Plumas County CA Archives Biographies.....Ede, Walter 1835 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

WALTER EDE.—This gentleman is one of the leading farmers and stock growers of
Sierra valley. He was born in Sussex county, England, on the twenty-ninth day of
July, 1835. He came to the United States in 1843, with his parents, and settled
in Waukeshaw county, Wisconsin. On the third day of March, 1857, he embarked,
via the Isthmus, for California. When he first landed in California he engaged
in mining, and pursued this industry in different localities with more than
average success; but he was not satisfied with the life of a miner, and in 1863
bought the ranch he now owns, and engaged in stock growing and dairying. Mr. Ede
deals extensively in cattle. He has 1,300 acres of land, well watered by the
stream known as Adams creek, which waters a considerable portion of Sierra
valley. Mr. Ede was married December 31, 1870, to Miss Caroline A. Dean,
daughter of Moses and Sarah Dean, who was born in Picaway county, Ohio, October
26, 1854. They have now four children: Cora May, born May 8, 1874; Leonard
Greely, December 13, 1875; Charles Walter, January'17, 1878; and Irene, January
23, 1880. When Mr. Ede arrived in California he was penniless, and with a
limited education, obtained in the common schools of Wisconsin; but he has been
successful in business, and by tact and industry has surrounded himself with a
good property and comfortable home. He handles about three hundred head of
cattle annually, and the amount of business done is above $10,000 per annum.

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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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