Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Congdon, Joseph W. 1834 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Congdon, Joseph W. Son of Benjamin R. and Mary S. Congdon born in Pomfret,
Connecticut, in 1834. Attended public school at that place, then Union school at
Lyons, New York, and finally the high school, at Providence, Rhode Island.
Graduated from Brown University in 1855. Spent a year in Louisiana in 1857-8;
then studied law in the office of Hoppin & Bartlett; was admitted to the bar in
Rhode Island, December 31,1860. After practicing a year in Providence
established an office in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, and resided there till
July, 1879. In 1878 was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives.
Came to Petaluma, this county, July, 1879. Was married to Mary E., daughter of
Henry S. Bartlett, late of Providence, Rhode Island, but formerly of Lyndon,
Vermont, July 10, 1872. Has two children, George C. C, born July 10, 1873, and
Francis H. W., born January 1, 1875.

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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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