Plumas-Butte County CA Archives Biographies.....Hallsted, Peter Lane 1834 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

PETER LANE HALLSTED was born at Fayetteville, Brown county, Ohio, April 27,
1834. He was the son of A. A. and Jane B. Hallsted. He came to California, via
Nicaragua, in 1854, and first engaged in mining at Stringtown in Butte county.
In March, 1855, he came to Plumas county, and mined at 12-mile bar. He followed
mining for a number of years. In 1864 he was employed by T. C. Kaulback as clerk
and book-keeper. In 1874 he was elected county assessor, and served four years.
In the fall of 1879 he was elected to the office of sheriff of Plumas county,
which position he now holds. He was married in November, 1865, to Elizabeth
Bishop of Cincinnati. Mr. Hallsted is a member of Plumas Lodge No. 88, I. O. O.
F., and of the Quincy Lodge No. 129, A. O. U. W.

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Extracted from:

Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)


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