Contra Costa-El Dorado County CA Archives Biographies.....Carey, Joseph F. 1833 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

JOSEPH F. CAREY.—This prominent citizen of Brentwood is a native of Amsterdam,
New York, and was born September 17, 1833. When Mr. Carey was about nine years
old his parents moved to Walworth county, Wisconsin, and engaged in farming. At
that early settlement of Wisconsin, schools were few, consequently the chances
for school privileges were limited, but in a few years some were established and
Mr. Carey only received a common school education. On March 30th, in the year
1853, he started for California, in company with a younger brother (Levi M.)
with ox-teams. They crossed the plains in search of gold, stopping a few days in
the city of Salt Lake to recruit their teams. They left Salt Lake about the 9th
of August, arriving at Mud Springs, El Dorado county, October 19th of the same
year. Here he engaged in mining, and continued for a few years, after which
engaged in the milling business. Was married to Mary A. Steel, Nov. 10, 1861.
His wife died of consumption in less than two years from the date of marriage.
In the Fall of 1862, Mr. Carey first visited the San Joaquin, and took up a
piece of land under the Homestead Law. Returned to the Sacramento valley, where
his wife was staying with her sister, and the following March the two sisters
died. This event left Mr. Carey broken up in his calculations; he consequently
abandoned the idea of settling in the San Joaquin, and went to the Washoe
country, but finally settled in the San Joaquin valley, in January, 1865, and
engaged in farming. In February, 1866, was married to Laura Ann Welch, a native
of Illinois; has lived in the county ever since, and at this writing has five
children, viz., Charles J., Clara J., Alice L., Joseph Franklin and Edna Mabel.
Mr. Carey is pleasantly located at the little town of Brentwood, doing a
blacksmithing and repairing business, in company with S. P. Davis-firm name,
Carey & Davis.

Additional Comments:
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HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.

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