Lassen County CA Archives Biographies.....Steinberger, James M. 1829 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

JAMES M. STEINBERGER.—This gentleman was born in Champaign county, Ohio,
September 15, 1829. In the spring of 1852 he moved to Jones county, Iowa, and
engaged in farming and milling eleven years. In 1863 he came overland to
California, arriving in Honey Lake valley in August. For two years he engaged in
farming, and then for fourteen years owned and operated the Milford Flour Mills.
In the spring of 1879 he bought the Willow Ranch property of 400 acres, eighteen
miles south of Milford, which is now his home. He is engaged in raising stock,
hay, grain, and fruit. He belongs to the Janesville Masonic lodge. In politics,
he is a democrat. March 25, 1852, he married Miss Martha M. Decious of
Westville, Ohio.   Their children are Alice I., born February 26, 1855; L. E.,
January 13,1856; Charles A., July 7,1860, died February 25, 1861; Mary E., June
4, 1862; Effie M., December 14, 1867, died October 14, 1870; James M., August
27, 1871; Martha A., May 8, 1876. The first four were born in Iowa, the others
in this county.

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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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