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MURDOCK, GAWN. Was born in Ireland July 4, 1823. In 1844 he came to America and located in Arkansas, where he
spent about two years in pork packing. He then went to Ohio, where he followed farming until 1852, when he returned
to Arkansas, and after spending a short time, started across the plains for California. After a tedious trip with
ox teams Sacramento was reached September 10, 1852. The subject of this sketch engaged in mining, which he followed
at different places until 1855, when he bought a hotel in Placer County, which after about eight months, he sold,
and in January, 1856, moved to Sutter County, where he followed dairying until the fall of 1857, when we find him
in Butte County engaged in stock raising and farming. This he followed until 1874 when he moved to Lake County,
and at present is engaged in farming about two miles from Upper Lake. Mr. Murdock married March 21, 1852, Miss
Ellen Shields, a native of Ireland. They have three living children: George G., Elizabeth and Annie; and have lost
two, John S. and William.
From:
History of Napa and Lake Counties, California
Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers
San Francisco, California 1881
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