Solano County Biographies

DAVID J. CLAYTON

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives
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a native of Logan County, Kentucky, born January 30, 1812, where he lived until 
fourteen years of age, when he moved to Simpson County with his parents, where 
he resided about thirteen years on a farm.  He then went to Jackson County, 
Missouri, and farmed for thirteen years longer.  In March, 1848, he married Miss 
Rebecca Jane Shaw.  On May 15, 1850, he emigrated to California, crossing the 
plains with ox teams, and arrived in Sacramento in September following.  He 
prospected about the country until February, 1851, when he returned East, via 
Panama, being on the trip three and a half months.  On May 6, 1852, he again 
returned to California, bringing with him his wife and two children.  He arrived 
in Suisun Valley, Solano County, October 23, 1852, and settled on a farm known 
as the Baker Ranch, where he lived one year.  He then settled on his present 
ranch, consisting of five hundred and twenty-five acres, situated about seven 
and a half miles northwest of Suisun City, at the upper end of Suisun Valley.  
Mary B., deceased, James D., Henry B., Martha S. and William L. are the names of 
their children.
 
History of Solano County � San Francisco, Cal. - Wood, Alley  & Co., East 
Oakland, pub 1879, pp 401