Plumas-Sierra-Yuba County CA Archives Biographies.....Johnson, William F. 1830 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

WILLIAM F. JOHNSON.—Mr. Johnson is a native of Elbing, Prussia, where he was
born October 3, 1830. In 1853 he came to America, and in 1854 to California, via
Cape Horn. In August of that year he went to Goodyear's bar, but after a short
time returned to Marysville, where he made the acquaintance of John McGee, with
whom he traveled to Plumas county, and engaged in mining on Coyote hill, near
Spanish Ranch. From here he went to Jamison creek, where he spent fourteen
months, made some money, and in a short time became one-third owner of the
Mammoth ledge. It proved an unsatisfactory investment, and he sold out and went
to Mexico. He soon returned, however, and after engaging in mining at Butte bar,
and being proprietor of the mill in the Argentine district for a time, he
concluded to settle down, which he did by purchasing the home where he now
resides, at the head of American valley. He was married May 29, 1870, to Maria
Fisher of Somersetshire, England, where she was born November 13, 1846. Four
children are the result of this marriage, with dates of birth as follows: Harry
T. Godfried, April 29, 1871; William Francis, November 4, 1872; Carrie Sarah,
February 9, 1874; Isadore R., July 18, 1878.

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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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