El Dorado County Biographies


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NATHAN WENTWORTH
 
            Was born in the town of Exeter, Penobscot county, Maine, May 4, 
1828.  His father was twice married and reared a family of seventeen children.  
Nathan followed farming and teaming in the East.  In 1851 he sailed via the 
Isthmus to California, arrived at San Francisco, Dec. 14, 1851, he went at once 
to working on the Bear river ditch on the spot where the Auburn hotel now 
stands.  After mining a short time he went to Michigan Bluffs where he operated 
a saw-mill for twelve years, this burned down and he began mining.  After six 
years he came to Georgetown, and for four years followed butchering.  He is now 
engaged in farming and teaming.  He was married to Frances Maria Nutting, of 
Me., and three children were born to them. For his second wife he married Mrs. 
M. E.  Andrews, and one son is the fruit of this union, viz.: Guy Elmer.  Mr. 
Wentworth is a member of the I.O.O.F. at Georgetown and of Pilot Hill Grange, 
No. 1.
 
Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County, California with Illustrations & 
Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men & Pioneers - Oakland, Cal. - Paolo 
Sioli, Publisher, 1883. p � 269-270
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler