Contra Costa County CA Archives Biographies.....Woolbart, Martin 1840 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

MARTIN WOOLBART.—A native of Germany, was born January 5, 1840. When but an
infant his parents emigrated to the United States, first locating in Madison
county, Ohio, where he received a common school education and followed farming
until the Fall of 1853; he then spent one year in the States of Michigan and
Missouri, and in January, 1854, in company with several others, among whom were
Mr. Fish, of Martinez, and Mr. Majors, of Ygnacio valley, came to California,
arriving in Martinez November 2, 1854. The subject of this sketch first found
employment on the ranch of Henry Lathrop, where he remained for one year, and
then spent two years on different ranches; he then engaged in the stock business
for himself, in which he continued until 1860; in that year he sold his stock
and leased Captain Hazleton's place, and engaged in farming. In the Fall of 1863
he moved on to his present place, as a renter, for two years, and in 1865 bought
the place one mile northeast of Martinez, overlooking the Bay of Suisun,
consisting of one hundred and twenty-six acres, where he is chiefly engaged in
farming. Married, in Benicia, November 10, 1863, Miss B. McGuire, a native of
Ireland. They have four children, as follows: George B., William D., Bernard M.
and Mary E.

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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