El Dorado County Biographies

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Click on the names below to view a biographical sketch of some of El Dorado County's leading citizens (listed in alphabetical order).

Hiram E. Barton
(1867-1928) was born in El Dorado County and lived in Shingle Springs and Latrobe
G. Bassi
(1840- ) was born in Switerland and lived in Greenwood, Dutch Flat, & Forest Hill
A. J. Bayley
(1827- ) was born in Athens, Windham county, Vermont and lived in Pilot Hill
William Franklin Coe
(1835- ) was born in Indiana and lived in Placerville & Spanish Flat
Reuben T. Demuth
(1825-1904) was born in Pennsylvania and lived in Bear Creek & Georgetown
William Dormody
(1796?-1876) was born in Ireland and lived in Kelsey, Coloma & Georgetown
Ira A. Fisk
(1814- ) was born in Ohio and migrated to El Dorado County in 1853
George W. Gallanar
(1852- ) was born in Pittsburg, PA and lived in Uniontown
Thomas Agustus Galt
(1830- ) was born in Georgia and migrated to El Dorado County in 1852
William E. C. Griffith
(1817- ) was born on the High Seas and migrated to El Dorado County in 1852
Charles Warren Haskins
(1825-1904) was born in Massachusetts and lived in Placerville
John Hopwood
(Unknown) was born in England and lived in Placerville
William Hotchkiss
( -1934) lived in Georgetown
Joseph Irish
(1832-1898) was born in Maine and lived in Dry Creek & Georgetown
Alexander Jacobsen
(1830- ) was born in Germany and lived in Weber Creek
Thomas Johnson
(1843- ) was born in Denmark and lived in Placerville & Mud Springs
Louis Kloepfer
(1827-1880) was born in Germany and lived in Coloma
Samuel Kyburz
(1810-1898) was born in Switzerland and lived in Whiterock & Clarksville & Shingle Spring
Elias L. Parker
(1830- ) was born in Massachusetts and lived in Placerville
Aylmer Pelton
(1832- ) was born in Canada
Samuel B. Pelton
(1801- ) was born in Massachusetts and lived in Green Valley
Samuel C. Pelton
(1837- ) was born in Canada and lived in Shingle Springs
John Price
(1831- ) was born in Vermont and lived in Coloma
James Richards
(1851-1930) was born in Cornwall, England and lived in Placerville
Minnie Barton Showers
(1865- ) was born in New York and lived in Latrobe
Ogden Squires
(abt 1831-1880) was born in El Dorado County and settled in Placerville
Lewis T. Stroup
(1812-1881) was born in Delaware and lived in Salmon Falls township
John F. Swift
(1805-1861) was born in Vermont and came to El Dorado in 1848 to pan for gold
Louis J. Wintermantel
(Unknown) was born in Germany and lived in Coloma

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