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PRESTON E. GARMIRE
A wide-awake, progressive rancher who knows how to get results is Preston E. Garmire, who
has "made good" in the Golden State. He was born in Lagrange County, Ind., on
November 8, 1850, the son of Jacob and Sarah (Young) Garmire, the former a native of Ohio,
while Mrs. Garmire was a native of England. Jacob Garmire was a farmer, and he lived and
died in Indiana, closing his earthly record in his sixty-fourth year, while his devoted
wife survived her eighty-fifth year.
Preston E. went to school in Indiana, and in 1874 came out to California and settled in
Sutter County. He bought eighty acres near Kirksville and operated the tract for four
years. Then he moved onto the banks of the Sacramento River, to a point some eight miles
below Meridian, and bought forty acres, and lived on this place until 1905. This general
farming land he still owns. In 1905, he removed to the George Betty ranch of 100 acres at
Kent Station, and leased that place for six years, after which he purchased it; and this
is a dairy and general farm. In politics he is a Republican.
On April 16, 1879, Mr. Garmire was married to Miss Jerusha Smith, a native of California,
who passed away in 1882. Six years later, on October 17, he was again married, this time
at Colusa, when Miss Mattie Rice became Mrs. Garmire. She was born at Mount Pleasant,
Iowa, in 1866, and was the daughter of Emil and Elizabeth Ann (Alander) Rice. Her father
was a mechanic, hailing from Pennsylvania, while her mother came from Iowa. Emil Rice
came out to California in 1872; and eight years later, the family followed. Mr. Rice died
at the age of eighty-two, and Mrs. Rice breathed her last in 1870. The Rice family had
lived at Colusa. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Garmire. Sylvia is Mrs. O. A.
Mayfield, of Sacramento; Ray is at home; Bessie is Mrs. C. N. Jones, of Meridian; Amy;
Preston E., Jr.; and Sadie.
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p 1200
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