Santa Clara County Biographies


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WILLIAM J. McCAUGHIN
 
            William J. McCaughin came to California November, 1886.  He is a 
native of Illinois, having been born in Fulton County, in the town of 
Farmington, January 16, 1859.  His parents were Hugh and Margaret (Jamison) 
McCaughin.  His mother died when he was but three years of age.  His father and 
the family removed to Peoria County, Illinois, and there he was reared.  In 1875 
he removed to Iowa, and located in Warren County, where he followed farming, and 
accumulated property interests, which he still retains.  In November, 1886, he 
came to Placer County, California, and one month later removed to Cloverdale, 
Sonoma County.  A short time after this occurred his removal to Santa Clara 
County.  On the twenty-fifth of October, 1887, he became superintendent of the 
Breyfogle and Mayburg property, near Madrone, and many improvements have been 
made under his direction.  He was married at Indianola, in Warren County, Iowa, 
December 25, 1879, to Miss Sarah S. Clough, a native of Iowa.  They have four 
children, as follows:  Morris, May, Carl, and Frank.  Politically, Mr. McCaughin 
is a Republican.
 
Pen Pictures From The Garden of the World or Santa Clara County, California, 
Illustrated. - Edited by H. S. Foote.- Chicago:  The Lewis Publishing Company, 
1888.
Pg. 344
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler
Proofread by Betty Vickroy