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A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) (713 pages)
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558 HISTORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
and Placer counties. In 1873 he came to Solano
County, and is now residing five and a half
miles east of Elmira, in the Binghamton school
district, where he carries on blacksmithing and
wheelwrighting. He is also Postmaster. His
farm consists of 156 acres, devoted to farming
and stock-raising.
Mr. Smith was united in wedlock, in Placer
County, with Miss Emma Westervelt, a native
of Michigan, in the year 1872. They have two
children, Leonard and Clarence. Mr. Smith is
a Democrat in his political views, and is quite
active in local matters. He has been School
Trostee; affiliates with Montezuma Lodge, No.
172, 1. O. O. F., and also the A. O. U. W.,
Dixon Lodge, No. 50, of Dixon.
4-8-4 —
W. STILLER,Treasurer of Trinity County,
was born at Evans’ Bar, twelve miles
N° east of Weaverville, on the 16th day of
Jaly, 1862, his parents being Alexander A. and
Louisa (Fritz) Stiller. His father, who was a
native of Danzig, Prussia, learned the amberworker’s trade there. aud when a young man
came to America. In the early ’50’s he came
to California and commenced mining on the
American River. He afterwards came to Trinity County, and located at Evans’ Bar. There
he mined for atime, but afterwards bought into
a general merchandise business. The high
water of 1862 caused him heavy losses. He
however rented another building and started
up again. Later he removed to Junction City,
where he was engaged in merchandising until
1870, when he removed to Weaverville. Here
he was for a number of years in active business,
but is now retired.
R. W. Stiller, subject of this sketch, was
reared in Trinity County, and educated in
Weaverville. At the age of fourteen years he
entered the office of the Zrinity Journal as an
apprentice to the printer’s trade, and then became a journeyman. When eighteen years of
age he became cashier in the bank of Morris .
F. Griffin, and upon the death of that gentleman three years later he becarhe manager of
the bank. He was also appointed County
Treasurer, being at that time, upon the authority of the Trinity Journal, the youngest Treasurer in the United States. [le managed the
bank for Mr. Griffin for about four years, and
npon Mr. C. W. Smith succeeding to the proprietorship of the institution, Mr. Stiller was
retained as cashier and acting manager, which
position he has since filled in the most satisfactory manner. Having filled out the nnexpired term of Mr. Griffin as County Treasurer
in a thoroughly, satisfactory manner, he was
elected to the position by the people of the
county, and has held the office since by virtue
of three successive re-elections.
Mr. Stiller is a member of Trinity Lodge,
No. 27, F. & A. M.; of North Star Lodge,
No. 61, 1.0.0. F., and of Stella Encampment,
No. 2.
He was married in Weaverville, January 9,
1889, to Miss Mary F. Montague.
Mr. Stiller, besides being a business man of
unusual capacity, is a genial, pleasant, wholesouled gentleman, and enjoys a high degree of
popularity throughout the entire community.
Pee RUMAN JOHNSON, one of the sucAly cessful farmers of Butte County, was
born in Grant County, Wisconsin, July
19, 1848, the son of John Johnson, who was
born in England in 1808. He came to America in 1829, settling first at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and in 1849 removed to Iowa, where
he was among the early pioneers. He was
married to Parmelia Moon, a native of Missouri, and they had nine sons and one daughter,
ot whom six are now living. The father came
with his family to Butte County in 1864, purchasing 160 acres of land, where he lived until
his death, which occurred May 7, 1886. His
wite still survives, and resides on the ranch
with her youngest son. The remainder of the