Sonoma-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Cutter, E. P. 1835 - ************************************************ 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 March 3, 2006, 6:54 pm Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880) Cutter, Captain E. P. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, born September 16, 1835. When quite young his parents moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he received his primary education, and fitted for Harford College. In 1851 he went to sea, his first trip being to Australia on board the "Sea Bird." Became master of a vessel in 1856, which plied between Australia and New Zealand, which he commanded for two years, when he returned to his home in Cambridge, after which time he made foreign voyages until 1863, when he came to California. He was next engaged as Freight Agent for the Oakland and San Francisco Railroad for a period of nine months, after which he was employed by an oil firm in San Francisco for a few months. He then came to Sonoma valley and commenced farming and fruit growing, which business he continued until March 30, 1871, when he was chosen superintendent of the Buena Vista Winery, which position he now holds. Married Mary C. Morton, April 16, 1865, she being a native of Boston. Ephraim M., born August 1, 1866, and Charles S., born August 1, 1873, are the names and births of their children. Additional Comments: Sonoma 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/cutter297gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb