Pierson B. Reading

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Pierson Barton Reading (November 26, 1816-1868) was an early California pioneer. An admirer of John Sutter, he received a Mexican land grant in 1844 for the area occupied by today's Redding, California, and Cottonwood, California, along the Sacramento River. He was also the Whig candidate for Governor of California in 1851. He was married to Fanny Washington and had five children. He has only three direct decendents living today, all siblings, … Wikipedia
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    In 1844, Reading entered the service of General Sutter, and was at the Fort when Fremont first arrived in California, in the spring of that year.
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