Lassen-Shasta-Siskiyou County CA Archives Biographies.....Sylvester, A. U. 1814 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

A. U. SYLVESTER.—He was born in Suffolk county, Massachusetts, July 29, 1814.
Until 1849 his principal occupation was the manufacture of boots and shoes, in
Stoughton, Massachusetts. In that year he came overland, stopping in Shasta
county. He mined, clerked, and then merchandised till 1851: He then kept hotel
in Yreka a year. He then mined in Shasta until July, 1856, when he came to Honey
Lake valley and located a section of land four miles below Susanville. With the
exception of four years spent in merchandising on the Humboldt, he has lived
constantly in Lassen county. He now owns a farm, in partnership with Fred Hines,
3 1/2 miles east of Susanville. In politics, he is a republican.

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Extracted from:

Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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