Mendocino County Biographies

W. C. Elledge

Transcribed by: Pat Howard

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	Born in Tennessee August 23, 1827. Here he received his education 
and resided on a farm until 1850, when he, leaving is parents, went to Texas, 
where he spent one year, then returned to Tennessee and followed farming until 
1857, excepting two years, while filling the office of Sheriff of Cannon county. 
In 1857 he crossed the plains to California with ox-teams, arriving in Amador 
county in October. Here he remained until the fall of 1858, when he came to 
Mendocino  county and engaged in stock business about twelve miles west from 
Ukiah. Here he remained about four years. He next took a drove of about sixty 
cattle to Nevada, where he remained about fifteen months, then returned to this 
county and settled on his present place, consisting of two thousand acres, 
located on the Anderson Valley road, about eight miles from Ukiah. Here he has 
since resided, being engaged in wool-growing and farming. Mr. Elledge was 
married, December 11, 1872, to Miss Martha Cook, a native of Missouri. Their 
children are: Lizzie, Isaac W., Joseph and George.
 
SOURCE: History of Mendocino County, California - San Francisco, Cal. Alley, 
Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1880 Pp. 637