Sutter-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Brittan, George E. 1821 - 1910
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Author: Peter J. Delay

    GEORGE E. BRITTAN. — Prominent among the early pioneers is the name of
George E. Brittan, who was born on March 13, 1821, in Shenandoah County, Va.,
where he lived until 1834. He then moved to Missouri with his father's family,
and remained there until 1849, when he and his father crossed the plains to
California. The father. Thomas Brittan, was born and reared in Old Virginia. As
a country gentleman, he was identified with the plantation life of that State.
In 1834 he moved his family overland to Missouri, where he cleared a pioneer
farm and created a new home. When he crossed the plains in 1849, the rigors of
the overland journey proved too severe, and he died soon after reaching
Marysville. The mother, Elizabeth Finks Brittan, was a native of Virginia, who
crossed the plains and lived in Sutter County until the ripe age of ninety-three
years. 

    In 1848 George E. Brittan married his former schoolmate, Mary A. E. Garr of
Virginia, the daughter of Mark F. Garr, a planter. Having gained a start in the
West, Mr. Brittan returned to Missouri in 1852 and brought his young wife, and
his mother, brother, and sister, to California. He built his home from stone
hewed out of the solid rock of the Buttes, and it still stands to illustrate the
endeavors of a hardy pioneer. Ten children came to bless the union of Mr. and
Mrs. Brittan: Mary, deceased; Elizabeth, who married J. N. Davis, deceased;
James O., now of Colusa County; Henry H., also of Colusa County; George Jr.,
deceased; A. F., deceased; Robert L., deceased; Mattie V., who married O.
Wulwebber and now lives in Chicago; Anna C., deceased; and Mark Thomas, deceased. 

    Mr. Brittan was a Democrat, and was prominent in the affairs of the county
as well as in the neighborhood in which he lived. He served as supervisor of his
district, and the grammar school of Sutter City still bears the name of the
Brittan District. When his health failed, he retired from ranching and moved to
San Francisco, where he spent his last days. George E. Brittan died in the year
1910, leaving a name that is still honored in Sutter County. 


Additional Comments:

HISTORY OF YUBA and SUTTER COUNTIES 
CALIFORNIA 
WITH 
Biographical Sketches OF 
The Leading Men and Women of the Counties Who Have Been Identified with Their
Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present 

HISTORY BY 
PETER J. DELAY 

ILLUSTRATED 
COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME 

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1924


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