Contra Costa-El Dorado County CA Archives Biographies.....Sherburne, David N. 1822 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

HON. DAVID N. SHERBURNE.—This well known resident of Sycamore valley, and at
present a member of the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa county, is a native
of Bennington, Wyoming county, New York, born October 14, 1822. When twelve
years of age our subject accompanied by an uncle went to Kendall county,
Illinois, where he resided until 1841. He then proceeded to the lead mines of
Galena, same State, where he embarked in mining and resided until 1849. In the
Spring of 1850, he, with four companions, went down the Mississippi river to St.
Louis, there purchased two ponies apiece, and started on horseback via
Independence and the old emigrant route to seek their fortunes in the gold
fields of California. After a weary journey and many hardships, he arrived in
Placerville, August 26, 1850. There he prosecuted mining until his coming to
Contra Costa county in 1856. Mr. Sherburne first settled on what he supposed to
be Government land, and engaged in stock-raising for a few years. Needing more
room for stock, he sold out his claim in Contra Costa county; he thereupon took
his departure for Alameda county, and there resided until 1859, when he once
more returned to this county and purchased his present ranch of six hundred and
forty-seven acres, three miles southeast of Danville, and engaged in general
farming. Mr. Sherburne is a man of more than ordinary ability. Since becoming a
resident of Contra Costa county he has been called upon to fill some of the most
important offices in the gift of its residents. In 1865 our subject was elected
to the office of county Supervisor, a position he filled for four successive
terms, and in 1879 was elected to the State Legislature, defeating in the
contest another of Contra Costa's well known men, viz., Josiah Wills, of Lone
Tree valley. In 1880 Mr. Sherburne was again elected a member of the county
Board of Supervisors, an office he now fills with credit to himself and
satisfaction to the people. He has never married, and now resides with his
widowed sister in his beautiful home in Sycamore valley.

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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