California Biographies
Faught, Willis

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

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Faught, Willis, A native of Franklin county, Kentucky, born October 14, 1819.
When but a mere child, his father moved to Shelby county, where he remained
until Willis was ten years of age, when he took up his residence in Hendricks
county, Indiana, where in March, 1833, the father died, leaving a widow and
three sons. The subject of this sketch married Miss Nancy E. Lockman June 30,
1842, and in 1843 they took up their residence, in company with his mother and
two brothers, William and Jabez, in Davis county, Iowa. Here they endured a
great many hardships, for at that time they were on the extreme frontier. In
April, 1854, he, in company with his two brothers, crossed the plains to
California, arriving in this county September, 1854. His first settlement was on
a farm about four miles west of Petaluma. In 1860, he moved and took up his
residence on a ranch at Mark West Station, where he remained until November,
1877, when he located upon his present estate about one mile east of Mark West
Station. Mr. Faught has held the office of Justice of the Peace in this county
for two years. Their children are: Mary J., born April 22, 1843; Thomas J., born
December 12, 1844; Carrie, born August 6, 1847; Sarah E., born November 7, 1852;
John H., born November 26, 1855; William Francis, born February 19, 1857;
Willis, born February 19, 1857, died May 5. 1872; Ellen, born June 12, 1861;
Edwin M., bom January 17, 1865.

Source: HISTORY OF SONOMA COUNTY, Alley, Bowen & Co. 1880