Sacramento County Biographies

S. H. PUGH

Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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BRIGHTON TOWNSHIP
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	Post Office, Brighton; was born in Indiana in 1832; removed to 
Missouri in 1839, and lived there till 1855; in that year he moved to Texas, and 
remained there until 1859, when he went to Nebraska, and was there until 1862; 
he then came to California, across the plains, being about four months on the 
way; the winter after his arrival he spent in Sonoma County. The spring 
following he moved to Carson City, Nevada, and resided there two years; then he 
removed to Churchill County, Nevada, and stopped about two years, when he came 
back to this State, and settled in this county; owns eighty acres, worth about 
$3000. Mr. P. has followed blacksmithing all his life; has a shop in Brighton 
now, and, connected with it, a wagon shop; he also keeps hotel at Brighton; the 
hotel is worth about $5000. He was married in 1852 to Miss Mary A. Greer, a 
native of Missouri; they have six sons and three daughters. Mr. Pugh's 
grand-father came to the Unite4 States with La Fayette, and fought under him 
during the entire war; his father served during the war of 1812, while he (Mr. 
P.) served eighteen months during the late war. A view of Mr. Pugh's place is 
shown on another page. 
 
Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by 
Thompson & West.