1835, in Muskingum County, Ohio, and brought up on
a farm, by his parents, Henry and Hannah
(Fuerl) Onstett, natives of Pennsylvania. The
father was a dealer in live-stock, and also had a
country store near Zanesville, Ohio. The subject of this sketch sailed from New York Janwary 20, 1854, for California, landing at San
Francisco. In a short time he went to Marysville, and then to the mines, where he was engaged until April, 1858, being very successful.
During the period he was engaged in mining he
took up a claim in company with nine others,
dug a tunnel 3,000 feet long, being employed
nearly four years in completing a certain section
of only 500 feet in lergth, At the close of his