Shasta County Biographies

GEORGE ANDREW DARRAH

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives
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George Andrew Darrah was born December 6, 1866, in Shingletown, California, of 
parents, Simon and Arzilla Shipton Darrah.

Soon thereafter, Simon and Arzilla moved to Battle Creek where the Indians 
robbed them and burned everything they owned. The area where the Darrahs settled 
on Battle Creek was later named Darrah Springs after them. Then Simon and 
Arzilla moved to South Cow Creek and from there back to Shingletown.

As a young man, George worked with his father and hauled logs with his oxen team 
to the Sidney Charles Mill.

George met Lena Gambach in Shingletown and they married January 9, 1887, in Old 
Shasta. They lived in Shingletown for several years. Three of their daughters 
were born there. They were:
Catherine A. b. 1887 
Anna M. b. 1890
Pearl I. b. 1892

Then George and Lena moved to Bear Creek near Millville where they homesteaded 
their ranch and where their other four children were born. They were:
Louis B. b. 1895
George H. b. 1898
Gladys V. b. 1901 
Henrietta L. b. 1911

George raised goats for several years but later sold them. He then raised sheep 
and hogs. He was also Supervisor for District # 3 for eight years.

Two of George and Lena's Houses at Bear Creek burned. After the last house 
burned August 15, 1930, they moved to Cow Creek where they built a new house and 
lived there until George died on October 14, 1938. Lena died November 27, 1944. 
They are both buried in the Millville Masonic Cemetery.

Source: Shasta Historical Society