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RANTZ, WILLIAM D. Was born in Indiana, December 25, 1841. When twelve years of age he, with his parents, moved
to Wisconsin, and when seventeen years old he crossed the plains to California, leaving his parents behind. On
arriving at Placerville, September 17, 1850, he engaged at once in mining, which he followed about eighteen months.
He then engaged in dairying in El Dorado County, which he continued until 1874, when he sold out and came to Lake
County and settled on his present place, consisting of four hundred acres, located in the lower end of Scotts Valley,
about seven miles from Lakeport, where he is engaged in farming. Mr. Lantz married, December 21, 1864, Miss Amelia
T. Alines, a native of Iowa. Their children are, Stephen H., Nellie M., Leonard A., William A. and Maud. They have
lost two: Flora M. and Eva.
From:
History of Napa and Lake Counties, California
Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers
San Francisco, California 1881
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