Contra Costa-El Dorado-Calaveras County CA Archives Biographies.....Witten, Thomas Z. 1821 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

THOMAS Z. WITTEN.—Was born in Tazewell county, Virginia, February 20, 1816, and
resided in his birthplace until twenty-two years of age. He then started West,
located in Mercer county, Missouri, and there engaged in farming and
stock-raising until 1849, when, with his family and ox-teams, he started to
cross the plains to the Golden State, the only companions being his
brother-in-law, Josiah Evans, and his family. September 21st they arrived in
Placerville, where our subject engaged in mining until 1851, when he moved to
Calaveras county, and there continued mining for one year. He now moved to near
Marysville and engaged in the stock business for a short time; then he moved his
stock to Santa Clara valley, where he resided until 1856, in which year he came
to Contra Costa county, purchased his present farm of one hundred and forty-five
acres, two miles from Pacheco, and is now recognized as one of the oldest as
well as most respected citizens of the beautiful Ygnacio valley. Married, in
Mercer county, Missouri, Rachael Smith, a native of Ohio, who died December 13,
1872. His family consists of: John W. (deceased), Eleanor, Samuel (deceased),
Thomas L., Milton, Aaron S. and Charles L.

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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