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GERMAN, JOHN, proprietor of the Arcade Hotel, North San Juan. He was born in Germany. jn 1832, and in 1845 came to the United States. He lived in Texas two years, and then went back to Germany. He returned to the United States in 1850, and lived in Illinois until 1859, when he crossed the plains and settled in North San Juan. He followed mining for eight years, and then pur- chased the Arcade Hotel, of which he is still the proprietor. The hotel is a large and commodious one on Main street, and is well managed by Mr. German and his wife, who thoroughly understand the hotel business. In 1864 he married Miss Louisa Hannauer, a native of Germany, and has three sons and one daughter.
GETCHELL, GEO. S. S., farmer, Nevada City: was born iu Machias, Maine, in 1819. remained until 1849, engaged in lumbering; then to Nevada county, California, ria Isthmus of Panama. arriv- ing at San Francisco on >teamer Sarah Sands in May, 1850; engaged in miningin various places until J851, when he returned to the East. bringing his family with him on his return; settled at Hun- boldt, where he remained three years, keeping a hotel for two years of that time. General Grant then stationed at that point was frequently a guest of his house; returned to Nevada county in 1855. where he has remained ever since. Married in 1842. Elizabeth Farnsworth, a native of Maine; they have had five children, two of whom. boys, are now living, one engaged iu making iron pipe at Nevada City, the other with his parents. "Jir. Getchell has held the offices of County Road Commissioner., City Marshal, Coustahle and Road Tax Collector. Ile owns forty acres of land.
GRIFFEN. G. W., resides at Truckee. He was born iu Illinois in 1831 and iu 1841 went to Mis- sonri and iu 1850 crossed the planus to El Dorado county. He mined and kept hotel uutil 1868 and then went to Truckee and engaged with Sisson. Wallace & Co. He was a member of the Legis- lature from 1871 to 1880, and has beeu Deputy Sheriff and Deputy Clerk of Nevada county. He went through most of the mining excitements such as Fraser river. Reese river and others lu 1856 he married Miss M. MeCannaha, a native of Indiana, and has seven sons and two daughters.
GILLMAN, M. D., lives two miles East from Nevada. lle was born in Maine in 1834 and remained till 1875, when he removed to Alameda county. Cal .. where he raised fruit until 1877. Since that time he has been mining in Nevada county. In 1875 he married Miss Enuna Radford of Maine. They have one child, a girl. Post office Nevada City.
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GODAIR, HENRY, lives at Rosedale, three miles from Nevada City, his post office. He was born in Illinois iu 1817 and went to Wisconsin iu 1833 and a few months later to Dubuque, Iowa. He engaged in lead mining until 1845, and went with Col. Graciot to Lake Superior to prospect copper, and remained until 1848. He then returned to Iowa and crossed the plains in 1849. He miued at Mormon Island until March, 1850, then went to Pownieville, North Fork Feather river aud Spauish Ranch. He then went back to lowa and in the fall of 1851 to Tenuessee. He returned to Cahformia in the spring of 1852 and settled in Nevada City. He mined until 1856 and then teamed. Siuce 1871 he has been farming. He owns 160 acres of laud. In 185, he married Miss Harriet Weaver, of Tennessee, a native of South Carolina. He has one son by his first wife.
GOODWIN, J. S., resides at You Bet. He was born in Stetson. Maine. October 16, 1852, and engaged in farming and blacksmithing. In 1874 cawie to California and lived in You Bet seven months. He then went to Oregon to help fit up some mines belonging to the Birdseye Creek Co., of You Bet. He remained there seven months and returned to You Bet and took charge of the Neeee & West Hydraulic mines, where he still remains.
GORE PETER, lives five miles east of Nevada, and owns 200 acres of land. He was born in Canada, 1840, and lived there until 1801, when he removed Io Nevada county, California, where he has siuce lived. mining and lumbering. He is at present engaged in the wood business. In 1873 Le mar- ried Miss Lonisa White, of Oregon, who died in September, 1874; he bas two children-a boy and a girl; post office Nevada City.
GRAHAM, A. J., lives at Truckee; he was born in Tioga county, N. Y., October 1, 1825, and moved to springfield, Illinois, 1834, and to the Lead Mines at Plattville, Wisconsin Territory, in 1835; he volunteered for the Mexican war in 1846, but the Indian troubles prevented the Territory of Wisconsin from sending volunteers out. In the fall of 1848 be went to St. Anthony Falls on the Mississippi river, and engaged in lumbering. He then gathered his resources into a fleet of Inmber aud started dowu the river to St. Louis. When he arrived at the settlement lie beard of the discovery of gold at Sutter Mill; old his raft of Innher and lath at Quincy and returned to Plattville, and in the spring started acrone the plains with an ox team; in August of the same year he reached Weberville, El Dorado county. California. In December, in connection with Moses, Job and A. Young, he sank the first shaft for deep gravel on Oregon Hill; he used the first long tom at Slapjack Bar used on any river; in 1851 also the first ground sluiec in El Dorado county if not in the State. The first half day tak out Is pounds 16 ounces to the ounce of clean gold. Engaged extensively in mining and Merchand ing until 1853; then followed lumber- Ug at Ringgold, El Dorado county, until 1858; then to sacraments county, and engaged in agri- c ture and stock raising nutil 1871, except the rear 1-4, which he spent in Jesus Marie, Chihua- Lua, Mexico, superintendent of a silver minc; word to Trucker, Nevada county, in 1871, and engaged in lumbæring; he served through the with mon of the state Legislature from Il Laad county; married Slim Christina Fathring- ha in less, a native of Illinois, and has had Wree daughter and one wa; bas only two daugh-
ters now living. Mr. Graham owns 560 aeres of land in Brighton township, Sacramento county, value $10.000; also has a nice home in Truckee, value $3,500.
GRAHAM, JAMES, lives two miles northwest of Nevada City, his post office, where he is farming on 160 acres of land; he was born in Pennsylvania in 1835 and followed coal mining until 1859, wheu he came to Nevada City; he has followed mining principally, and the last few years has also been farming. In 1857 he married Miss Alice Scott, a native of New York City; he has four daughters and has had six sons, four of whom are still living. GRAHAM, JOHN A., " Union Livery Stables," Nevada City; was born in British America in 1841; remained with parents on a farm until 1866, in which year he came to California via Cape Horn. On arriving in California he went dircetly to the San Juan mines and remained there and in the vicinity for live years; then to Nevada City, where he started his present business.
GRAHAM, PETER, lives in Sweetland and owns town lots valned at $1.000; lic was born in Ireland in 1833, and moved to England with his parents in 1836, and in 1851 came to the United States; he engaged in cotton manufacturing in Massachusetts until 1855, and then came to California by way of the Isthmus and settled in Sweetland: he has been engaged in mining and holds mining interests at the present time; he is also in the saloon busi- ness. In 1855 he married Miss Ellen Callagahn, a native of Massachusetts, and has two sons and four daughters.
GRAY, GEO. A., carpenter and cabinet maker, Nevada City; was born in Nevada City 1853, and bas lived there ever since, engaged in carpenter work and cabinet making trade: he learned his trade in the same shop where he is now employed, and with the same party, W. C. Groves. Mr. Gray was the second or third child born in Nevada City, and is now the oldest person so born now remaining there. Married in 1875 Ida C. Young, a native of Washington, Guernsey county, Ohio; they have one son, Earl V., born June 16, 1877.
GREEN, C. A., resides at Boca: he was born iu Ohio in 1845, and in 1867 came to Nevada county, Cal- ifornia, where he has lived ever rinee, with the exception of five winters spent in Sacramento keeping books for the Capital Nursery, and engaged as engineer in the mountains; he is at present engineer for the Boca Mill Co., which position he has held for eight years; he is School Trustee at Boca, and Clerk of the Board.
GRIFFITHS, THOMAS, resides as Grass Valley; he was born in Wales in 1813, and in 1839 eamie to the United States; he was employed in iron works in New York and Pennsylvania until 1847, and then in the Illinois lead mines. In 1850 he came to this State and mined in Placer county six months, and on Nelson creek nutil 1852, when he returned to New York. The same year he brought his family to Grass Valley by way of the Isthmus. Messrs. Griffiths & Stone are owners of the old Empire Diteb; he was married in 18+1 to Miss Auna Morris, a native of Wales, and has two sons and four daughters.
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GRISSEL, CONRAD, resides and owns property in the town of Washington; he was born in Germany in 1827 and in 1830 went with his parents to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; he way a baker there until 1853 and then came to Nevada county, Cal- ilornia; he mined until 1864, when he purchased the Exchange Hotel, in Washington, and has since
been the proprietor; he also runs a tri-weekly stage from Washington to Nevada City; he was married iu 1852 to Miss Sarah Ikeler, of Mead- ville, Pennsylvania, who joined him here in 1863. They bave tive sous and two daughters.
GROVER, HENRY, lives on Oustomah Hill, Nevada City, where he owns forty acres of land, valued at $1,000; he was born in Ohio in 1833 and moved with his parents to Joliet, Illinois, in 1835. In 1840 the family moved to Iowa and in 1847 to Wisconsin. In 1852 he crossed the plaius; he mined in American Valley, Plumas county. until 1863, Fraser river, B. C., until 1865, Plumas county again 1866, and then came to this county, where be has continued to mine. In 1871 be married Mrs. Christiana Gallagher, a native of France, and has one son and one daughter. Mrs. Gallagher had six sons and two daughters living and one daughter deceased.
HAGER, E. P., lives at Blue Tent, in the old Blue Tent house, where he owns one hundred acres of land; he was born in Maine, 1839, and remained until 1861, engaged in farming; he then enlisted in the Fourth Maine Infantry and served for two years; he then removed to Yuba county, Califor- nia, where he mined until 1869, From there he went to Nevada county, where he has sinee been engagedin mining, and as agent for the South Yuba Canal Co. at Blue Tent. In 1869 he married Miss Carrie A. Linscott, a native of Maine. They have two children, girls. Post office Blue Tent.
HALL, A. H., resides at Truckee; he was born iu Maine in 1822, and engaged in farming and lum- bering until 1863, when he came to this State; he lived in San Francisco and Oroville, and came to Truckee in 1868, where he has since followed teaming and lumhering. In 1849 he married Miss N. S. White, a native of Maine, and has two sons and four daughters.
HAMILTON, G., resides on Church street, Grass Valley; he was born in Maine in 1814, and in 1833 went to New Orleans. In 1852 he came to this State by the Isthmus route and settled in Grass Valley; he has since been engaged in building mills and in mining; he built Hamilton Hall in 1858; he was Town Trustee three years. In 1850 he married Miss Mary T. Larkin, a native of New York, and has two daughters. A view of his place is given on another page.
HAMMIL, JAMES, lives on the Nevada road cne and one-quarter miles from Grass Valley, his post office, where he owns three aeres of land; he was born in England in 1831 and went to Pennsylvania in 1854; he mined there until 1855 and theu came to this county, where he has since been mining. In 1852 he married Miss Houor Rodda, a native of England, and has three sons aud five daughters.
HANKINS, C. H., lives three-fourths of a mile from You Bet, his post office. and five miles from Dutch Flat; he was horn in New Jersey in 1831 and iu 1839 moved with his parents to Ohio. In 1854 he came to this State and mined at Yankee Jim's, Placer county, five months, and then at Con- demned Bar. In 1855 he went to Alpha, in this county. and in 1858 went to Hunt's Hill. In 1865 he came to You Bet, where he has since been mining; he owns claims in Birdseye canon, and bas a tail sluice a milo long and gives employment to three men. In 1865 he married Miss Fidelia Brown, a native of New York, and has one dangh- ter, Delia N., aged six years. A view of his min. ing operations is given elsewhere.
HARKER, C., lives at Relief Hill. He was born in Illinois 1841. In 1861, he immigrated to California and spent three months in Marysville, Yuba county. He then went to Nevada county, and has lived there ever since. Iu 1871 he married Miss Jane Penrose, a native of England, They have three children, all boys. Post office, North Bloom- field.
HARRIS, S. M., dentist, office in Harris building. Mill. street, Grass Valley. He was born in Dela- ware, in 1828, and moved to Ohio with bis parents in 1832. In 1849 he came to California and lived on North Fork American river and Bear river, mining and practicing his profession. In 1831, he went to Tuolumne county and in 1853 to Oregon. In 1859 he returned and settled in Grass Valley, and has been miuing and practicing dentistry ever sinee. He was in California, Oregon and Nevad .. at the time they were admitted into the Union. In 1859, he married Miss Marion W. King, a native of Ohio, and has one son and two twin daughters. His son is attending the University, at Berkeley.
HARRIS, W. D., resides on School street, Grass Valley. He was born in England in 1851, and in 1835 eame to California and settled in Grass Valley. He mined until 1876 and then embarked in the clothing business in the firm of Farrill & Harris, No. 52 Mill street, Grass Valley. They deal in clothing, furnishing goods, hats, boots, ete. 1879, Mr. Harris married Miss Mary Mills, a native of Grass Valley.
HASTINGS, JOHN, lives six miles from Nevada City, and five miles from Grass Valley, his post office. He was born in Ireland in 1834, and in 1846 went to Philadelphia. He went 10 Delaware six months later, and in 1849 moved to Illinois. In 1850 he crossed the plains to this eounty. He mined, and then followed teaming and farming. In 1852 he went back to Illinois and returned in 1854. In 1861, he married Miss Mary Cahell, a native of Ireland, and has had two sons and three daughters, of whom two daughters are now living. He owns 560 acres of land, valued at $5,000.
HATCH, H. L., lives as Vine Hill, Indian Springs; postofliee, Rough and Ready. He was born in Vermont in 1814 aud remained until 1844, engaged in farming and teaching school. He then went to Illinois and taught music until 1830, when he came to this State. He merchandised iu El Dorado county until 4851, then mined in this county oue year, and then went to Pen Valley, where he has since resided. He followed lumbering one year, and has sinee been keeping hotel, farming and stock raising. He was elected to the Legisla- ture in 1865, and served one term; he was also Postmaster at Indiau Springs as long as the office remained there. He owns 240 acres of land, and is also wine making from 25 acres of vineyard. Property valued at $7,000. In 1838, he married Miss Elizabeth W. Jeffords, a native of Vermont, and has three sons and one daughter.
HATCH, M. P., resides at Indiau Springs, post othee, Rough and Ready. He was born in Vermont in 1841 and moved with his parents to Illinois when three years of age. Iu 1852 they came to this county, where he has since lived. He had a toll road until the last ten years, and has since been farming and stock raising. He owns 350 acres of land, valued at $10,000. In 1866, he married Aliss Julia G. Noland, a native of Virginia. He has had one son (not liviug) and has three daughters. A view of his place is given on another page of this book.
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HATHAWAY, F. M., Nevada City; owns 640 acres of land. was born in Pennsylvania in 1838, remained until 1859, then to California; engaged in mining. Married in 1873 to Miss Emma S. Palmer, a native of New York; they have one boy and one girl living. Post office, Nevada City, Cal. HAWLEY, C. B., lives threc-fourths of a mile east of North Columbia, his post office; he was born in Canada iu 1829 and in 1861 came to this county, where he has since heen mining and lumbering, and is proprietor of Ilawley's mill. In 1853 he married Miss Mary Inglee, a native of Pembrooke Canada. They have had five dangliters, of whom fonr are now living. He owns 320 acres of land and some mining claiuns.
HAWLEY, R. B., lives one and a quarter miles from North Columbia, his post office."
HAYS, J. HENRY, lives five and one-half miles from Grass Valley, his post office; he was born in New Orleans in 1852 and came to California with his parents via the Isthmus in 1854; he has lived in this county ever since and is engaged in mining. In 1870 he married Miss Rose Bickford, a native of Ohio, and has two sons and two daugh- ters.
HAYES, ROBERT J., lives in Nevada City; he was horn in Pittshurg, Peunsylvania, in. 1839 and was six months old when his parents moved to Ohio. In 1840, they moved to Lonisville, and iu 1841 to St. Louis. In 1852 he came to California and has since heen farming in this county; the past year he has been teaming.
HEINSON, JOHN, resides and owns property in You Bet; he was born in Holstein, Germany, February 25, 1820, and in 1853 came to California; he mined at Columbia, Tuolumne county, until 1854, at Cherokee, in this county, until 1860, at Red Dog till 1863, aud has since heeu in the saloon husiness at You Bet; he has the only large saloon in the town, a frame building 24x38 feet, and keeps a fine stock of liquors.
HELGESEN, OLE, resides and owns property in the town of Washiugtou; he was born in Norway, in 1830, and in 1853 went to Illinois, and worked on a railroad until 1854, when he came to this State; he mined iu this county until 1855, in Klamath county in 1855. in Tuolumne, Yuba and Butte counties until 1861, Yuha county again till 1863, and then came to this county again; he came to Washington in 1874, and is still mining; he has an interest in the Mountain Dew and Ceres quartz Iedges, above Washington; he opened a dry goods aud clothing store in Washington in 1878.
HELGERSON, PETER, lives eight miles from Nevada City, his post office; he was horn in Nor- way, in 1829, and went to Pennsylvania in 1852, and cbopped wood until 1853, when he went to Illinois and worked on a railroad; he then came to this county and engaged in mining: he is at present tending five miles of the Excelsior Ditch. HELWIG, J. H., lives at Northi Bloomfield; he was born in Germany, in 1834, and in 1844 went to New Orleans and then to Cinciunati, and three months later to St Louis. In 1848 he went to Waterloo, Illinois, aud in 1854 to St. Joseph, Mis- souri, and from there came to this State; he arrived in this county October 4, 1854, and has since resided here, engaged iu mining until 1867, and since then in hutchering. The firm is Helwig & Frood. In 1872 he married Miss Emma Bishop, horn October 18, 1854, in California; he has one son and two daughters.
HENDERSON, ALEXANDRE, lives on Race street, Grass Valley; he was born in Scotland, in 1826, and in 1852 went to Massachusetts, and eight months later to Maine and engaged in fishing. In 1853 he came to California hy the Niearagna route, and settled iu Grass Valley, on the lot he now occupies; he has been constantly engaged in mining sinee coming to this place. In 1857 he married Miss Mary Archibald, a native of Scot- land, and has one son and four daughters; he has heen School Director. A view of his place will he found on another page.
HERZINGER, HENRY L., was horn in Madison county, Missonri. September 18, 1853, and eame to California with his parents in March. 1854. On this coast he learned the printer's trade, and has heen engaged in that business in a number of places; he is a member of the firm of Gray, Davis & Co., proprietors of the Tri-Werkly Herald, of Nevada City; his snecess is due to his energy and attention to his business.
HICKMAN, J. C., lives at Relief Hill; he was born in Tennessee, iu 1836. Iu 1855 he moved to Nevada county, California, and engaged in mining at Grass Valley for about two years; thence to San Juan, where he speut one summer; and thence to Relief Hill; has visited Tennessee twice, once in 1869-70, and onee in 1876-7. In 1877 he married Miss Ellen Beck, a native of California. They have one child, a girl. Post office North Bloom- field.
HIERONIMUS, SIMON, lives at North Bloomfield; he was born in Boersch, France, now a part of Germany, in 1849; he learned the trade of cooper and hrewer, and from 1864 to 1872 traveled through France, working at his trade: he then went to Chicago, Illinois, and in 1.873 to San Francisco; he worked at his trade there until 1876, and then worked at brewing in Nevada City till 1878, when he came to North Bloomfield, and has since heen proprietor of the Bloomfield Brewery. In 1876 he married Miss Freida Model, born in Baden, Ger- many, in 1849; he has one son and one daughter. HIGGINS, M. J., resides ten miles from Auburn and thirteen from Grass Valley, his post office; he was born iu Ireland, iu 1833, and went to Canada with his parents in 1843, and in 1844 to New York. In 1852 he came to this State and mined at Placer- ville six mouths, at Georgetown until 1853, then to Big Bar, American river, until 1858, mining and trading; he then went to Todd's Valley, Placer county, and in 1860 came to this county, where he has been farming and stoek raising for the past ten years; he has occupied his present farm of 160 aeres eight years. In 1861 he married Miss Mary Driscoll, a native of Ireland, and has two sons and four daughters.
HILL, C. R., lives iu Grass Valley; he was born iu New York, in 1828, and in 1850 went to Buffalo; he arrived in Grass Valley in 1852, and mined and teamned for one year; he then rented the land he now occupies and purchased it in 1858, huilt a house and moved into it. At the time he first took it there was but one acre adapted to cultiva- tion, as it had all been washed out by the miners. By the end of 1858 he had filled in and leveled four acres, on which he planted fruit trees. The halance of a traet of twelve aeres he also prepared in this way; he planted the first berry vines in the vicinity and was the first to ship fruit from the county; he has 56 acres of land and 1,200 fruit trees. In 1856 he married Miss Caroline E. J. Dobbins, a native of Maryland. They have had
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two sons, one now living, and four daughters, three uow living.
HILL, GEORGE W., resides and owns property in Grass Valley; he was horn at Russell, New York, in 1827 and came to California in 1852; he mined in El Dorado county till 1853, Sierra county till 1854, and then in El Dorado county again; he then returned home and came hack to this State in 1858, settling in Grass Valley, where he has since heen engaged in miniug; he is Secretary of the Idaho, Rocky Bar and Gold Hill Quartz Mines, of the North Fork Gravel Co., Madison Lodge, No. 23, F. and A. M., and Grass Valley Chapter, No. 18, R. A. M. In 1854, he married Miss Harriett Ellison, a native of New York, and has two daughters. A view of his place is given else- where.
HILL, JOHN, lives in North San Juan; he was born in New York in 1819, and went to Michigan in 1837, where he farmed until 1841, and then weut to South Bend, and in the same year to Galena, Illinois, and engaged in lead mining there and at Benton and Shellsburg, Wisconsin until 1852. at the last place, keeping a livery stable. In 1852, he crossed the plains and arrived at Nevada City, September 9, 1852; he went into partnership with H. 1J. Hunt in the hotel and general merchandise business at Hunt's Ranch; he owns 100 aeres of land. In 1848, he married Miss Emily W. Cottle. a native of Vermont, and she was the first white woman in North San Juan; he has one son. A view of his residence is given on another page.
HILL, W. J., lives at Little York, where he owns town property and toll road to Dutch Flat: he was born in Ireland in 1835, and went to Illinois in 1854, and came to Little York in 1855; he was agent of the Little York Water Co. until 1867. and then bought an interest in the Dutch Flat and Little York Toll road. In 1874, he com- wenced merchandising in Little York; he has heen interested in mining most of the time: he was Post master from 1873 to 1876, and his wife has held the positiou ever since. In 1857, he married Miss Mary Ragan, a native of Ireland. and has one son and one daughter.
IIIPPERT, JOIIN, lives onc and a half miles from Eureka South, and owns thirty acres of mining land: he was born in Pennsylvania in 1836, and remained there until 1856, when he removed to Butte county, California, and engaged in mining: thence to Nevada county. where he has siuce lived. In 1869, he married Miss Lizzie J. Watson, a native of Jersey City, New Jersey. They have three boys and two girls, all living. Mr. Ilippert has held the office of Justice of the Peace iu Nevada county. Post office, Graniteville.
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