Sonoma-San Francisco-El Dorado County CA Archives Biographies.....Cavanagh, John 1830 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Cavanagh, John. A native of Dublin, Ireland, born August 23, 1824. In 1849 he
sailed on board the "Jane Tudor," for America, arriving in San Francisco August,
1850. He immediately proceeded to the mines, on the middle fork of the American
river, mined six weeks and returned to San Francisco; engaged in the grocery
business for a short time, when he repaired for the second time to the mines,
locating on El Dorado slide, where he remained until the Fall of 1852, when he
came to Sonoma county and settled on Russian river, near Windsor. In 1857 he
sold his farm and came to Petaluma, and was engaged as half-owner in the water
company. In 1862 was elected City Marshal, which office he held three years, and
in 1861 was appointed Lieutenant of the Emmet Guards of Petaluma, and held the
position until they were mustered out of the service. In 1866 was elected
Justice of the Peace, and is at present the incumbent of the office. In 1872-75
held the office of City Recorder, when the charter was changed, making it
unlawful to hold two offices at the same time. In 1867 he opened the lumber
yard, and about this time disposed of his interest in the water company.
Married, June 17, 1860, Delia Carrigan; she is a native of Ireland, born
January, 29, 1839. Jennie, born June 13, 1861; Thomas James, October 25, 18(52;
Laura Ann, December 30, 1864; John Edwin, August 13, 1867: Stephen Patrick,
February 15, 1869; Margaret Ellen, August 26, 1870, and Emmie Gracie, November
26, 1872, are the names and births of his children.

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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