Sonoma-Solano County CA Archives Biographies.....McCutchan, J. B. 1810 - ************************************************ 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 March 3, 2006, 2:37 am Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880) McCutchan, J. B. Was born in Augusta county, Virginia, May 19, 1810. When twenty-two years of age he moved with his parents to Rush county, Indiana, where he engaged in farming until 1845, when they moved to Van Bur en county, Iowa, where he buried his father and mother, brother and sister. In April, 1863, he emigrated to California, crossing the plains with horse-teams. After spending about eleven months at Fairfield, Solano county, he came to this county, and settled upon one hundred and sixty acres of land, about one and one-half miles from Windsor. He married Miss Rachel H. McClure, January 12, 1832, a native of Virginia, who died September 8, 1871. William C, born December 29, 1833; Elizabeth V., June 19, 1836; Samuel H., July 26,1838; Daniel, October 11,1840; Rebecca E., September 20,1845, are the names and births of his children. Samuel H. died December 10, 1862. Additional Comments: Russian River Township Extracted from: 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/sonoma/bios/mccutcha919nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb