GLEASON, Florina

1879 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	GLEASON, Florina
  Born	Aug 1879	California
  Gender	Female
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I16571	Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	GLEASON, William Emmett,   b. 10 Nov 1853, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York ,   d. 5 May 1913, California  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	CARTWRIGHT, Pheobe Frances,   b. Abt 1860, California ,   d. Probably California
  Married	10 Nov 1878	Yuba County, California
  Family ID	F1755	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  L. F. MILLER Mr. Miller is a native Californian, born in Forest City, Sierra County, October 9, 1878, the youngest of four children in the family of George and Emily (Knapp) Miller. George Miller was a native of Germany, and entered the German Army at the age of sixteen, serving three years and six months, after which he came to America, direct to Marysville, Cal. He learned the butcher’s trade and followed that business twelve years in Yuba and Sierra Counties. Then, selling out his business at Forest City, he engaged in stock-raising in the Yuba foot-hills. His death occurred on July 4, 1905. Emily (Knapp) Miller came to California from Ohio and taught school at Goodyear Bar prior to her marriage. Three children survive in the family. L. F. Miller was closely associated with his father in his stock-raising enterprises, and conducted the business for his mother for two years after his father’s death. In 1910 he bought out the Browns Valley Mercantile Company, becoming associated as joint owner with W. R. Hendricks; and after four years he sold out his interests to the latter. The development of land through irrigation was of great interest to Mr. Miller, and for four years he acted as superintendent of the Browns Valley Irrigation District, from 1914 to 1918. Then for four years he was in the employ of the Pacific Gold Dredge Company, on the Yuba River; and now he is with the Yuba Consolidated Goldfield Company at Hammonton. The marriage of Mr. Miller, which occurred near Browns Valley in 1900, united him with Miss Flora Gleason, born on the Gleason ranch, the daughter of William E. and Phoebe (Cartwright) Gleason, pioneer settlers of Yuba County. Two children came to brighten the Miller household, Clyde and Nadine. During his different activities, Mr. Miller has always maintained his home at Browns Valley, and has taken an active interest in all community affairs, giving liberally of his time and means to improve his district. He is a stockholder in the Browns Valley Improvement Club. History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924, p. 590-593