Sutter-Yuba County Biographies

A. J. PERCY

Transcribed by: Kathy Sedler

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            For many years, and by far the most active years of his life, A. J. 
Percy was identified with farming interests in Sutter County, where he is 
recalled as a man thoroughly conscientious in the discharge of his obligations, 
very devoted to his home circle, and faithful to the friends he made along the 
quiet and unassuming paths of his life.  He was born at Bath, Maine, March 14, 
1829.  At twenty years of age, he crossed the plains to California and 
prospected for gold in the Yuba foothills.  He also teamed from Marysville to 
the mines; and later he owned and conducted a livery and feed stable in 
Marysville.  Adjacent to Yuba City he purchased a fine ranch of 126 acres, now 
known as the Percy tract, where the new Union High School is located, and also 
440 acres to the southwest, where he raised the grain which he used in his 
business.
            On August 14, 1859, in San Francisco, Mr. Percy was married to Miss 
Rachel Vandelia Farrin, also born in Bath, Maine, who came to California via 
Panama in 1859.  Mr. Percy passed away on April 19, 1880, survived by his wife 
and three children:  Thomas, who is now deceased; Laura Belle, the wife of 
George W. Christopherson; and Addie Vandelia, also now deceased.  Mrs. Percy 
passed away on the home ranch on December 25, 1908.

History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p  348