Marin-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Taft, H. F. 1838 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. Publishers (1880)

  H. F. Taft. Was born in Chittenden county, Vermont, March 8, 1838, where he
was educated and resided until twenty-one years of age, when he emigrated to
California, landing in San Francisco June 1, 1859. For the first three years of
his residence he was engaged on a dairy farm; he then came to Marin county, and
in the Fall of 1862 located at Point Reyes, and there engaged in dairying. In
January, 1866, he removed to Nicasio valley, and there settled on a ranch, and
in 1876 came to the town of that name, between which and the railway depot he
runs a stage; is postmaster and Wells, Fargo & Co.'s agent. Is a Knight Templar
Mason in the York Rite, and thirty-two degrees in Scottish Rite. Married March
17, 1859, Eliza L. Woodruff, deceased. Married, secondly, Kate M. Farrell, who
died January 10, 1875, and thirdly, Marcia L. Higgins, on December 27, 1877. He
has by his first wife, Carrie O., and by his second wife, Lewis R. and Frank W.

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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