Plumas-Mariposa County CA Archives Biographies.....McBeth, John 1823 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

JOHN McBETH, son of James and Charlotte McBeth, was born in New York City, in
the year 1823. Upon arriving at the age of discretion, he clerked in a grocery
store until 1849, at which time he came to California, via Galveston, Texas, and
Cook's route, arriving in San Francisco on the second of September. March 8,
1850, he started for the mines. His first efforts were on Mormon island, and
following the Gold-lake excitement, brought up in Plumas county in September,
1850. Since living in this county, he has been engaged in ranching, lumbering,
mining, and trading, generally giving his attention to the last. Since 1876 he
has had a store in Greenville, in partnership with J. D. Compton. He is also
postmaster, and agent for Wells, Fargo, & Co.'s express. In 1868 he was married
to Miss Charlotte Emmons, daughter of William and Hannah Emmons, then of New
York state, now of Vallejo. They have had three children: Jesse, born November
23, 1869; Horace, January 12, 1872; Laura, December 11, 1878. Mr. McBeth owns a
.dairy ranch of 600 acres, twelve miles west of Greenville, which is conducted
by his brother, James McBeth.

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Extracted from:

Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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