Butte County CA Archives Biographies.....Young, John C. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 30, 2006, 3:14 am Author: Fariss & Smith (1882) JOHN C. Young.—Mr. Young was born in the province of New Brunswick. He came to the United States and settled in California in 1852. For seven years he mined on Thompson's flat. In 1866, he purchased his farm at Gridley. It consists of two hundred and forty acres of highly improved land, on which he has a very comfortable and convenient residence. Mr. and Mrs. Young have had four sons and one daughter born to them, the latter deceased. Mr. Young is one of the substantial men of Butte county. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, IN TWO VOLUMES. I. HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA FROM 1513 TO 1850. BY FRANK T. GILBERT. The Great Fur Companies and their Trapping Expeditions to California. Settlement of the Sacramento Valley. The Discovery of Gold in California. BY HARRY L. WELLS. II. HISTORY OF BUTTE COUNTY, From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. BY HARRY L. WELLS AND W. L. CHAMBERS. BOTH VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED WITH VIEWS AND PORTRAITS. HARRY L. WELLS, 517 CLAY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO 1882. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1882, by HARRY L. WELLS, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. FRANCIS, VALENTINE & Co., Engravers & Printers 517 Clay St., San Francisco File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/butte/bios/young577nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb