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A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) (713 pages)
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Page: of 713
HISTORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORDIA.
of Chico Lodge, No. 111, F.and A.M. The
lceal paper gave the following notice: “ The
death of John Nicholl removed a well known
and highly esteemed pioneer of this county —
a man honest, earnest, sincere, reliable and upright in all his actions; a friend to all about
him, and a man whom his neighbors looked up
to and respected. He built for himself and
family a little earthly paradise, a lovely and
sheltered spot amid the hills, where, surrounded
by fruits and flowers, he passed many happy
years. He will be sadly miseed by a wide circle of friends.”
Mrs. Helen Nicholl is a daughter of John
and Betsey (Corbit) Gault, natives of Ireland.
She was born in the State of New York, and
was there united in marriage to John Nicholl,
May 19, 1853. Her residence is one of the
oldest and handsomest in the neighborhood. It
is sitnated on the hill-side, and the lawn is
filled with choice flowers and orange trees. The .
farm consists of 320 acres, the principal product
of which is fruit.
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholl had born to them .
three children: John G., Charles F. and
James M.
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B. LANGDON, a successful business
man and prominent citizen of Wheat€. land, Yuba County, California, ia the
owner and proprietor of a livery and feed barn. .
Mr. Langdon was born in New York State, in
1834, son of Benjamin and Jemima (Jenkins)
Langdon, natives of the Empire State. Both
parents died in New York, the mother in 1845
and the father in 1876. The subject of our
sketch learned the tanner’s trade, and worked .
at it until 1855, then went West.
crossed the plains to California. After being
four months en route he landed ata place called
location at Wheatland. Being favorably impressed with this section of California he has
continued his residence here.
In 1863 he .
which his livery is kept is located on Main
street, and was erected by him in 1886. He
keeps eight head of fine horses, and his stables
are first-class in every respect. Mr. Langdon is
popular, and by his earnest work to please his
customers merits the public favor which has
been accorded him.
January 12, 1860, is the date of his marriage to Miss Adaline Woodworth, in lowa, her
native State. They have four children: Benjamin E., Lena, Rie (now Mrs. Murphy, of
Wheatland), and Walter KE. Mr. Langdon is a
member of the I. O. O. F., Sutter Lodge,
No. 100.
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ONTGOMERY S. CURREY, one of
al the prominent farmers and viticulturists of Solano County, was born in
Clinton County, New York, July 17, 1846, and
is the oldest son of John and Cornelia (Scott)
Currey. His father is a native of the State of
New York, and his ancestors came to America
in 1688, settling in that State. His father came
to California in 1849, and engaged in the practice
of the law, and in 1859 was a candidate for
Governor of California, and in 1863 was elected
a Justice of the Supreme Court, and is now a
prominent member of the bar in San Francisco.
The family first located at Benicia, where
Montgomery S. Curry received his early education, afterward graduating in the class of 1867,
at Williams College, in Massachusetts. After
completing his collegiate course, he traveled in
Europe until 1869, when he returned to America, and began the study of law. He was
admitted to practice in New York, and later, in —
1871, in California. In 1872, on account of
poor health, he removed to Solano County,
locating six miles north of Dixon, where he
_ began the life of a practical viticulturist and
Rogers’ Hotel, within three miles of his present farmer. His large farm, consisting of 1400
acres, is under a good state of cultivation, and
of which about seventy acres are in raisin grapes
The building in He has also fifty orange trees of choice varie-