Butte County Biographies

DAVID F. and J. BUCK SMITH

Transcribed by:  Betty Wilson

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Both brothers are natives of Pittsifield, New Hampshire.  David emigrated to the 
Pacific coast in 1857, when he engaged in mining at Yankee Jim�s, in Placer 
county.  In the year following, J. Buck Smith joined his brother, at Oregon city 
in Butte county, which at that time was quite a lively camp.  Here they were 
engaged in partnership at mining for several years.  The two brothers are still 
together, living on what is known as Smith Brother�s ranch, eight miles from 
Oroville, on the Cherokee road.  An illustration of their elegant home appears 
elsewhere in this work.  The ranch contains 240 acres, and is well adapted to 
fruit-ranching.  The principal varieties of fruit raised on the ranch are 
grapes, figs, and oranges.  Large quantities of wine are made yearly.
 
History of Butte County, California: From its Earliest Settlement to the Present 
Time - Vol. II -  Harry L. Wells & W. L. Chambers - 547 Clay Street, San 
Francisco, Cal., 1882.