Plumas-Amador County CA Archives Biographies.....Phipps, John A. 1841 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

JOHN A. PHIPPS.—Mr. Phipps is a son of Joseph and Margaret Phipps, natives of
the north of Ireland. John was born in the town of Mercer, Mercer county,
Pennsylvania, on the twenty-seventh day of December, 1841. When about seventeen
years of age he learned blacksmithing from his father, who now resides in
Oakland, California. He followed this work in Sharon, Pennsylvania, for a while;
and in February, 1864, sailed from New York for San Francisco. After his arrival
he went at once to Amador City, and for eleven years was connected with the
quartz-mines there. In 1875 he removed to Plumas Eureka, and took charge of the
mills of that company. He was married September 10, 1866, to Miss Isabel
Creighton, daughter of Joseph Creighton of Indian Run, Pennsylvania. There are
three children living: James Farley, born September 27, 1873; Eliza J., born
June 6, 1876; and John A., born February 4, 1879. Mr. Phipps is a member of the
Masonic lodge at Sierra City. 

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Extracted from:

Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)


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