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Title: [John Wesley Witt]
Date Created and/or Issued: [18--]
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
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Description: Bust-length portrait.
1990-1758.
Born in Tennessee in 1833. Came overland to California in 1859, settling first in Hangtown (Placerville). Spent time in the mines. Eventually settled in Elk Grove, farming. Married Mary Jane Hass. Died in 1895.
Also have negative: no. 26,045 (5x4 in.)
Mary A. Coons;
Type: image
Format: Portraits.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 1 drawing on cardboard mount : charcoal ; image 18 5/8 x 14 1/2 in. on mount 20 x 15 3/4 in.
Identifier: (C)001490837CSL01-Aleph
Language: English
Subject: Witt, John Wesley,, 1833-1895--Portraits
Pioneers--California--Elk Grove
Farmers--California--Elk Grove
Portrait drawings
Charcoal drawings
Place: California
Elk Grove
Relation: 990014908380205115. [Mary Jane Witt]

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