Plumas-Sierra-Nevada County CA Archives Biographies.....Welden, William Manson 1840 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

WILLIAM MANSON.—This gentleman is the son of John and Margaret Manson of
Ayershire, Scotland, and was born in Canada West, December 28, 1840. He followed
the machinist's trade until 1865, when on the fourth of May he started for,
California, coming via the Isthmus. He was first employed as engineer in a mine
in Grass valley, and from there went to Downieville, where he opened a foundry,
and operated it for nearly eleven years. At the same time he was considerably
interested in the mines, and was one of the locators of the Bald Mountain
extension. In 1877 he went to Greenville and opened a foundry, soon disposing of
his Downieville property. He has suffered a good deal from fires, having been
burned out three times. In June, 1881, he sold his foundry and turned his
attention to mining at Elizabethtown. Mr. Manson was married in San Francisco,
December 1, 1874, to Miss Jessie E. Pidwell of St. Johns, New Brunswick. They
have two children: John Herbert, born October 23, 1875; Margaret Elizabeth,
born, January 21, 1877. Mr. Manson is a member of the Greenville Lodge of United
Workmen, and also of the Grand Lodge of the state.

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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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