Lassen-Colusa-Humboldt County CA Archives Biographies.....French, Thomas J. 1839 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

THOMAS J. FRENCH.—Mr. French was born in Callaway county, Missouri, October 19,
1839. When nineteen years of age he started for Pike's Peak, Colorado, but
stayed only a few days there, and continued on to California, reaching Colusa
county in October, 1859. He remained there until 1862, and then prospected on
Humboldt river six months. In the spring of 1863 he began freighting, making
Honey Lake valley his home. In 1868 he purchased the old Schaefer ranch, and
lived on it till 1875, when he sold a part of it and moved to the western
portion, where he has since resided. His farm is 300 acres of hay land, twenty
miles east of Susanville. He is a democrat in politics. February 23, 1873, he
married Miss Emma Maston of Humboldt bay, born there July 30, 1857. Their
children are David M., born April 7, 1874; Theodore M., February 21, 1876;
Elbernia, October 17, 1878; Mary I., May 17, 1881.

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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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