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Margaret <I>Johnson</I> Willits

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Margaret Johnson Willits

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13 Nov 1902 (aged 74–75)
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Willits, Mendocino County, California, USA Add to Map
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Margaret Johnson married Hiram S. Willits, 4/25/1844, in Van Buren County, Iowa, and together they went to California, during the gold rush. Their intention however seemed not to be to prospect.

The Historical and Biographical Record of Mendocino County (California) says that on April 1, 1850, Hiram Willits and his wife started for California, arriving August 17, 1850. They opened the Rough and Ready store and hotel and operated it for six months. They went to Colusa County and engaged in farming and also opened a public house. In August 1857 they went to Mendocino County and secured 807 acres of land in Little Lake Valley and sold off town lots from this farm. The town became Willitsville, and Hiram was postmaster for several years. He was treasurer of the Mendocino Agricultural Association and raised high grade horses and sold some of the fastest race horses on the coast. Willitsville is the present day town of Willits, California, where Margaret Willits died 11/13/1902. Hiram Willits died 3/27/1892 while visiting San Francisco.
Margaret Johnson married Hiram S. Willits, 4/25/1844, in Van Buren County, Iowa, and together they went to California, during the gold rush. Their intention however seemed not to be to prospect.

The Historical and Biographical Record of Mendocino County (California) says that on April 1, 1850, Hiram Willits and his wife started for California, arriving August 17, 1850. They opened the Rough and Ready store and hotel and operated it for six months. They went to Colusa County and engaged in farming and also opened a public house. In August 1857 they went to Mendocino County and secured 807 acres of land in Little Lake Valley and sold off town lots from this farm. The town became Willitsville, and Hiram was postmaster for several years. He was treasurer of the Mendocino Agricultural Association and raised high grade horses and sold some of the fastest race horses on the coast. Willitsville is the present day town of Willits, California, where Margaret Willits died 11/13/1902. Hiram Willits died 3/27/1892 while visiting San Francisco.

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