Sacramento County Biographies

JOHN THOMAS

Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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BRIGHTON TOWNSHIP
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	Farmer; lives nine miles from Sacramento, and four miles from 
Brighton, on the Valley road; owns one hundred and fifty-three acres of laud, 
valued at $15,000; born at sea, Boston Harbor, in 1825; parents moved to New 
York, and traveled for some years; went to Nevada in 1844; crossed the plains; 
remained there, engaged in farming, until 1850; then came to Sacramento County, 
California; he has been engaged in farming on the place where he now resides 
since 1853. When Mr. Thomas started from Salt Lake for California, he had three 
hundred pounds of flour; on account of the hunger of the women and children on 
the way, he gave his flour all away, and for ten days was without bread. He 
married Miss M. J. Disbrough, in 1853; she was born in New Jersey; they have one 
daughter; Post Office, Routier. A view of Mr. Thomas' place is given on another 
page. 
 
Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by 
Thompson & West.