Contra Costa County CA Archives Biographies.....Polley, Henry 1837 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

HENRY POLLEY.—Was born in Russia, Herkimer county, New York, September 10, 1837,
and received his education at the common schools, afterwards attending the
academy of Fairfield. He resided in his birthplace until twenty-three years of
age, and on April 5, 1860, sailed from New York on board the Northern Light to
Aspinwall, and on the Pacific side secured passage on board the Sonora, arriving
in San Francisco, April 28th, of the same year. Our subject first proceeded to
the mines of Forest Hill, and embarked in mining for a short time, but returned
to Sacramento and worked until August of that year. Mr. Polley then came to
Clayton, Contra Costa county, and there worked by the month until 1868, when he
engaged in the livery business, in company with that well-known and popular
livery man of Martinez, Seeley Bennett, a business in which he continued until
1872, when he sold out and went to the lower country, engaged in the manufacture
of cheeses for one year, and again returning to Martinez, worked for Mr. Bennett
for one year. In 1876 our subject returned to Clayton and bought his present
ranch of one hundred and sixty acres, where he is now engaged in general farming
and fruit raising. Mr. Polley has been twice married; first, in San Francisco,
in June, 1867, to Miss Martha Willoughby, a native of New York. By this union
they had one child: George W. His second marriage occurred in Clayton, in 1876,
to Miss Annie F. Carpenter, a native of New York. By this union they have no issue.

Additional Comments:
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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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