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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Last Updated on: 2 July 2006