Mendocino County Biographies

R. H. York

Transcribed by: Pat Howard

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives
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	Born in Tennessee January 14, 1830. Here he spent eighteen years on 
a farm. He then went to Missouri, where he farmed until 1854, at which time he 
came to California, crossing the plains with ox-teams. He arrived at Sonora on 
the 5th of September. After mining for one year, we find him farming in San 
Joaquin county, where he remained nine years. In October, 1865, he came to 
Mendocino county and settled on his present place, consisting of seven hundred 
acres, located at Yorkville on the Cloverdale and Mendocino City road. Here he 
has since resided, being engaged in farming, stock-raising and wool-growing. Mr. 
York married February 26, 1863, Miss Mary Stublefield, a native of Missouri, 
born April 11, 1835. Their children are: Vanderson H., born December 22, 1863; 
Viola, born December 6, 1864; Leona, born June 20, 1867; Laura, born September 
20, 1872.
 
SOURCE: History of Mendocino County, California - San Francisco, Cal. Alley, 
Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1880 Pp. 516