Sierra County Biographies

J. C. Stewart

Transcribed by Craig Hahn, Nov. 2004

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm

 
 
of Goodyear�s bar was born and raised in Montgomery county, Ohio. He started for 
California, via the Isthmus, in January, 1852, arriving at San Francisco on the 
first day of April, a troublesome delay of six weeks having occurred at Panama. 
Upon his arrival, he started immediately up the Sacramento to Marysville, from 
whence he set out on foot up the Yuba, with several companions, having run short 
of money. He settled at Goodyear�s bar, where he has since resided, having been 
connected for many years with the saw-mill, in company with John Schriver. He 
was married in November, 1870, to Miss Alma Clark, four children having since 
been born to them. He is a member of Mountain Shade Lodge No. 18, F. & A. M., at 
Downieville.
 
Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from 
1513 to 1850. - Fariss and Smith, San Francisco,  1882. p 495-496