Marin-Sonoma-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Matheson, Alfred C. 1831 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. Publishers (1880)

  Alfred C. Matheson. Born in Denmark, November 29, 1831. When sixteen years of
age he went to sea, an occupation he followed for ten years. In 1853, he came to
California and was engaged for two years with a United States surveying corps,
after which he engaged in business in San Francisco until 1862, when he removed
to Bloomfield, Sonoma county, and in 1863 came to Marin and settled on his
present farm, consisting of one hundred and fifty acres in Sari Antonio
township, near the Sonoma line. Married December 14, 1867, Baletta Baker, by
whom he has William, Alfred, Charles and Walter.

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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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