Santa Clara Biography
Thatcher Ferris Barnes
Born in Cayuga county, New York, April 17, 1828, where he dwelt for the first twenty-four years of his life. At that age he crossed the plains to California, arriving at Oroville, Butte county, September 1, 1852. He at once proceeded to Marysville, Yuba county, where, disposing of his oxen, he left for Sacramento, and thence to Willow Spring mines, where he remained for a year. Mr. Barncs next went to Monterey county and located on a piece of land which proved to be private, and not Government property, he therefore transferred his residence, and coming to Santa Clara county, rented a portion of the Alviso estate which he farmed for some time, then moved on to his present place where he has resided for the past eighteen years. Farms two hundred and fifty acres. Mr. Barnes was Captain of the Alviso Mines until they were disbanded in 18G6. He married May 29,1852, Mary Van Wie, a native of New York, by whom he has two daughters.
History of Santa Clara County, California,: San Francisco, Cal.: Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers, 1881
Transcribed by Julie Appletoft, October, 2007 Page 562
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