James D. Savage (1817–1852) was a California pioneer. He was a 49er, businessman, American soldier in the Mexican–American War, and commander of the California Militia, Mariposa Battalion in the Mariposa War and the first alleged non-indigenous discoverer of the Yosemite Valley.
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1817 Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois
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1852 (aged 34) Fresno County, California
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