Sonoma-Butte-Marin County CA Archives Biographies.....Fine, Joff 1829 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Fine, Joff. A native of La Fayette county, Missouri; born December 6, 1829. When
only two years of age his parents moved to Johnson county, Missouri, where he
received his education, and resided until May 7, 1849, when he emigrated across
the plains with ox teams to California. He arrived at Moon's Ferry, on the
Sacramento river, on November 19th. He immediately engaged in mining at Long's
Bar, on the Feather river, where he toiled one year. In October, 1850, he came
to this county, and engaged in farming in Analy township two years, and on
October, 1852, returned to his native State. In 1857 recrossed the plains to
California, and this time located in Marin county, and engaged in dairying,
stock-raising and trading for seven years. In 1863 he moved to Washoe, Nevada;
remained two years; and in 1865 returned to Marin county, and continued his
former occupation. In 1868 he again visited Missouri, and during his stay there
of three years was engaged in the cattle trade between St. Louis and Texas. In
1871 he returned to the Pacific slope, locating in San Luis Obispo county,
California. In 1873 he became a resident of this county, locating in Petaluma,
where he has since resided, dealing in live stock as a business. Mr. Fine
married Miss Mariah Bradley on October 19, 1854. She is a native of Kentucky,
born November 9, 1832. Lucy S., born March 4, 1856, and died October 9, 1857,
was their only child.

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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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