Sonoma-Marin County CA Archives Biographies.....Moore, Edwin 1826 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Moore, Edwin, Native of Clinton county, New York, born December 26, 1826; when
but a child his parents moved into Washtenaw county, Michigan. When seventeen
years of age he went to Grand Rapids, where he learned the carpenter's trade;
here he remained until 1847, then moved to Lansing, Michigan; there remained
until 1852, when he started across the plains for California. On arriving here
he followed mining until 1858, when he went to Marin county and bought a ranch,
which he worked for eight years. In 1866 he settled on his present place,
consisting of twenty-five acres, located about one and one-half miles from
Petaluma. Mr. Moore married for his first wife Miss Catharine A. Saulter,
August, 1845; she died. He married for his second wife Miss Eliza Spaulding,
September 13, 1873. By his first wife he has Charles B., Betsie E., and Edwin
(deceased), and Mary Edwina. By his second wife he has Phoebe L., George W., and
Edwin S.

Additional Comments:
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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