Sonoma-Sacramento County CA Archives Biographies.....Carothers, James H. 1818 - ************************************************ 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 February 28, 2006, 6:23 pm Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880) Carothers, James H. Born in Brown county, Ohio, in 1818; received his education in that State, and afterwards moved to Illinois, and there married Margaret Barnes. In 1853 emigrated to California and located in Petaluma, where he has resided ever since, with the exception of four or five years, which he spent in farming at Stony Point, and three years in Sacramento City. Has a family of eight children, namely: Thomas, Hannah, William, Cassandra, John, Alexander, Margaret, and James. Thomas has become quite a noted lawyer at Ukiah, Mendocino county, where he has practiced for the last twelve years, while William has been a merchant 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/carother733bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb