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Board of Supervisors from 1867 until 1870 and from 1875 until 1877. Byington was one of the early pioneers of Sierra County.
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and was elected Sheriff of Sierra County. From 1867 until 1870 and from 1875 until 1877, he was a member of the
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on April 29, 1852. Seeking the discovery of gold in California, he moved to the mining district in the
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on June 29, 1820. His parents were Zebulon Byington and Abigail Webster Byington.
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Byington died in San Francisco on June 30, 1886, aged 66 years old.
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On November 23, 1857, Byington married Catherine Alice Freehill at
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Democratic Party members of the California State Assembly
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Democratic, California State Assembly, 24th District
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Pen Portraits, R. R. Parkinson, San Francisco, 1878
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California State Assembly
24th district
George W. Giffen
Jeremiah Levee
Sierra County
Southington, Connecticut
San Francisco
California
Democratic
Lewis
California State Assembly
Democratic Party
Sierra County
Southington, Connecticut
Cincinnati
Cape Horn
San Francisco
Sierra Nevada
Dutch Flat
Goodyears Bar
Monte Cristo
Sierra County
Forest City, California
Lewis Francis Byington
Downieville
Colusa County, California
Democratic Party
board of supervisors
California State Assembly

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