Plumas County Biographies Joseph Winston Transcribed by Craig Hahn, Dec. 2004 This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm Joe Winston was residing at Meadow valley in the spring of 1855, when he became the candidate for supervisor, and was elected in the third district. He served until the fall of that year, when he resigned, and was succeeded by I. J. Harvey of Spanish Ranch. He and Ripley C. Kelley were the successful candidates for the assembly in the fall of 1855, against Daniel R. Cate and T. F. Emmons. Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from 1513 to 1850. � Fariss and Smith, San Francisco, 1882. p 197