Sierra-Plumas County CA Archives Biographies.....Church, Isaac S. 1829 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

ISAAC S. CHURCH.—Mr. Church was born October 25, 1829, at Ferrisburg, Vermont.
He came to California, via Panama, in the spring of 1850. He mined a short time
at Horse Shoe Bend on the Merced river, and then went to Nelson Point on Nelson
creek. He finally went to Downieville, and in 1851 was fluming the river. In the
fall he began packing from Marysville, which he followed for ten years. He went
east in 1859, returned in 1860, and located in Sierra valley; and has the oldest
patent for land in the valley. He was married in Vermont, February 16, 1860, to
Sarah Ellen Geer, daughter of Seth and Mary Geer, and by this union they have
had seven children; viz, Francis S., Charles Pease, Mary Piert, Charlotte Abbie,
Albert B., Roxy E. J., and Harriett.

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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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