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WILDER, S. R., resides and owns property in Grass Valley. He was born in New York in 1837, and in 1858 went to Nevada City and teamed till 1860, and then came to Grass Valley and teamed nntil 1870. He theu started an establishment for lot- tling ale, porter and beer, and also makes cronk heer. The place is next to the City Brewery on Mill street. He hottles the City Brewery XXX Ale and Porter. In 1870 he married Miss S. M. Bice, who was horn August 15, 1853, in Grass Val- ley, the first white child horn iu the city.
WILHELM, THEODORE H., manager of Frank Aumer's hutcher shop, Grass Valley. He was born in Iowa in 1850 and was in the butchering business till 1870, when he came to this State and was in the same business in Placer county till 1872, since when he has been butchering in Grass Valley. In 1875 he married Miss Rose Binkelman, a native of New York, aud has two girls.
WILKINS, FREDERICK G., keeps a variety store on Commercial street, Nevada City. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1837, and went to Grass Valley in 1866, where he kept saloon a year and theu spent a year in the mines. He then went to Elko aud engaged in the lumber business one year, and was theu a year ou Snake river. In 1871 he went to Boston, but returned to this county in 1872 and engaged in various pursuits till 1876, when he again went East. He came back and in 1879 started his present business.
WILKINSON, WILLIAM, lives seven miles from Little York and one and one-fourth miles from Lowell Hill, his post office. He was born in Can- ada in 1831, and was in the cigar and tobacco manufacturing business till 1863, when he came to this State, arriving in You Bet in 1864. After mining a few months he went to Virginia City aud mined till 1868, and then went to Liberty Hill, iu
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HISTORY OF NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.
this county, and mined till 1870, and then removed to his present place of 1 0 acres, where he is min- ing, farming ml stork raising. In 1868 he mar- rical Miss Emma Burch, a native of Devonshire. Englaml, and has live sons and four daughters.
WILLARD, E. JI., lives at Yon Det. He was born in New York in 1841, aml went to Placer county. California, with his parents in 1860. He mined ther till 1877. and then came to You Ret and is Superintendent of the Nevada Mining Co.'s hy- draulic claims. In 157 he married Miss Mary Stevens. a native of Ammlor county, California, and has one little daughter.
WILLIAMS, D. O., lives at Relief Hill; post office North Bloomfield. He was born in Wales in 1846, and engaged in slate quarrying till 1869, wben he came to California and has since been mining at Relief Hill, and is one of the owners of the Wau- kesha mine.
WILLIAMS, J. G., lives in Truckee. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1837, and went to Ohio in 1851 and to California in 1857, locating on Bear river in 1858. He mined for four or five years and has since been railroading. He is passenger conductor between Truckee andl Winnemucca. In 1873 he married Miss Lucy J. Milligan, a native of Obio, and had two daughters, one of whom is living.
WILLIAMS, R. G., lives at North Bloomfield. Hle was born in Wales in 1839. In 1862 he went to (frass Valley, California, by way of Liverpool, New York and San Francisco, and mined there fourteen veurs, since when he has been keeping hotel at the Derbec shaft. In 1865 he married Miss Paul- ine Roazer, a native of France, and has one son. WILLIAMS, W. E., lives at Relief Hill: post office North Bloomfield. He was born in Wales in 1836 and lived there till 1854. He was then quarrying slate in New York till 1856, when he came to this State. He mined in Sierra county till 1858, in Nevada county till 1861, in Yuba county till 1865, and since in this county, where he is now mining at Relief 11ill.
WILLIAMS, W. (., lives at Relief Hill; post office North Bloomfield. He was born in Wales in 1834 and went to Pennsylvania in 1854 and quarried slate till 1807, then returned to Wales and worked at same business till 1860. JJe then returned to the slate quarries of Pennsylvania, and a year later eame to California and mined in Sierra county till 1865, and then came to this county. Ile is mining at Nelief ITill and is part owner in the Waukesha mine. In 1860 he married Miss Margaret Williams, a native of Wales, and has two sons.
WILLIAMS, W. R., lives at Relief Ilill. He was born in Wales in 1826, and emigrated to Maryland in 1858, where be engaged in mining. In 1850 he w nt to Wisconsin and farmed until 1853, when he crossed the plains to California, and mined in El Dorado county until 1854. He spent one year raining in Placer county and two years at Forest City, and from thence to Relief Hill. In 1863 be went to Arizona and spent two years; then returned io lielirf Hill, where he has lived ever since, eu- r_ d in mining. In 1874 he married Mrs. Mar- garet Davis, a native of Pennsylvania. She had one son and two daughters when married to Mr. Williams. Mr. W. has by her a son and daughter. Post office North Bloomfield.
WILLS. WILLIAM, proprietor of the Pacific Hotel, corner of Auburn and Main streets, Grass Valley. lle was born in England in 1845, and came to Grass Valley in 1861. He has been engaged here in mining. butchering and hotel keeping, and for more than a year has been proprietor of the Pacific Hotel. This was one of the parliest hotels in the city, and has been burned to the ground twice. In 1875 he married Alice Edwards, a native of Eng- land, and has one son.
WILSON, J. B., lives at Relief Hill; post office North Bloomfield. IFe was born in Maine in 1841, and in 1853 went to New Hampshire, where he engaged in lumbering till 1865. He then came to California, and was lumbering in Yuba county till 1867, since when he has been mining in this county, In 1876 he married Miss Augusta D. Moore, of Relief Hill, and has one son.
WILSON, JAMES R., lives three- fourths of a mile from Nevada City, his post office, and owns 160 aeres of land, valued at $5,000. He was born in Irelgod in 1850, and emigrated to Maryland with his parents in 1851. In 1862 he entered the army as a drummer boy in the 49th Pennsylvania Regi- ment, the "Bucktails," and then returned to Maryland. In 1867 he went to San Francisco and then to Sitka, Alaska, with the American Fur Co. Three months later he went to Oregon and then to Humboldt county, California, and kept a hotel till 1872, since when he has been mining and farming in this county. In 1877 he married Miss Dora V. Moser, a native of Ohio, and has one son. HIe held the position of Deputy Sheriff in Hum- boldt county.
WILSON, L. M., lives one and a half miles cast of Nevada, and owns 120 acres of land. He was born in Illinois, 1828, and remained there until 1850. when he removed to Nevada county, C'al- ifornia, and engaged in mining until 1853, when he went to Sierra county, and mined there nutil 1859. 1Ie then returned to Nevada county, and mined until 1868, when he went back to Illinois and stayed one year. He returned to Nevada county in 1869, and has lived there ever since. engaged in farming and dairying. In 1862 he married Miss 'S. A. Andrus, a native of New York. Post office Nevada City.
WISEMAN, W. H., lives at Hunt's Hill: post office Nevada City. He was born in Maine in 1843, and in 1862 went to Yula county, California, and mined till 1876. Ile then came to Hunt's Hill and is Superintendent of the Camden hydraulic claims. Ile is also part owner of the Sailor Flat minc. In 1872 he married Miss Margaret Landri- gan, a native of California, and has two sons and one danghter.
WITHINGTON, G. E., lives in Nevada City, where he owns a lot and business building; is a sign and carriage painter. He was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, 1826, and remained there until 1835, when he removed to Northumberland county, where he remained until 1847, engaged in learning and working at carriage painting. From there he went to Pittsburg, and thence to Wells- ville, Ohio. In 1849 he emigrated to California, overland, and arrived in Nevada City December 15, 1849. There were then but two honses and the place was called " Caldwell's Upper Store."
Mr. W. mined for first year or two, and since that has constantly followed his business of painting, though more or less interested in mines at all times. Has lived continuously in Nevada (ity, and is very familiar with its history. In 1867 he married Mrs. Anna E. Sands, a native of Illinois, who died in 1871.
WITTER, JONAH, lives eight miles from Nevada City, and six from Grass Valley, his post office. He was born in Connecticut in 1833, and in 1856 went to Ohio and Chicago and returned to Con- neeticut. In 1876 he went to Kansas and traveled till 1877. when he returned to Connectient. He was a locomotive engineer for sixteen years. In 1868 he married Miss IJ. J. Green, a native of Rhode Island, and has two sons and one daugh- ter.
WOOD, JAMES W., resides in Sweetland, and owns property worth $3,000. He was born in Woburn. Middlesex county, Massachusetts, in 1824, and en- gaged in farming and shoemaking till 1852. He then came to California by the Isthmus route, and commenced mining on Wood's ereek, Tuolumne county. In the spring of 1853 he moved to San Francisco and engaged in various pursuits till May, 1855. He then came to Sweetland, and has since been mining, merchandising. hotel keeping. He has a general merchandise store and is post master and agent for Wells. Fargo & Co. In 1843 he married Miss Almira Il. Witherell, a native of Taunton, Massachusetts. They have had live sons, three of whom are now living, Granville N ... born in Woburn, Massachusetts, in 1845, now phy- sician and surgeon in Wyoming Territory: Fremont S., boru in Sweetland in 1858, and Frank M., Forn in Sweetland in 1860, the last two being in their father's store. A view of his place is given in this work.
WRIGHT, GILMAN, resides and owns property in Grass Valley. He was born in New Hampshire in 1829, and engaged in carpentering and carriage making till 1860, when he came to Nevada county. He mined at Scott's Flat from 1862 till 1873. when he came tu Grass Valley and purchased an inter- est in his present blacksmithing and wagon mak- ing business, at No. 75 Mill street. Until 1878 the firm was Moore & Wright, and has since been Moore, Wright & Moore. In 1854 he married Miss H. A. Chandeler, a native of New Ilampshire.
WYBAILLIE, ALEXIS HI .. bootmaker in Truckee. He was born in Belgium in 1839, and in 1856 went to Paris and engaged in shoemaking till 1861. Ile then worked at the same business in London till 1866 and in Belgium till 1867. In that year he went to New York and in 1868 to San Francisco. and six months later to Napa. He was in the shoemaking business there, and was burned out in 1875, and came to Truckee in 1876 and established his present business, Ilis house and business place are worth $2.100. In 1866 he married Miss Theresa Wonters, a nalive of Belgium, in Paris.
YATES, GEORGE E., lives at Sweetland and owns forty acres of land. He was born in Kentucky in 1834, and went to Illinois in 1852, where he farmed till 1854. He then came to this State and mined at Downieville till 1850, and has since been min- ing and farming in this county. A view of his place is shown on another page.
YATER. J. I. livet(IF of land. He was born; "> 1x11, and remained ther 1 .. ing, when he emigrated to V. where he wa- black-to'thin ; tte when he went to Poru, - n \ ... there some eight mro ths ttle then returned and -ett'el ir N where He has ever since r . I .: sinith of the Providerce In . r Y. has traveled cxte el ( other foreign countri -. 1. ' 4 1. Elizabeth (. Ray, a native of F. z. d. ] have one boy. Port ofie . Mva ifit ..
YOUNG. CHARLIE W.,j & . ri. Tru ke . was born in Ohio, and i 1×4 or ed ter California. He xiund a f.w [ ] - conuty, and then went to Pi Fr
.Ve Hangtown (Placerville f. 1 .orf and then mined at Sevad City to v. .. was in th . jewelry Un-19. t. -.. I spring of 1>64 he went to Vigi . 0.0 21 years later to M-adow Laike .n t ... . spent two years between that in 1868 came to Trucker, Where he ... in the jewelry business. He was It -t Ner. da (ity, and a memberof the : -: . Convent'om bold in that city.
YOUNG. JAMES IL., live. . . Per. . H: . M township: post office Nov la ( ;: ". Il. ... L in England in 1:15, and i. 195 l'ennsylvania. He work I ti- three years and then c. u. 1
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