Lake County Biographies

THOMAS HAYCOCK

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Was born in New Brunswick August 31, 1824.  When but a child his parents moved 
to Maine.  When the subject of this sketch was about thirteen years of age they 
moved to Canada.  In 1854 Thomas went to Minnesota, where he spent about four 
years and then came to California via Panama, arriving at San Francisco November 
30, 1858.  The first six months after arriving were spent in the mines of Nevada 
County.  He then went to Plumas County, where he followed the same business 
until 1863, when he bought a hotel and ranch at Meadow Valley, which he 
conducted until 1867.  He then again engaged in mining, which he prosecuted 
until 1874, when he returned East, where he remained a few months, returning to 
Plumas County in the fall of the above year.  The next three years were spent in 
Plumas and Butte Counties, and in March, 1877, he came to Lake County and 
settled in Scotts Valley, where he now lives.  Mr. Haycock married, November 22, 
1852, Miss Sarah E. Turner, who died July 28, 1855, leaving one child, Sarah E.  
He married secondly, November 10, 1874, Mrs. Isabelle Sweazy, a native of 
Canada.
 
History of Napa and Lake Counties, California, publ. 1881 � pg. 239-240