Plumas-Sierra County CA Archives Biographies.....Nicholson, James 1848 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

JAMES NICHOLSON.—He was born in Neva Scotia January 1, 1848. When fifteen years
of age he came to California, via the Horn, and arrived at the Golden Gate in
July, 1863. He at once started for the mining regions, and in the course of his
peregrinations traversed nearly every part of the state where mining was carried
on, and mined himself wherever he stopped. In 1869 he came to Sierra valley, and
bought the Wood ranch, four miles east of Sierraville. Here he remained until
1876, when he sold out and traveled through California and Nevada for two years.
In 1878 he went east on a visit, and while there was married to Miss Mary Tate
of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The same year he returned with his wife to Sierra
county, and has since lived on the Olby ranch, which he bought in 1880. It is
situated between Randolph and Sierraville, and consists of 300 acres. One child
has been born, William, the date of whose birth is October 2, 1881.

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Extracted from:

Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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