Sierra County Biographies

Julius S. Wixson 

Transcribed by Craig Hahn, Nov. 2004

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm


 
was born September 3, 1848,  in Steuben county, New York. His parents removed to 
Alleghany county when he was quite small, in which locality he was raised, 
living there until twenty-five years of age. In March, 1874, he came to 
California, and first taught school in Sierra valley. He then taught one year at 
Howland flat, two years at La Porte, and one year at Gibsonville. In 1877 he was 
elected county superintendent, and re-elected in 1879 for the three-year term, 
having held the office about five years. He now resides at Sierra City, where he 
presides over the excellent school at that place. Mr. Wixson was married in 
December, 1875, to Sarah E. Peckham of Oakland, formerly of New York, who came 
to the western coast in 1866. Their children are Robert, born September 9, 1876; 
Charles Sumner, born April 10, 1881. Mr. Wixson is a member of the Masonic and 
Odd Fellows lodges at Sierra city. 
 
Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from 
1513 to 1850. - Fariss and Smith, San Francisco,  1882. p 498