Plumas County Biographies

E. P. Dolley

Transcribed by Craig Hahn, Nov. 2004

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm

 
He was born September 15, 1851, in Franklin county, Maine. In the spring of 1860 
he came to California, via Panama. Upon his arrival he began mining in Plumas 
county, which he followed for three years. In 1863 he returned overland by stage 
to Indianapolis, and enlisted in company D, fifth Indiana cavalry. He was in 
active service all the time until his discharge in September, 1865. He was at 
the siege of Knoxville, Tennessee, and marched through Georgia with Sherman. In 
the spring of 1866 he again came to California, via Panama, and has made Sierra 
valley his home ever since, being engaged mostly in farming. In 1876 he bought 
the O. B. Dolley ranch of 320 acres, which he still owns. He was married 
February 9, 1875, to Miss E. M. Robbins of Kennebec county, Maine. Their child, 
Ole Clare, was born February 7, 1876. 
 
Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from 
1513 to 1850. - Fariss and Smith, San Francisco,  1882. p 274-275