Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Mizer, Henry C. 1827 - 1877
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Mizer, Henry C. (deceased). A native of Bledsoe county, Tennessee, born July 30,
1827; resided in that county until fourteen years of age, when he, with his
parents, moved to Benton county, Arkansas, where he received his education and
resided until 1852. On April 22d, of this year he, with his wife, emigrated to
California, crossing the plains with ox-teams, and arrived in Sonoma county
October 8, 1852. He immediately engaged in the business of farming and
stock-raising, which he continued until the time of his death, December 19,
1877. The first year in this county Mr. Mizer spent in Sonoma valley; in 1853
moved to Two Rock valley and resided five years; in 1858 moved on a farm near
Sebastopol, in Santa Rosa valley, and in September, 1863, located on Mark West
creek, where he remained until April, 1877, when he moved to Santa Rosa, where
Mrs. Mizer still resides. Married January 22, 1851, Sarah P. Forsyth, of Benton
county, Arkansas. Members of the Methodist church.

Additional Comments:
Santa Rosa 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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