Yolo County CA Archives Biographies.....Fishback, Charles M. 1848 - 
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Author: Tom Gregory

CHARLES M. FISHBACK

    One of Woodland's best known and most popular citizens is Charles M.
Fishback, who by his perseverance and sterling qualities has succeeded in
attaining his present prosperity. A native of Kentucky, born May 17, 1848, in
Barren county, he there spent his early childhood, removing in 1855 to Pike
county, Mo., with his parents, John Morgan and Elizabeth (Button) Fishback, both
natives of Kentucky. He was educated in the public schools and followed farming
in Missouri until the spring of 1872, when he came to Yolo county, Cal. The
latter part of his journey westward was somewhat novel, a recent wash-out across
the tules near Sacramento necessitating the removal of the passengers to a flat
car pulled a short distance by horses. They were then conveyed by a boat to
another handcar fitted with a sail, and with sails set they flew along until
they arrived at Davisville. The tules were under water for miles at that time.
Upon his arrival in Woodland Mr. Fishback secured a situation on the J. M.
Dutton ranch, but after eighteen months rented a place at Hungry Hollow, later
purchasing the property, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres. In 1892 he
bought his present thirty-eight acre ranch in Willow Oak Park, adjacent to
Woodland, devoting twenty-five acres to alfalfa, of which five cuttings are
secured annually. He has also three and one-half acres of Sultana grapes, and
upon a portion of the property he operates a dairy of twelve cows.

    The marriage of Mr. Fishback, in Yolo county, in 1874, united him with Miss
Colislia Button, who was born in Pike county, Ill., and who came to California
in 1863, crossing the plains with her father, James M. Dutton, who was for many
years a well known rancher of Yolo county. Mr. and Mrs. Fishback were blessed
with eight children: Cora E., now the wife of J. B. Musgrove, of Woodland;
Bruce, at home; Zuella, now Mrs. B. E. Green, of Sacramento; Marcia, the wife of
H. E. Van Horn, of Fresno; Myrtle, Eunice, Gladys, and Harold.

    Optimistic and generous, Mr. Fishback is prompt to support all public
enterprises of merit, and as a thoroughly progressive and dependable citizen
enjoys the esteem and confidence of his associates.


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HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA
WITH
Biographical Sketches
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth
and Development From the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
TOM GREGORY
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913]




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