California Biographies
Quackenbush, Uriah Platt

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

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Quackenbush, Uriah Platt. A native of Cambridge, Washington county, New York,
and was born March 15, 1823. When but three years old he, with his parents,
moved to Greenbush township in that State, and at the age of ten removed to
Williamstown, Massachusetts, residing two years with his uncle, Stephen Bacon,
after which he removed to Nassau, New York, here attending the common schools.
In the Fall of 1857 he emigrated to this State, making the trip by steamer, via
Panama, arriving in San Francisco in September of that year, going immediately
to Tuolumne county, where he engaged in mining for about six months, then
started for Fraser river, but on his arrival in Oakland, he concluded to abandon
the trip, and remained in San Leandro for six years. From this place he made a
visit to the State of New York, going via Panama, but only remained one month
when he again came to California, crossing the plains, and settled in Vallejo
township, Sonoma county, September, 1864. In August, 1873, they came to their
present home in Santa Rosa township, where he has since permanently resided. He
married Sarah Ann, daughter of Charles Offutt, who is a native of Jackson
county, Missouri, and was born on December 30, 1847. It can be said of Mrs.
Quackenbush, that she is a lady of culture and refinement, and has been
inseparably connected with all those higher and better qualities of womanhood,
which have gone far to make her home one of the most enjoyable and pleasant in
the county. Mary Luella, born December 5, 1870, and Sarah Alice, born January,
19, 1873, are the names and births of their two lovely daughters. Mr. Charles
Offutt, father of Mrs. Quackenbush, was born in Fairfax county, Virginia, April
1, 1817, crossing the plains in 1853, and came to Vallejo township, Sonoma
county, with his family, in the Spring of 1854, where he died August 20, 1879.

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