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GOLDSMITH, WILLIAM C. Of all the old pioneers of Lake County no one is more generally and favorably known than
the subject of this sketch. Mr. Goldsmith was born in Knox County, Indiana, April 2, 1830. In 1830, with his parents,
he moved to Morgan County, Illinois. Here he learned the saddler's trade, which he followed until 1852, when he
came to California. He crossed the plains with ox teams, and arrived at Hangtown (Placerville) August 8th of that
year. Of course, he dashed into mining, everybody did that, then and followed it until the spring of 1853, when
he went to Santa Clara County and engaged in farming for the next two years. He then went to Grass Valley, Nevada
County, and resided there until August, 18:57. He then came to Lake County and located where Lower Lake now stands,
and engaged in farming and stock raising for the next six years. He then engaged in hotel and saloon keeping, which
he followed till 1881, since which time he has been unemployed. No laudatory words are necessary at our hands,
for Mr. Goldsmith is too well known by all the good people of Lake County. He was married, May 31, 1860, to Miss
Martha C. Asbill, and their living children are, John H., Elizabeth J., William L., Arthur H. and Edna M. They
have lost three, Willie, Charles and Ernest.
From:
History of Napa and Lake Counties, California
Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers
San Francisco, California 1881
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