Stanislaus County CA Archives Biographies.....Faure, M. 1830 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co.


   M. FAURE, a prominent business man of Oakdale, California, is one of the old
and highly respected citizens of Stanislaus county.

   Mr. Faure is a native of France, born January 30, 1830. He is the sixth in a
family of eight children born to Piere Faure and Parline VYictaire (Pefroid)
Faure, both natives of France. His father died in 1849. The subject of our
sketch was reared and received his schooling in his native country, and for a
few years followed a seafaring life. He came to San Francisco in 1849, and in
the same year visited Mexico, where he remained a few months. Returning to
California, he stopped at San Jose, and subsequently worked in the mines of New
Almaden for a short time; thence to Sonora, Tuolumne county, where he engaged in
active mining for many years, meeting with fair success. He also engaged in
merchandising in Calaveras and Tuolumne counties. Mr. Faure had the misfortune
to be one of the Fraser river victims of 1858, this venture having swept away
his entire collection of the precious metal. He left Tuolumne county in 1868; in
1869-'72 he engaged in farming and gardening; returned to Tuolumne county. In
1874 he moved to Waterford, where next year he engaged in general merchandise.
In 1878 he was appointed Postmaster. As his business increased rapidly he was
compelled to build a large house. In 1880 he employed a man to make brick, and
by September he had 20,000 brick. He employed two masons and one helper, and
built a house 25 x 75 feet, and which afforded all the store room necessary for
his business. In 1883 he sold out half his property, for $2,500. In 1885 he came
to the city of Oakdale, engaging in the grocery business. Two years later he
again sold out, and is now doing a grain, coal and general commission business.
Mr. Faure still owns twenty-eight acres of property at Waterford, which embraces
the old town plat of that now flourishing village.

   He became an American citizen in 1854; is allied with the Democratic party,
and takes an active interest in local affairs.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from 

Memorial and Biographical History
Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties California

Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. 1892


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