Marin County CA Archives Biographies.....Magee, Richard R. 1819 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. Publishers (1880)

  Richard R. Magee, Whose portrait will be found in this work, was born in
County Donegal, Ireland, in the year 1819. In 1847, with his mother and sister,
he left the green shores of the Emerald Isle for New Brunswick, but remaining
only one month pushed his way to Boston, Mass., and there sojourned for a year
and a half. In March, 1849, Mr. Magee arrived in San Francisco in the ship
"Cordova," having made the passage round Cape Horn. His first venture was at the
mines where he remained for seven months, when he came to Marin county. In 1857
he settled on his present place, located about one mile from Nicasio, where he
has a farm of four hundred acres. Married, January 9, 1862, Mary E. Murray, who
died March 27, 1875, leaving four children:—Mary T., Alice C, Richard J., and
Thomas E.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

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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