Sutter-Yuba County CA Archives Biographies.....Ohleyer, George Sr. 1830 - 1896
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Author: Peter J. Delay

    GEORGE OHLEYER, SR.— Those who knew George Ohleyer, Sr. — and he had a wide
acquaintance throughout California — esteemed him very highly, and his genuine
worth was attested by all with whom he came in contact. He was not only well
known as an agriculturist and horticulturist, but was the organizer of the first
warehouse business in Sutter County; and his activities against hydraulic mining
were productive of much good to the county. 

    Born in Alsace-Lorraine, France, in October, 1830, he came to Ohio with his
parents when five years old, and as early as 1852 came across the plains to
California and engaged in mining in Sierra, Plumas and Yuba Counties. In 1855 he
returned to Ohio, and on September 25 of that year was married to Miss Ellen
Guthrie, a daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Turbutt) Guthrie, natives of Scotland
and Pennsylvania, respectively. The following year Mr. Ohleyer and his wife came
to California via Panama to San Francisco; and from there they went by
river-boat to Sacramento, thence by stage to Marysville, and from there to the
Oregon House in the Yuba foot-hills, where Mr. Ohleyer was in business. During
the harvest season of 1859, he engaged in contract threshing northeast of
Marysville; and during the winter of 1859 and 1860 he located on a ranch on the
Yuba River, where he took up fruit culture, being thus occupied for about six
years. He lost heavily in the flood of 1862, which devasted the country. In 1865
Mr. Ohleyer located in Sutter County, where he purchased land three miles west
of Yuba City, the property consisting of a quarter-section of government land.
In 1878 he built a fine home on the ranch, where he resided till his death. He
added to the original purchase until in 1895 he owned 960 acres of choice valley
land. He gave liberally of his time and means for the advancement of his
locality, and during the agitation against hydraulic mining made five trips to
Washington, D. C, in the interests of the valley. He was a member of the State
legislature and of the constitutional convention of 1879, and served as a
supervisor of Sutter County for several years. He was the organizer and
president of a stock company which bought the Sutter County Banner, changing the
name to the Sutter Farmer, of which he was also the editor. He was also one of
the organizers of the Farmers' Cooperative Union of Yuba City, of which he was
president for many years; and it was during this time that the company began the
banking business that has now grown into the First National Bank of Sutter
County. An active member of the State Grange, Mr. Ohleyer contributed through
its activities to the advancement and progress of the county. He passed away on
August 14, 1896, mourned by a host of friends, for he was kind and generous to
all with whom he came in contact. Mrs. Ohleyer still resides on a portion of the
old home place, which consists of seventy-three acres, the rest of the tract
having been sold off. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ohleyer: Mrs.
Annie Hausinger, of Yuba City; Frank, a rancher here; Mrs. Mary Frick, of San
Francisco; George and Fred, both ranching near the old home; Lewis, in San
Francisco; and Ada E., who resides with her mother. 


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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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