Plumas County CA Archives Biographies.....Wing, Emory 1810 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

EMORY WING, son of Elihu and Desire Wing, was born in Onondaga county, New York,
February 21, 1810. His father was a farmer, and Emory followed that occupation
in Chatauqua county until he was forty-four years old, when he removed to Iowa
in 1854, and farmed until 1861. He then came overland to California, and went
direct to Indian valley. In 1862 he rented a ranch and worked it one year, and
then prospected and mined for twelve years. He discovered the Green Mountain
mine in 1863, and sold it for $300; in 1865 he struck the Plumas mine, and sold
it a month after for $1,200; in 1869 he opened the Wing Hill gravel mine, which
he sold for $600; and various other mines owe their origin to him. He was
married November 5, 1827, to Miss Eliza Hunt of New York, who died August 29,
1580, leaving three daughters and three sons. Their names are Emeline, Edgar,
Ellis, Ellen, Elbridge and Emily. Elissa, their fifth child, died September 7,
1861. He settled on the farm he now owns in 1875.

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Extracted from:

Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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