Sonoma-El Dorado-Sierra County CA Archives Biographies.....Harris, Richard 1815 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Harris, Richard Born in county of Kildare, Ireland, in 1815. In 1840 he went to
Dublin, where he was engaged in manufacturing indigo and starch. In 1849 he
emigrated to America. Upon his arrival at New York city he found the cholera
raging at a fearful rate, carrying death and destruction on every hand; and as
matter of course his stay was short. We next find him at Galena, Illinois. In
the Spring of 1859 started across the plains for California. After a journey of
six months, attended with much suffering and hardship, he reached the place of
destination. He mined in the vicinity of Placerville, and in Sierra county until
1857, when he came to Sonoma county and settled upon his present farm. He owns
about seven hundred acres of land under good improvements. Married Catherine
Keller February 1, 1863. She was born in county Cork; Ireland. Are members of
the Catholic church. Catherine, born June 23, 1866, and Richard, born January
22, 1868, 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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