Sonoma-Yuba County CA Archives Biographies.....Brooks, Sylvester 1821 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Brooks, Sylvester. A native of Middlesex county, Connecticut, born August 11,
1821; was educated here and learned the carpenter's trade. In 1846 he moved to
Texas, where he followed his trade until the Spring of 1853, when he emigrated
to California, via Panama, arriving at San Francisco, May 5th. After spending a
few days in that city he went to Marysville, where he worked at his calling
until the Spring of 1859, when he returned East, but in the following Fall found
his way back to the Pacific slope, resuming his former business, which he
continued until the Spring of 1862, when he came to this county, and settled in
Petaluma. Here he remained, working at his trade until April, 1866, when he
again visited the East, this time engaged in the grocery business in Chester,
Connecticut, until 1868, when he returned to Petaluma, where he has since
resided. In 1871, he, in company with L. G. Nay, bought the "Petaluma Planing
Mills," which they have since owned and conducted together. Mr. Brooks married
in Germantown, Pennsylvania, September 12, 1866, Mrs. J. E. Conroy, widow of
Hugh Conroy, a resident of Petaluma.

Additional Comments:
Petaluma Township

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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.


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