Sacramento County Biographies

E. DREW

Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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SAN JOAQUIN TOWNSHIP. 
Page 272.
 
	lives fifteen miles from Sacramento, and two and a half miles from Elk 
Grove, his Post Office; was born in Vermont in 1826; moved to Cayuga, New York, 
in 1827, and lived there until 1849; he started for California in that year, 
stopping a short time in Illinois, and arriving at Placerville in 1850; 
subsequently he settled in Yolo County, and was engaged in farming and stock 
raising until 1867; he then took a trip East, and was gone some months; on his 
return he resided in Vallejo for about a year; settled on his present home in 
1870, where he still continues farming; owns one hundred and sixty acres of 
land, worth, with improvements, about $6000. Mr. Drew has held the offices of 
School Trustee and Enrolling Officer. He was married in 1854 to Sarah E. 
Goodrich, a native of New York, who has borne him three children, only one of 
whom is living---Elmer R., born December, 1865. A view of his place may be seen 
in this book. 
 
Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by 
Thompson & West.