California Biographies
McCutchan, J. B.

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

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McCutchan, J. B. Was born in Augusta county, Virginia, May 19, 1810. When
twenty-two years of age he moved with his parents to Rush county, Indiana, where
he engaged in farming until 1845, when they moved to Van Bur en county, Iowa,
where he buried his father and mother, brother and sister. In April, 1863, he
emigrated to California, crossing the plains with horse-teams. After spending
about eleven months at Fairfield, Solano county, he came to this county, and
settled upon one hundred and sixty acres of land, about one and one-half miles
from Windsor. He married Miss Rachel H. McClure, January 12, 1832, a native of
Virginia, who died September 8, 1871. William C, born December 29, 1833;
Elizabeth V., June 19, 1836; Samuel H., July 26,1838; Daniel, October 11,1840;
Rebecca E., September 20,1845, are the names and births of his children. Samuel
H. died December 10, 1862.

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