Solano County Biographies

HENRY B. AMMONS

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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born in Richmond, Madison county, Kentucky, in 1821, and in the year 1826, moved 
with his parents to Montgomery Co., Missouri, thence to Howard county, where his 
father died in 1846.  He then moved to Clay, where he enlisted, 1846, in 1st 
Regular Mounted Volunteers, commanded by General A. W. Doniphan, Co. C, under 
Captain O. P. Moss, and with it took part in the Mexican war.  With his regiment 
he went from the frontier to Santa Fe, thence to Chihuahua, Buena Vista and New 
Orleans, where he obtained his discharge in 1847.  After his return home Mr. 
Ammons entered into mercantile pursuits, which he continued till 1849, when he 
came to California by way of the plains, arriving at Long�s Bar, Butte county, 
in September of that year, where he embarked in merchandising.  In 1852, he 
moved to Solano Co., Cal., where he set about stock raising.  At the general 
election of 1853, Mr. Ammons was elected County Assessor, which office he held 
for two years, and then was appointed a Deputy Sheriff for two years following.  
He afterwards engaged in farming, until 1871, when he was made a Notary Public 
which office he now holds.
 
History of Solano County � San Francisco, Cal. - Wood, Alley  & Co., East 
Oakland, pub 1879, pp 454