Tuolumne County Biographies

Frederick Macomber

Submitted by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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These old settlers, and well known residents of this county, are natives of 
Utica, New York.  The elder, George Macomber, was instructed in mercantile 
pursuits at several of the prominent business houses in New York City, and since 
that time has been engaged in business in St. Louis and New Orleans.
The three brothers came to California in 1850, crossing the plains, a part of 
the journey having been made in com�pany with Holliday�s, Dr. Knox�s and Crow�s 
trains.  They settled at Stockton, where they were in business for a time, then 
removing to the mines, where they commenced mining for gold at Angle�s Camp, 
Jamestown and Shaw�s Flat.  George and Frederick Macomber were also among the 
first engaged in using the hydraulic on their mines in Amador County, where they 
worked off and on for twelve years, finally permanently settling at Sonora, 
where they have since lived.  These gentlemen were in company with Mr. Brown in 
the ownership of the well known Big Table Mountain Lead, which at one time paid 
as high as $16 to the single pan of earth, and 100 ounces of gold per day.  They 
also owned in the Mexican Claim, purchased of May, Solomon and Antonio, in 
Tennessee Gulch.  The ground was yellow gravel, but, notwithstanding this fact, 
paid at times from $5 to $50 to the pan, and some pieces valued at $800.
George and Frederick Macomber are now located in the north part of Sonora, where 
their pickle, cider and vinegar works are established, producing the finest 
quality of champagne cider, pickles and cider vinegar on the Pacific Coast, and 
shipping largely throughout the Pacific States and Territories.

 �A History of Tuolumne County, California� B.F. Alley, 1882.  Pg. 414-415.