Stanislaus County CA Archives Biographies.....Pingree, William C. 1825 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co.

WILLIAM C. PINGREE.—One of the best known among the old permanent settlers now
residing in Stanislaus county, is this gentleman, familiarly known to his
friends as "Squire Pingree." He is a native of New Hampshire, born at
Plainfield, Sullivan county February 12, 1825, his parents being Andrew, Sr.,
and Abiah (Straw) Pingree. The father was born at Rowley, Massachusetts,
February 17, 1775, and died March 25, 1846. By occupation he was a boot and shoe
manufacturer. He was married in 1802, to Abiah Straw, who was born at Weare, New
Hampshire, August 8, 1786, her father's Christian name being Israel, and her
mother's maiden name Abiah Nelson. They lived in Weare, Springfield, Grantham,
Meriden and Plainfield; removed to Kane county, Illinois, in October, 1838,
settling at what is now known as Pingree grove, where Andrew Pingree followed
farming. The children of Andrew and Abiah Pingree are as follows:   Reverend
Andrew Pingree, a prominent man, who died September 18, 1874; Abiah, wife of
Mora Adams, died in 1838; Francis, deceased; Betsey, deceased; Sally, wife of
Henry Ramer, DeKalb county, Illinois; Emily, who died about 1837; Daniel, a
physician, now a resident and Mayor of Hico, Hamilton county, Texas; Betsy
Noyes, wife of Otho W. Perkins, St. Charles, Kane county, Illinois; and William
Cutler, the youngest of the family and the subject of this sketch.

   He was a boy of thirteen years when the family settled in Illinois, and was
reared to manhood in Kane county, where he resided until 1852. In that year he
crossed the plains to California in company with his brother, Doctor Daniel
Pingree, who was captain and owner of the train with which they came, as well of
the cattle and horses which they brought with them. They spent part of the
winter in Carson valley, where they built a house, and in February, 1853, our
subject and his brother, leaving their brother-in-law, H. C. Nelson, to look
after the women of the party, and the stock, came down via Placerville,
Sacramento (where they had a friend, T. W. Strowbridge), and Stockton to
Chowchilla, their object being to select their ranches. On their route as they
passed by the Martin place, in what is now Stanislaus county, they observed and
admired the land where Mr. Pingree in now located. Turning back from Chowchilla,
they settled here, and their families joined them in the fall. Doctor Daniel
Pingree resided here until 1859, when he returned to Illinois, and from there
went many years afterward to Texas, where he now resides, as previously mentioned.

   Squire Pingree has 1,280 acres in his home place, and another ranch, four
miles northwest, containing 800 acres. He devotes his attention to farming and
sheep-raising. He has served one term as Justice of the Peace, but is in no
sense an office-seeker or a politician.

   William C. Pingree was married November 23, 1851, and brought his wife with
him to California. His only child, Daniel Nevada Pingree, was born in Carson
valley, November 23, 1852, and died December 17, 1867. He was a bright,
promising boy, and his death was a heavy blow to the bereaved parents.


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

Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. 1892


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