Marin-Placer County CA Archives Biographies.....Scown, John Sedgwick 1837 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 2, 2007, 9:35 pm Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. Publishers (1880) John Sedgwick. Born in England, September 16, 1837, and there received his education and resided until 1863. In that year he went to Australia, where he mined for four years, at the end of which time he came to California, and after four years passed in Placer county, settled on his present dairy farm. Married, October 3, 1875, Mary Sears, a native of Philadelphia. 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/marin/bios/scown874gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb