Marin County CA Archives Biographies.....Easkoot, Alfred Derby 1820 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. Publishers (1880)

  Alfred Derby Easkoot. This old and highly respected citizen of Bolinas
township was born in Manchester, Massachusetts, February 3, 1820. At the age of
nine he began going to sea on coasters during the Summer season; at the age of
thirteen he burnt his hand and face, and stopped on shore one year. At the age
of twenty he shipped on board the brig "Perseverance," Captain Leach, master,
running in the West India trade, and continued in this trade on various vessels
till 1846, being master of the brig "Retrieve" from 1845 to 1846. During the
last-named year he went to Philadelphia and engaged in boating on the Raritan
canal, from Philadelphia to New York, and continued in that business for two
years. At the end of that time Robert Packer, of Philadelphia, built a barque
called the "Esther Frances," and put her in his charge. He continued as master
of this vessel for one year in the South American trade. In 1851 he set out for
San Francisco to join the barque "Asa Packer," but when he arrived in San
Francisco, in July, 1851, he was so ill with the Panama fever that he was unable
to take charge of her. August 16, 1851, he came to Bolinas. In 1852 put in a
crop on the Belvidere ranch. In 1853 he was elected County Surveyor, to which
office he was re-elected for four other terms as follows: 1853-55; '57-59;
'65-67; '69-71. He was married July 4, 1861, to Miss Amelia L. Dumas, who was
born at Philadelphia on the 24th day of July, 1820.

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HISTORY OF MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA;
INCLUDING ITS
Geography, Geology, Topography and Climatography;
TOGETHER WITH
A Full and Particular Record of the Mexican Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the most Authentic Sources; Names of Original Spanish
and American Pioneers;

A Full Record of its Organization; A Complete Political History, including a
Tabular Statement of Office-holders since the Formation of the County;

Separate Histories of Bolinas, Nicasio, Novato, Point Reyes, San Antonio, San
Rafael, Saucelito, and Tomales Townships;

Incidents of Pioneer Life, and Biographical Sketches of its Early and Prominent
Settlers and Representative Men;
ALSO
An Historical Sketch of the State of California,
In which is embodied the Raising of the Bear Flag

ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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