Lassen-Siskiyou-Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Jenison, R. B. 1817 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

R. B. JENISON.—He was born in Walpole, Cheshire county, New Hampshire, March 19,
1817. In 1847 he went to St. Louis and engaged in merchandising. In 1850 he
crossed the plains with a stock of goods for Kinkead & Levison, of Salt Lake
City. He then came by the way of Mojave river to California, and staid on the
San Joaquin river until December, 1851. He then went, via Panama, to Cincinnati,
and the next spring started overland with his family. Upon reaching Salt Lake he
decided to go to Oregon, which he did, settling in Rogue River valley, near
Jacksonville, in September. The next summer he was burned out by the Indians,
and moved to Ashland and bought a farm there. Fort Lane was afterwards built on
his former ranch. Indian troubles again began in 1855, and he abandoned his
place and went to Yreka, and mined a year. He then took some cattle to Petaluma.
In June, 1858, he came to Susanville, and that fall moved his family here. In
the fall of 1859 he built the first frame house in Susanville, and occupied it
ten years. In 1861 he spent sometime in the Humboldt mines. In 1869 he moved his
family to the Humboldt mines, and five years later returned with them to
Susanville. He continued mining there until 1878. The next year he was afflicted
with paralysis in his right side, and has since been unable to engage in active
pursuits. In politics, Mr. Jenison has been both democratic and republican, and
now gives his adherence to the greenback party. September 9, 1841, he married
Miss Mary J. Howard, of Alstead, New Hampshire, born March 29, 1824. Their
children are Ellen E., born in Alstead, July 31, 1844; Mary L., born in Rogue
River valley, September 20, 1853; William H., born in Petaluma December 6, 1856.

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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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