Sonoma-San Francisco-Calaveras County CA Archives Biographies.....Morison, S. M. 1840 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Morison, S. M. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, July 16, 1840. Emigrated to
California, via Panama, in 1850. After spending about two months in San
Francisco he went to the mines on Mokelumne river, where he remained until 1854,
with the exception of one year, which he spent in school at Stockton and one
term at Mokelumne Hill. In 1854 he returned to San Francisco and attended an
institution of learning until 1857, when he came to this county, and in 1861
settled on his present place, comprising one hundred and fifty-six acres. He
also owns one hundred and sixteen acres about one mile south from Petaluma.

Additional Comments:
Petaluma 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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