Sierra-El Dorado County CA Archives Biographies.....Campbell, Jason 1834 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

JASON CAMPBELL was born at St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1834, where he was raised a
farmer. In the spring of 1847, when thirteen years old, he went to Mexico and
drove a government team till the war closed. In 1849 he started for California,
but after getting as far as Chihuahua, the company decided to go back, and he
had to return with them. In 1850 he started again across the plains, arrived at
Placerville in September, and went to mining. In the spring of 1851 he came to
Sierra county, and mined on Nelson creek. In July he went to Goodyear's bar, and
mined there till 1853, when he opened a livery stable. In 1857 he sold the
stable and purchased a ranch, which he worked for many years. In 1876 he sold
his ranch to H. H. Kennedy, and came to Downieville, where he has been engaged
in teaming ever since. Among his mining experiences may be mentioned that of
1852, when, in company with nine others, he flumed the river below Goodyear's,
and took out $12,000 a week for six weeks. He was married in 1857 to Mrs. S.
Dutton of Goodyear's.

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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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