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John Sites

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John Sites

Birth
Germany
Death
1914 (aged 81–82)
Sites, Colusa County, California, USA
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This gentelman is a native of Hesse, Germany, and was born October 4, 1932. He came to America in 1834, accompanying his father, Henry Sites, and located in St. Charles County, Missouri, where he assisted his father on the farm, and hired out among neighbors. On April 16, 1850, he left Missouri with a Mr. Fisher, on his way to California, he having previously agreed that in consideration of Fisher's bringing him to this State, he would work for him nine months after his arrival. The arrived at Placerville on August 4. Having worked for Mr. Fisher as agreed, he began working on his account at Downieville, but being taken ill of typhoid fever, he was obliged to relinquish employment. He next went to Cache Creek, in Yolo County, and took up one hundred and sixty acres adjoining his old friend Fisher. In 1853 he sold his place, bought some cattle, and after a year or more was enabled to go in company with Fisher and buy cattle on a large scale. These were brought to Antelope Valley, Colusa County. He continued in the cattle business till 1858 when he purchased his present home place, adding to it occaisonally. His farm embraces nearly six thousand acres of land on the county road west of Stony Creek Valley, twenty-three miles northwest of the county seat, and on the place is located the village of Sites, the present terminus of the Colusa and Lake Railroad.
Mr. Sites was married to Laura E. Aycoke of Colusa County, on October 3, 1867. The ceremony was performed by Major Stephen Cooper, then a justice of the peace. Two children were born to them, John Henry and Martha L. Sites.

Source: Rogers, Justus H. Colusa County. Orland, California 1891.
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This gentelman is a native of Hesse, Germany, and was born October 4, 1932. He came to America in 1834, accompanying his father, Henry Sites, and located in St. Charles County, Missouri, where he assisted his father on the farm, and hired out among neighbors. On April 16, 1850, he left Missouri with a Mr. Fisher, on his way to California, he having previously agreed that in consideration of Fisher's bringing him to this State, he would work for him nine months after his arrival. The arrived at Placerville on August 4. Having worked for Mr. Fisher as agreed, he began working on his account at Downieville, but being taken ill of typhoid fever, he was obliged to relinquish employment. He next went to Cache Creek, in Yolo County, and took up one hundred and sixty acres adjoining his old friend Fisher. In 1853 he sold his place, bought some cattle, and after a year or more was enabled to go in company with Fisher and buy cattle on a large scale. These were brought to Antelope Valley, Colusa County. He continued in the cattle business till 1858 when he purchased his present home place, adding to it occaisonally. His farm embraces nearly six thousand acres of land on the county road west of Stony Creek Valley, twenty-three miles northwest of the county seat, and on the place is located the village of Sites, the present terminus of the Colusa and Lake Railroad.
Mr. Sites was married to Laura E. Aycoke of Colusa County, on October 3, 1867. The ceremony was performed by Major Stephen Cooper, then a justice of the peace. Two children were born to them, John Henry and Martha L. Sites.

Source: Rogers, Justus H. Colusa County. Orland, California 1891.
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Rogers book gives birth year as 1932 and contradicts headstone which reads 1934.

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  • Created by: A Canon
  • Added: Jan 1, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17254510/john-sites: accessed ), memorial page for John Sites (4 Oct 1832–1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17254510, citing Sites Cemetery, Sites, Colusa County, California, USA; Maintained by A Canon (contributor 46867332).