Contra Costa-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Harrison, Alfred B. 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

CAPT. ALFRED B. HARRISON.—A native of Devonshire, England. At the age of eleven
years his parents placed him in a naval school, near London, where he remained
for three years, and was then bound apprentice on board a merchant vessel. After
five years of thorough drill in all a sailor's duties, he became mate of a bark,
and two years after rose to the position of master. In this capacity he
continued for twenty-five years, being almost constantly afloat, and visiting
all parts of the world in his various voyages. Becoming weary at length of a
sea-faring life, he determined to marry and make for himself a home in one of
our Western States. Minnesota was his first choice, but finding the Winters
there rather severe, he concluded to seek a more temperate climate and selected
the Golden State as his future home, coming to San Francisco in October, 1872.
In June, 1877, he removed his family to their present residence, near the
thriving town of Walnut Creek. After an adventurous life on the briny wave, he
is thus snugly anchored in a secluded haven in the heart of one of the most
beautiful valleys of California—the valley of San Ramon—the fairest spot in the
county of Contra Costa.

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HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.

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