Sonoma-Marin-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Allen, Charles D. 1842 - ************************************************ 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 1, 2006, 6:43 pm Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880) Allen, Charles D. Was born in Norwich, Connecticut, September 24, 1842. Moved from there to California at the age of eleven years, arriving in San Francisco in January, 1854. Was educated in this State for the profession of an assayer, which calling, however, he was obliged by circumstances to abandon. He was married to Miss Florence Ginevra Johnstone, of Santa Rosa, October 26, 1873. Thev have two children living: Charles Leslie, born September 15, 1874, and Florence Imogene, born August 24, 1879. Mr. Allen has spent nearly twenty-five years of his life in Marin county, and was for a number of years the sole proprietor of that finely improved dairy farm in that county known as the "Green Valley Rancho." He represented Marin county in the Assembly during the twenty-second session of the Legislature. He is at present residing in Petaluma. Additional Comments: Petaluma 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/allen838bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb