This is a list of the Plumas County biographies that were published in the book Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties (Fariss and Smith, San Francisco, 1882). These biographies are available in full-text form by clicking on a specific name. Some Lassen County and some Sierra County biographies may be included here. In cases where, instead of first names, only initials were provided in the book, first and middle names have been provided here (whenever possible) using census records of Plumas County, vital records of Plumas County, and/or other Plumas County historical documents as source material. Known misspellings and typographical errors in the book have been corrected on this page. Corrections to names and errors are {shown in brackets}.

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Abbott, Joshua
Adams, J. C. { John C. Adams }

Bacher, Antone
Banet, Walter M.
Barnett, Robert I.
Battelle, T. S. { Thomas S. Battelle }
Baugh, B. B. { Benjamin B. Baugh }
Beaton, Alexander
Beckwourth, James P.
Bidwell, Henry C.
Black, Thomas
Blakemore, Robert M.
Blood, J. M. { should be J. N. – John Nelson Blood }
Blough, W. { William Blough }
Bonner, Thomas D.
Boring, Isaac C.
Brabban, Dixon
Bringham, Marion C.
Brown, A. M. { Albert M. Brown }
Brown, J. C. { John C. Brown - name variation: John C. Browne }
Buckbee, John R. (Hon.)
Bunnell, L. Wellington
Buxton, G. Q. { George Q. Buxton }
Byers, James D.
Byers, William T.

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Carter, J. S. (Dr.) { Josiah S. Carter }
Cate, Daniel Rogers
Cate, LaFayett (M.D.)
Chambers, Robert Craig
Chapman, Albert Picket
Chapman, John C.
Cheney, William A. (Judge)
Church, Isaac S.
Church, William S.
Clark, Stephen J. see also Yeates Clark Contest
Clinch, John
Clough, Greenleaf Greeley (Judge)
Compton, John Davenport
Connolly, Patrick
Cooksey, James
Corcoran, T. { Timothy Corcoran }
Cox, Thomas
Crane, William H. (Hon.)
Cunningham, Noble C.

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Davis, Aaron
Davis, Charles H.
Dean, Wilson Seaman
DeHaven, W. N. (Capt.) { William N. DeHaven }
Dolley, E. P. { Edward P. Dolley }

Ede, Walter
Edman, J. A. { John A. Edman }
Edwards, James E.
Elwell, William
Emmons, Theodore F.
Evans, J. F. { Jeremiah “Jerry” F. Evans }

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Fagg, J. D. { Joseph D. Fagg }
Finlayson, Donald Robertson
Firmstone, H. T. { Henry T. Firmstone }
Fletcher, A. W. { Albert W. Fletcher }
Flournoy, Robert S.
Ford, James
Forgay, Nathaniel B.
Forman, William
Fralich, Matthias { should be Matthias Frohlich }
Freeman, Joel E.
Fritsch, John B.
Fritsch, Martin

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Gallagher, E. J. { Edward J. Gallagher }
Gansner, Florin
Gear, Hiram L.
Gentry, J. C. { John C. Gentry }
Goodwin, John Daniel (Judge)
Graham, Will D. R. { William D. R. Graham}
Gray, Rotheus A.
Grazer, Henry

Haggard, Thomas L.
Haines, G. P. { George P. Haines }
Haley, Julia
Hallsted, Alanson A.
Hallsted, Peter Lane
Hamlen, E. H. { Edmund H. Hamlen }
Harbison, John
Hardgrave, John
Hardin, M. { Merrill Hardin }
Hartwell, John F.
Hedrick, Duskin
Hendel, Charles W.
Herring, George H.
Hersey, Thomas F.
Hill, Charles M. (M.D.)
Hill, John W.
Hogan, Edmund Thomas (Judge)
Hosselkus, Edwin Douglas
Howk, Corel
Hughes, B. B. { Brainard B. Hughes }
Hughes, Marshall
Hughes, Thomas
Humphrey, George Wilson
Hundley, Patrick Oglesby (Judge)

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Ingersoll, William S.
Irwin, Richard (Hon.)

Jacks, Richard
Johnson, William F.
Jones, Israel F. (Judge)
Jones, William E.

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Keddie, Arthur W.
Kelley, Ripley C.
Kellogg, Henry Waters
Kellogg, William W. (Hon.)
Keyes, David B.
King, R. { Rebecca Dieterick King }
Kinney, Asa
Kirby, Alexander
Knoll, Mathias
Knuthsen, Jacob

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Largent, John C.
Larison, James H.
Lassen, Peter
Laufman, Cyrus
Lemmon, B. F. { Benjamin Franklin Lemmon }
Lemmon, William C. (Judge)
Lewis, Hiram
Lewis, Joseph E. N. (Judge)
Lott, Charles Fayette (Judge)
Lowry, John

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Maddox, Theophilus
Manson, William
Martin, Richard
McBeth, John
McCorkle, Joseph W. (Judge)
McCullough, George B.
McGee, John B. (Hon.)
McGill, Robert L.
McLear, George Spear
McShane, Joshua Brown
Meylert, Gurdon M.
Miller, James
Miller, William H.
Moore, A. P. (Judge) { Armstrong P. Moore }
Myers, J. D. { James D. Meyers }

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Nevill, John
Newman, David Derr
Nicholson, James

Patch, Isaac C.
Patterson, David B.
Peck, Elisha T. (Hon.)
Peel, John J. L.
Peter, W. T. { William T. Peter }
Phipps, John A.
Pierce, Elisha H.
Pratt, W. M. { William M. Pratt }
Pratt, Willard (Dr.)
Price, William S.
Prowattain, E. { Ernst Prowattain }

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Rains, W. Smith { William Smith Rains }
Rawden, William B.
Rockwell, Calvin W. (Col.)
Rodgers, Charles Gregory
Rodoni, F.
Rowland, Francis M.
Ruppert, Charles
Russell, H. P. (Gen.) { Henry P. Russell }

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Searls, Niles (Judge)
Seltier, Claude Francois
Sexton, Warren T. (Judge)
Shannon, Thomas B. (Hon.)
Sharpe, George W.
Sheer, Roy R.
Sherwin, James L. C. (Hon.)
Simons, Charles Otto
Smith, J. H. { John Harvey Smith }
Sperry, W. A. { William A. Sperry }
Stamfli, N. { should be Stampfli - Nicholas Stampfli }
Stark, Lewis
Stover, R. { Reuben Stover }
Strang, Jared

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Taylor, E. W. { Edwin Wallace Taylor }
Taylor, J. Charles { John Charles Taylor }
Taylor, Jobe Tyrrill { should be Job Terrill - Job Terrill Taylor }
Thomas, Charles C.
Thompson, Richard (Spanish Ranch resident)
Thompson, Richard (Indian Valley resident)
Treleaven, Thomas

Variel, R. H. F. { Robert H. F. Variel }

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Wagner, William
Ward, John S. (Judge)
Ward, William T. (Judge)
Webber, David Gould (Dr.)
Welden, Allen J.
West, T. F. { Thomas F. West }
Weston, Isaac
Whiting, Fenton Berkley
Whitlock, James H. (Maj.)
Willoughby Brothers { Matthew Willoughby } { Henry Willoughby } { John Willoughby }
Wing, Emory
Winston, Joseph (Hon.)
Wood, Allen (Gen.)
Woodward, George
Wright, Norman K.

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Yeates-Clark Contest { James Hughes Yeates } { Stephen J. Clark }
Yeates, James Hughes see also Yeates-Clark Contest
Young, John C.
Young, R. W. { Robert W. Young }