San Benito County CA Archives Biographies.....Prewett, John T. 1840 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

JOHN T. PREWETT, a successful farmer and one of the pioneers of Bear Valley, San
Benito county, California, is a native of Missouri, born in Cass county,
December 17, 1840. Samuel Prewett, his father, a farmer by occupation, was a
native of Whitney county, Kentucky, and his mother was of Kentucky birth. Of
their five children, John was the second born and is one of the two now living,
his sister, Sarah, being the wife of Andrew Irwin of Bear Valley.

  John T. Prewett located in Bear Valley in 1871. He is well known throughout
San Benito county as an aggressive and enterprising farmer, and by dint of his
industry and business tact he has here developed a good farm and fine estate,
having about 1,100 acres.

  He introduced into San Benito county the first sawmill, in 1878; and in 1891
introduced the first successful traction engine.

  He was married December 19, 1860, in Cass county, Missouri, to Miss Elizabeth
J. Rayburn, daughter of Alexander R. Rayburn, who was a native of Virginia. They
had known each other from childhood, having attended the same school together.
His father crossed the plains to California, in 1849, making the journey with ox
teams. He first engaged in mining at Georgetown, El Dorado county, and
subsequently turned his attention to farming in Sonoma county. Mr. and Mrs.
Prewett have five children; Nellie E., Margaret B., Lizzie, Ray and Lena.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

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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