Santa Clara Biography
James Jeffries
The subject of this sketch, brother of the above John Jeffries, is also a native of London, England, where he was born January 29,1810. In 1835 he came to the United States; was engaged in the wholesale hardware store of G. W. Tyson & Co., of Pearl street, New York; after the great fire went to Apalachicola, Florida, with a stock of goods; remained nearly a year and returned to New York. From there he went to Boston, Massachusetts; was engaged in the business of property-making for the several theaters there till 1872, then joined his brother in Almaden township, Santa Clara county, where he has since resided. Married, December 24, 1832, E. Massham, of Kent, England, who died March 20,1860; has one daughter, born in 1886, now living in Massachusetts.
History of Santa Clara County, California,: San Francisco, Cal.: Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers, 1881
Transcribed by Julie Appletoft, October, 2007 Page 556
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