Yolo-Sacramento County CA Archives Biographies.....Hext, Richard And Thomas 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

RICHARD AND THOMAS HEXT, farmers in Yolo County, west of Davisville, are the
sons of Richard and Elizabeth (Lucom) Hext, natives of England. Richard was born
in March, 1835, and Thomas, May 13, 1832; the former came to California in 1851,
and the latter in 1854. Richard located in Sacramento, and worked at different
jobs for ten years. On the arrival of his brother they went together into Yolo
County, and purchased a tract of 450 acres on Putah Creek in 1857, and in 1869
he purchased the place where they now live, containing 960 acres and situated
west of Davisville four miles, and ten miles from Woodland.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.


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