Sierra-Yuba County CA Archives Biographies.....Byington, L. 1820 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

L. BYINGTON was born in New Haven, Connecticut, June 28, 1820. His parents moved
to Cincinnati in the fall of that year, where our subject lived till 1852. On
leaving school he worked in a butcher-shop, and in 1844 opened a shop of his
own. In the spring of 1852 he came to California, via the Isthmus, and located
at Marysville. In June, 1853, he came to Goodyear's bar, and opened a meat
market, where he continued until 1856, when he went to Monte Christo, and sold
meat there for about seven years. He moved to Downieville in 1863, and in 1864,
in company with Henry Fordham, bought the Washington market. He has been in this
business ever since. While at Cincinnati he was a member of the fire department,
and a president of it when he left. Mr. Byington was elected a member of the
board of superiors of Sierra county in 1866, and again in 1875; and represented
the county in the assembly in 1877. He was married in 1857 to Miss Catherine
Trehill of Forest City. Mr. and Mrs. Byington have had eight children, seven of
whom are living.

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Extracted from:

Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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