Marin-Nevada-Sacramento County CA Archives Biographies.....Whitaker, J. P. 1824 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. Publishers (1880)

  J. P. Whitaker. The subject of this sketch, whose portrait appears in this
work, was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, October 31, 1824. When about two years
old, he, with parents, moved to Michigan, and after one year's residence, went
to La Porte county, Indiana. In 1835 he moved to the State of Illinois; finally
in February, 1836, his parents crossed the Mississippi river, locating in that
part of Iowa now known as Van Buren county, they being among the very first
settlers of that country, which at that time was a comparative wilderness, their
nearest neighbor being a distance of ten miles from them. In 1849 Mr. Whitaker
crossed the plains with an ox-team, being five months on the road to Sacramento,
enduring many trials and hardships, known and realized only by those who made
the journey at this early date. He then proceeded to the Rough and Ready mines,
remaining there until the month of March, 1851, when he returned to Sacramento,
where he engaged in farming and dairying until the following year, when he again
mined in Placer county for about five months, and in the Spring of 1853 came on
his present farm, situated on the north side of the Estero San Antonio. Again,
in 1854, he went to the mines, this time at Grizzly Flat, where he remained from
June till the following September, when he returned to the farm he had located
in the Spring of 1853, and here has made a permanent home. Mr. Whitaker married
Miss Jane Carroll September 28, 1858. She was born in Ireland. She came to New
York City when quite young, and was there educated, emigrating to this State
with other members of the family in 1855, and engaged in teaching school in
Sonoma county till her marriage. Mr. Whitaker has never taken any active part in
public life, preferring to remain at home devoting his time and energies to the
interest and education of his children, as he is strongly in favor of a liberal
education. His two elder children, Gilbert and Lottie, are both graduates of
prominent colleges of this coast; and the two younger of the family, Fred and
Wallace, are still attending school. Mr. Whitaker has been a strong and
life-long advocate of total abstinence, believing that the greater portion of
crime and misery in this world is caused by intemperance. During a residence of
thirty years in this State, even amid the temptations of the early days, he has
as yet his first glass of liquor to take.

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HISTORY OF MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA;
INCLUDING ITS
Geography, Geology, Topography and Climatography;
TOGETHER WITH
A Full and Particular Record of the Mexican Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the most Authentic Sources; Names of Original Spanish
and American Pioneers;

A Full Record of its Organization; A Complete Political History, including a
Tabular Statement of Office-holders since the Formation of the County;

Separate Histories of Bolinas, Nicasio, Novato, Point Reyes, San Antonio, San
Rafael, Saucelito, and Tomales Townships;

Incidents of Pioneer Life, and Biographical Sketches of its Early and Prominent
Settlers and Representative Men;
ALSO
An Historical Sketch of the State of California,
In which is embodied the Raising of the Bear Flag

ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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