Butte County CA Archives Biographies.....Rabe, Charles 1836 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 30, 2006, 2:44 am Author: Fariss & Smith (1882) CHARLES RABE.—The gentleman whose name heads this sketch, was born in the kingdom of Hanover, July 12, 1836, and is at present forty-six years of age. He emigrated to America in 1856, and went to Madison county, Illinois, where he remained two years; after which time he came to the Pacific coast, arriving in Butte county in the fall of 1858. He was joined in marriage to Miss Catherine Fink in the year 1868. Mr. and Mrs. Rabe have been blessed with six children. Mr. Rabe's ranch is situated four miles east of Biggs, a view of which may seen in this work. Farming has been his principal occupation for many years, and he has made a success of it. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, IN TWO VOLUMES. I. HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA FROM 1513 TO 1850. BY FRANK T. GILBERT. The Great Fur Companies and their Trapping Expeditions to California. Settlement of the Sacramento Valley. The Discovery of Gold in California. BY HARRY L. WELLS. II. HISTORY OF BUTTE COUNTY, From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. BY HARRY L. WELLS AND W. L. CHAMBERS. BOTH VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED WITH VIEWS AND PORTRAITS. HARRY L. WELLS, 517 CLAY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO 1882. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1882, by HARRY L. WELLS, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. FRANCIS, VALENTINE & Co., Engravers & Printers 517 Clay St., San Francisco File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/butte/bios/rabe564nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb