Sonoma-Sacramento-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Kruse, James 1828 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Kruse, James. A native of Europe, born November 12, 1828. At the age of nineteen
years he visited St. Petersburg, London, Italy and Belgium, whence he went to
Philadelphia. Traveled all through the Southern States, and when in New Orleans
was stricken down with the yellow plague, but under good treatment recovered
after an illness of two months. He then took up his abode in New York City, and
followed clerking for six months. In 1806 he emigrated to California, arriving
in San Francisco November 23d. About two months later he went to Sacramento,
where he was engaged in a storeship for about eighteen months. He then came to
this county and settled in Russian River township, where he has since resided.
He owns four hundred acres of land, two dwellings and one store in the town of
Fulton. Married Miss Rabrckt August 31, 1857; she was born in Germany March 18,
1837. Their children are: John, Annie, Freddie, Charley, James, Henry and
August. Have lost one child, Carrie.

Additional Comments:
Russian River 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.


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