Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Laymance, Isaac C. 1821 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Laymance, Isaac C. Born in Morgan county, Tennessee, February 5, 1821, where he
resided until fourteen years of age, when he emigrated with his parents to
Murray county, Georgia, where he was educated. When twenty-two years of age he
took up his residence in Newton county, Missouri, where he remained for seven
years. In 1849 he emigrated across the plains, being six months on the route.
This was the year that the cholera made such sad havoc with emigrants, when
scores of them perished. Mr. Laymance endured many hardships in making the trip,
but was one of the fortunate ones who escaped the terrible epidemic. He assisted
in burying many of his comrades, sometimes as many as four or five in one grave.
After arriving in California, and as soon as he recuperated from his perilous
journey, he commenced mining on the Feather river, where he continued until
1851, when he returned to Missouri. In 1852, accompanied by his family, he again
set out for California, recrossing the plains. This trip was accompanied with
less hardships than the former one, and after due length of time he arrived and
settled upon his present ranch, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres, where
he now resides. He married, September 6, 1844, Miss Susan Miller. She was born
in North Carolina January 24, 1829. By this union they have seven living
children: Francis M., born November 28, 1845; Isabella, born February 1G, 1854;
George E., born February 13,1859; Henry J., born March 20,1861; Sarah A., born
January 19, 1867; David R., born September 24, 1869; Charity L., born July 29,
1871; and four deceased, as follows: Thomas J., born August 17, 1848, and died
February 27, 1864; W. M., born January 20, 1853, and died February 8, 1853;
James R., born May 10, 1856, and died February 28, 1875; John C., born October
29, 1863, and died December 16, 1877.

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Mendocino Township

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HISTORY
—OF-
SONOMA COUNTY,
-INCLUDING ITS—
Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams;
—TOGETHER WITH—
A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original
Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular
Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County;
Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain
 Growing Interests, and Pisciculture;
ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
—AND OF ITS—
Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO:
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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