Lassen County CA Archives Biographies.....Branham, James 1835 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

JAMES BRANHAM.—He was born in Callaway county, Missouri, April 2, 1835. In 1846
his parents emigrated to California, reaching San Jose in December. James
remained there until 1863, when he went to Sonora, Mexico, and engaged in mining
six years. From 1869 to 1873 he was merchandising and farming. He then came to
Susanville, and has lived here ever since. He mined one year, and then followed
surveying until 1879, when he was elected district attorney for three years, on
the democratic ticket. In 1875 he was elected county surveyor, and 1877 a
justice of the peace. In 1881 he opened a jewelry store in Susanville. He is a
member of Lassen Commandery No. 13, K. T.

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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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