Sonoma-El Dorado County CA Archives Biographies.....Clark, A. 1828 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Clark, A., Whose portrait appears in this work, is a native of Susquehanna
county, Pennsylvania, born September 17, 1821. When ten years of age his parents
moved to Bradford county, where he received a portion of his education, and at
seventeen years of age emigrated to Illinois, where he finished his education.
In 1850 he emigrated to California, crossing the plains and arriving at
Placerville September 10th. Here he engaged in mining until the Fall of 1852,
when he came to this county, and in June, 1853, located in Vallejo township,
where he has been engaged in farming ever since. Mr. Clark married on March 1,
1855, Miss Rachael J. Murry, a native of Cole county, Missouri, born April 27,
1836. By this union they have three living children: Mary J., George and Nellie.
They have lost two, Barbara E. and William A.



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Vallejo 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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