Lake County Biographies

RICHARD P. THURBER

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Was born at Saratoga Springs, New York, May 17, 1823.  When he was seventeen 
years of age, he engaged as apprentice to the carpenter�s trade, which he 
followed until 1856, when he engaged in merchandising.  This business he 
followed about five years, when he closed out and went to Michigan.  Here he 
followed carpentering for about twelve years.  In the fall of 1880 he came to 
California, since which time he has been a resident of Lake County, and is 
engaged in the lumber business at Rice�s mill.
 
History of Napa and Lake Counties, California, publ. 1881 � pg. 281