Sutter-Yuba-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Percy, A. J. 1829 - 1880
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Author: Peter J. Delay

    A. J. PERCY. — For many years, and by far the most active years of his life,
A. J. Percy was identified with farming interests in Sutter County, where he is
recalled as a man thoroughly conscientious in the discharge of his obligations,
very devoted to his home circle, and faithful to the friends he made along the
quiet and unassuming paths of his life. He was born at Bath, Maine, March 14,
1829. At twenty years of age, he crossed the plains to California and prospected
for gold in the Yuba foothills. He also teamed from Marysville to the mines; and
later he owned and conducted a livery and feed stable in Marysville. Adjacent to
Yuba City he purchased a fine ranch of 126 acres, now known as the Percy tract,
where the new Union High School is located, and also 440 acres to the southwest,
where he raised the grain which he used in his business. 

    On August 14, 1859, in San Francisco, Mr. Percy was married to Miss Rachel
Vandelia Farrin, also born in Bath, Maine, who came to California via Panama in
1859. Mr. Percy passed away on April 19, 1880, survived by his wife and three
children: Thomas, who is now deceased; Laura Belle, the wife of George W.
Christopherson; and Addie Vandelia, also now deceased. Mrs. Percy passed away on
the home ranch on December 25, 1908. 


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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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