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A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) (713 pages)
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580 HISTORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
enterprising, and in his death, which occurred
September 11, 1881,-the community realized
the loss of a valued friend. Lewis Freer is the
only surviving member of the family, with the
exception of his honored mother.
He was educated in his native town and at the
Hensen State School at San Francisco, subseyently entering upon the study of law with his
brother, Judge Leon D. Freer, of Butte County,
upon the completion of which he began the
active practice of law in Oroville in 1886. In
1888, his county having a natural and just pride
in her capable and worthy son, elected him
District Attorney, and at the election two years
later he was chosen his own successor, a fitting
recognition of his worth and ability. Several
important trials have occupied his attention
during this time, in which he has evinced an
excellent legal knowledge, and it can truthfully
he said that the record which he has thus far
made is by no means an ordinary one.
In 1885 Mr. Freer was inarried to Miss Maud
Faircloth, a lady of Anstralian birth. Their two
children are Fred Herbert and Vivian Laticia.
Mr. Freer is an Odd Fellow in his social relations, and has also held the oftice of president
of the parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden
West fur two terms. Enjoying as he does the
respect and esteem of such a large number of
acquaintances, with the record of a successful
career in the past, the future seems to hold for
him even more billiant prospects which all hope
may be fully realized.
Nee Qok>
H. TAYLOR, one of the land-owners of
Butte County, was born in Ramsey
? County, Minnesota, in 1864. There he
passed hia boyhood and youth, receiving the
education that was to fit him for his future
career in the common schvols of his native
State. When he had attained his majority he
bade farewell to the scenes of his childhood and
went bravely forth from the shelter of the parental rout, to seek his own fortune. California
still offering many inducements to the young
man of energy and pluck, he started for the
Pacific Coast, landing in San Francisco. For
several years he traveled through the State, living in different places and working at various
occupations. In Tuolumne County he was engaged in mining for one year; thence he went
to Santa Cruz County, and for some time was
cutting timber there; he then secured a position
on the railroad which took him to Monterey
County for one year; at the end of this time he
went to Plumas County, where he was again interested in mining.
Mr. Taylor then determined to settle in one
place and remain there, and he could not have
chosen a better place than Butte County, where
he now owns 322 acres of fine farming land.
The principal products of this ranch are fruit
and grains, and some attention is given to the
raising of live-stock.
E. H. and Isabella (Morrison) Taylor, the
parents of vur subject, were born in New York
and Wisconsin respectively; the father died
when young Taylor was a mere lad, but the
mother is still living, and resides in Chico,
California. She was married a second time to
Joseph Daniels, Esq.
Mr. Taylor was united in marriage in Butte
County, in 1889, to Miss R. P. Merritield, a
native of Butte County, California, born in
1873.
. MICHAEL M. CLIFFORD was born in
iN Treland, and is a son of William and
“as Annie (Mullin) Clifford, natives of the
Emerald Isle. His father was a farmer and to
that occupation the son was reared. He left
his native land in 1853, crossed the Atlantie
and landed in New York city. From that
place, in 1859, he went to Australia, where he
remained until 1867, embarking for California
that year and landing in San Francisco in 1868.
The vessel on which he sailed was the Ethan
Allen, Captain Snow. The same year of his