Plumas-Sierra County CA Archives Biographies.....Newman, David Derr 1833 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

DAVID DERR NEWMAN.—This gentleman was born at Philadelphia May 29, 1833. His
father was engaged in the stage business. David attended school in his native
city until seventeen years of age, when he became a salesman in a wholesale and
retail store at Norristown, and was afterwards in a dry-goods house. In the
spring of 1853 he started for California, via Panama, arriving in San Francisco
June 19, 1853. He mined first at Downieville, and until the winter of 1856 when
he ran a dairy and meat market at Forest City for two years. In 1858 he sold out
and moved to Sierra valley, settling on the ranch he now owns. It consists of
400 acres. Mr. Newman has been more or less interested in mining since he first
came to the state. He was married June 27, 1857, to Miss Roxy Ann Lockart of
Meadville, Pennsylvania, who was born February 15, 1842. Their children are:
Mary Emma, Albion K., William D., Charles F., Ferdinand, and Bradford U. Mary
was married in September, 1877, to Allan Nicholson of Sierra valley.

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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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