California Biographies

Source:
History of Napa and Lake Counties
San Francisco, Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1881

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper 2011

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


SCRANTON, CARLOS P. Was born in Ohio, May 14, 1830. Here he resided on a farm with his parents 
until 1851, at which time he crossed the plains to California with ox-teams. The first three years were 
spent in the mines in Placer County, after which he went to Sacramento County, where he remained 
until the fall of 1857, when he came to Lake County. After spending one year at Lower Lake he 
returned to Sacramento City, where about eight years were spent. He then returned to Lake County 
and settled on his present place, consisting of about three hundred acres, located about one mile and 
a half north from Lower Lake, where he is engaged in farming, stock raising and wool growing. During 
his residence in Sacramento Mr. Scranton received injuries at a fire which rendered him a cripple for 
life. He was married, in 1857, to Miss Alice Slater, a native of Illinois. She died in December, 1867, 
leaving three living children : Maryetta, Robert E. and Lorenzo B. They lost one, John.