Sierra-El Dorado-Siskiyou County CA Archives Biographies.....Scheffer, O. 1830 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 22, 2006, 3:44 am Author: Fariss & Smith (1882) O. SCHEFFER was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1830. At the age of sixteen he began clerking in a store, where he remained for four years. In 1850 he crossed the continent to California, and first mined in El Dorado county. In 1851 he was at Yreka, and from there in a short time went to Nevada county, where he mined until 1860. He then followed mining at Forest City until 1865, when he opened a saloon, in which business he has been engaged to the present. He was married in 1863, to Miss C. Young of Forest City, who has borne him nine children, eight of whom are living. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties San Francisco: Fariss & Smith (1882) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/sierra/bios/scheffer496nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb