Sonoma-El Dorado-Tehama County CA Archives Biographies.....Lewis, Martin 1816 - ************************************************ 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, 5:10 am Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880) Lewis, Martin. Born in Manchester, Clay county, Kentucky, January 15, 1816. When six years of age his parents moved to Lawrence county, Indiana. From 1833 to 1840 he spent in traveling, and finally settled in Wapello county, Iowa, in 1841, where he resided until 1849, when he started in April for California, crossing the plains with ox-teams, arriving in September. He immediately commenced mining on Weaver river, El Dorado county, where he labored until the Spring of 1850, when he proceeded to the north fork of the American river, and followed mining until September following: He then returned to Iowa. In the Spring of 1852 he again settled in this State, this time with his family, taking up his residence in Tehama, Tehama county. In the Spring of 1853, he moved to the American river, and in the Fall of the same year he came to this county, settling in Two Rock valley, between Bloomfield and Petaluma, where he resided until 1869, when he located on his present ranch, comprising one hundred and sixty acres. Married Nancy Ann, daughter of William T. Lewis, October 19, 1854. She was born in Jefferson county, Indiana, July 12, 1827. The following are the names and births of their children: Margaret Adaline, born November 28, 1857; Lucinda, born December 2, 1861; Isabelle, born March 23, 1864; Carrie E., born October 1, 1868; Ulysses Grant, born July 18, 1869. Additional Comments: Santa Rosa 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/lewis966nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb