Lassen-Plumas-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Breed, Levi Newton 1832 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

LEVI NEWTON BREED.—Mr. Breed was born in Manlius, Onondaga county, New York,
December 6, 1832. When he was four years old the family removed to Hannibal, in
the same state, where he worked on his father's farm, and attended school until
the spring of 1850. He then went to Schuyler county, Illinois, and farmed and
went to school two years. In 1853 he came across the plains, and reached Plumas
county with four bits in his pocket. He went to San Francisco, where his
brother, who was in the drug business, purchased for him a newspaper route of
the Times and Transcript, for $700. Within two months the paper suspended, and
the investment was lost. He then mined for a year in Plumas county, then sold
goods a year, and in the spring of 1856 opened a trading-post in Honey Lake
valley. He continued merchandising until 1859, when he went overland to Frazer
river. In the fall of 1860 he returned to Honey Lake valley, and settled on the
Epley ranch. A year later he removed to Indian valley, and kept a livery stable
for a year. He then came again to this valley, and bought a merchandising
business in Janesville, where he has since been in business. He also owns 500
acres of farm land and 500 acres of timber near the town. Mr. Breed was one of
the commissioners to organize Lassen county. He is a member of the Masonic lodge
at Janesville. In politics, he is a republican. September 21, 1861, he was
married to Miss Samantha Blood, born in New York, August 10, 1843. She died
August 19, 1867, leaving one son, Frederick Arthur, born July 7, 1862. He was
again married May 28, 1870, to Miss Annie J. Blunt, born in Summerset county,
Maine, September 20, 1852. They have one daughter, Lillian, born June 24, 1871.

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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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