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- Moved his family to Arizona and California when those states were wilderness.
"In 1852 he crossed the plains with ox-teams, driving some cattle to the Pacific coast. For some time he engaged in mining and stock-raising at Rough and Ready, and later became a fruit-grower in Santa Rosa, Cal., and still later was a farmer of Salinas for a year. Nine years were then spent at Santa Barbara, Cal., where he became a well-to-do farmer, and in the Centennial year he settled in the Salt River valley, buying a quarter section of land adjoining Phoenix. After several years profitably spent in farming and stock-raising here he laid out Linville, the first addition to Phoenix, and from that time until his death, in July, 1893, continued in the real estate business. Several terms he filled the office of county supervisor, and in every way nobly met the obligations of citizenship. He was identified with the Christian Church and with the Masonic order. His wife, a native of Kentucky, departed this life in Phoenix, in November, 1891."
(J.R. Burton (jrburton1953@gmail.com)
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