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J.H. Parsons, born in Randolph co., Va., came to Cal. in 1857, overland, with a train of 30 wagons led by Capt. L. Mugett, and located in San Jose Valley, where for twelve years he was a lumber dealer. in 1869 he went to British Columbia and was for 8 years engaged in stock-raising on Thompson's River, after which he settled on John Day River, Oregon, in what is now Gilliam co. He married, in 1877, Joesephine Writsman, and has 4 children. He owns 320 acres of bottom-land, has 5 square miles of pature under fence, has 2,000 head of cattle, and 200 horses. HIs grain land produces 30 bushels of wheat or 60 bushels of barley to the acre. |