Sacramento County Biographies

H. TRYON

Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP
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	lives eight miles from Sacramento; owns four hundred and twenty acres 
of land; was born in Ohio in 1825; removed with his parents in 1840 to Indiana, 
and lived there until 1863. He came to California in that year and settled in 
this county, where he is now engaged in farming and blacksmithing with his son, 
S. C. Tryon. He was married in 1847 to Miss A. Cone, a native of Georgia, who 
has borne him six children three sons and three daughters; two of the latter are 
deceased. Mr. Tryon owns a large twelve-foot Baxter header, which he runs during 
harvest. His land and improvements are worth about $15,000. Post Office, Union 
House. 
 
Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by 
Thompson & West.