Sonoma-San Francisco-Calaveras County CA Archives Biographies.....Harris, John W. 1835 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Harris, John W. A native of Piscataquis county, Maine, born December 23, 1835.
When he arrived at the age of nine years, his parents moved to Bangor, where the
subject of this sketch received his education and learned the tinner's trade,
after which he followed the sea for two years. In 1853, he sailed for California
on board the "Star of the West" to Nicaragua, and from there on the "Sierra
Nevada," arriving in San Francisco in March. Followed his trade here until early
in 1854, at which date he left for the mines in Calaveras county, where he
worked until 1856, when he repaired to San Francisco and prosecuted his trade
until 1857, at which time he became a resident of this county, and settled in
Petaluma, where he opened up his present business. Mr. Harris has held the
office of First Lieutenant of Petaluma Guards, and for sometime ranked as
Captain of the company. Married May 1, 1861, Miss Harriet A. Smith, a native of
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. William S., born January 27, 1862; George Wesley, born
May 19, 1864; Clarence Edgar, born March 5,1871; Charles Henry, born May 5,
1874, are the names and births of their children.

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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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