Sacramento County Biographies

JOSEPH OUGH

Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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SACRAMENTO TOWNSHIP.
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	corner of eighth and N streets, in Sacramento; he was born in 
Canada in 1841, and remained there until 1864, learning the carpenter's trade, 
and studying architecture; went to Pennsylvania, where he worked one year at his 
trade; then went to Cincinnati, where he worked for three years at his trade. In 
1868 went to Montana and worked at carpenter work; in 1869 came to Sacramento, 
overland, by the northern route, via Fort Benton, and has continually carried on 
carpenter, contract and architectural work. He married Hannah Thompson, a native 
of Canada, in 1865. There have been born to them three daughters, two of whom 
are now living. 

Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by 
Thompson & West.