Tuolumne County Biographies

J. W. KEITH

Submitted by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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This gentleman, who was born in Waldo County, on the sea coast of the State of 
Maine, is now located pleasantly on his ranch two miles above Jacksonville. The 
principal acts of his life are narrated by himself as follows: Born on the 9th 
of June, 1824, at the age of eighteen he went to Lowell, Massachusetts, and 
there learning the trade of machinist, worked at it until 1851, when the desire 
for travel came upon him, and packing up, he sought the land of gold.  His first 
mining ventures were made at Jackson�ville, then an exceedingly lively camp, 
whose fortunes he followed through thick and thin for ten years. Since that time 
he has held the office of Tax Collector, about five years; going in 1866 on to 
his present location. Five years later he sold out, but again in 1877, 
re-purchased the place, and has resided there since. Married to Miss Jane 
Gamble, in 1863, he has six children H. W., A. G., Charles P., Hattie J., Ben 
F., and John E.

�A History of Tuolumne County, California� B.F. Alley, 1882. Pg. 369.