Sonoma-Sierra-Butte County CA Archives Biographies.....Brown, Ralph 1830 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Brown, Ralph. Born in Oswego county, New York, December 25, 1830. When quite
young his parents moved to Onondaga county, New York. In 1844 his parents took
up their residence in Walworth county, Wisconsin. In 1852 he returned to New
York, and located in Cortland county. On February 20, 1855, he sailed from New
York, on board the steamer "George Law," to Panama; then the "Golden Gate" to
San Francisco, where he arrived March 14, 1855. He immediately proceeded to the
mines in Sierra county, mined until October following; thence to Butte county,
and prosecuted mining until 1857, when he came to this county and settled in
Petaluma; kept books for McCune Brothers for a period of six years, and was
otherwise engaged until 1874, when he embarked in his present business, that of
conducting a livery stable. Married on February 6, 1866, Olive W., daughter of
Thomas Walker, of Manchester, New Hampshire. J. Ralph, born December 13, 1866;
Will W., born March 18, 1869; and Angie M. Brown, born August 25, 1875, are the
names and births of their children.

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.


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