Sonoma-Solano County CA Archives Biographies.....McCutchan, William C. 1833 - ************************************************ 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, 2:39 am Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880) McCutchan, William C. A native of Rush county, Indiana, born December 29, 1833. In 1845 his parents and grand parents moved to Van Buren county, Iowa, where his parents lived seven years, when they took up their residence in Davis county. The subject of this sketch married Miss Mary J. Liggett in Livingston county, Missouri, December 11, 1859. She was born in Carroll county, Ohio, November 21, 1834. They came home and wintered under the parental roof. In the Spring of 1860 they lived by themselves on a piece of property near by, where they remained until the Spring of 1863, when, in company with his parents and others, they emigrated, starting on the 21st of April with horse-teams, and arriving at Fairfield, Solano county, California, on the 21st of August, of the same year. They resided on a ranch near Fairfield until June, 1864, when they moved to this county and settled on a farm one and one-half miles south of Windsor, where they remained six years, when they settled on their present estate, one and one-fourth miles west of Windsor. The following are the names and births of their children: George F., born December 22,1860; James B., born December 4, 1863; William H., born February 22, 1866, Sarah J., born January 5, 1871, and died March 1, 1875. 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/mccutcha920nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb