Sonoma County Biographies

J. D. HASSETT

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta, July, 2007

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

                    Born in Summit County, Ohio, January 21, 1832, where he 
resided until 1852, when he emigrated to California, crossing the plains with ox 
teams as far as Salt Lake and from there to Placerville he made the journey on 
foot in company with his brother. Here they mined and worked on the South Fork 
Ditch until the following spring when they came to this county. After remaining 
for a short time on a farm about five miles north from Healdsburg, the subject 
of this sketch engaged in the mill business, which he conducted for a space of 
two and one-half years. He then, in company with his brother, built a saw-mill 
on Mill Creek, where he labored for two years. He then built the Healdsburg 
Flouring Mill, and after conducting it for five years disposed of the property; 
since which time he has turned  his attention to sheep raising and farming. 
Married Miss Sarah E. Vaughan April 3, 1859. James T. and Lulu C. are their only 
children.
 
Source: "History of Sonoma County, Cal.," Alley, Bowen & Co., San Francisco, 
1880, p. 508.