Sonoma-El Dorado-Calaveras County CA Archives Biographies.....Aikin, Matt 1831 - ************************************************ 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 3, 2006, 3:24 am Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880) Aikin, Matt. The present Treasurer of Sonoma county; was born in Ireland in the year 1831, and emigrated to America in 1848. His first settlement was in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he resided until January, 1852, in the month of February of which year he sailed in the steamer "Daniel Webster" for the Golden State, arriving in San Francisco on the 28th of March of that year. Mr. Aikin did not allow the grass to grow under his feet, if such a thing were possible in San Francisco, but at once started for the mines in El Dorado county and entered upon the labor of prospecting for the precious metal until July, when he moved his camp to Calaveras county, and there remained until 1866, at which time he came to Sonoma county and located at Bodega. Here Mr. Aikin started a mercantile business, which he prosecuted until November, 1877, when he was appointed by the Supervisors of Sonoma county to his present honorable and onerous duties, in the place of T. N. Willis, who had resigned. In September, 1877, Mr. Aikin was confirmed in the office by the suffrages of the people, and took his seat in March of the following year; was re-elected in September, 1879, for another term. He is unmarried. Additional Comments: Santa Rosa Township Extracted from: HISTORY —OF- SONOMA COUNTY, -INCLUDING ITS— Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams; —TOGETHER WITH— A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County; Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain Growing Interests, and Pisciculture; ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN; —AND OF ITS— Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc. ILLUSTRATED. SAN FRANCISCO: ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1880. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/sonoma/bios/aikin929nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb