San Benito County CA Archives Biographies.....Mylar, Isaac 1827 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

ISAAC MYLAR, one of the pioneers of California, came to the State in 1850, in
company with five brothers, Enoch, Frank, Israel, James L. and Thomas, crossing
the plains. They drove full teams, coming via Carson valley cut-off, reaching
the State at Weaversville, near Hangtown. The subject and one brother are the
only ones now living of the six brothers who braved the hardships of pioneer life.

  Isaac Mylar was born in Kentucky. His father, James, was a farmer and his
mother, Henriette Jet, was a native of Virginia. The subject is the second
youngest of the six children born to these parents, being born December 24,
1827. The family resided for about eight years in Utica, Fulton county,
Illinois, from which place they made their way to Andrew county, Missouri, and
came to California in 1850.

  Our subject engaged in mining upon arrival in California and continued in the
occupation until 1855, when he settled down to agricultural pursuits. In 1847
and 1848 he served in the Mexican war as a soldier of the Third Missouri
Volunteers, and is now a Mexican pensioner. For several years Mr. Mylar resided
near San Juan, but in 1872 he located in Peach Tree valley, on San Lorenzo
creek, and he has unearthed on his land one of the finest deposits of bitumen
that has yet been discovered in the State. It is being shipped to San Francisco
by rail for street paving purposes.

  In 1849 Mr. Mylar married Miss Talitha Wooley, born in Franklin county,
Illinois. They have six daughters and one son, namely: Thomas J.; Josephine,
Mrs. Simon Goldwater of San Lucas; Henriette, Mrs. Dr. H. D. Livingston, of King
City; Mary J., Mrs. George E. Pullen, living near King City; Emma, Mrs. Frank
Hitchcock, of Hollister; Clara and Minnie at home. The family is well known in
Monterey and San Benito county for their integrity and hospitality.


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Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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