Sonoma-Yuba County CA Archives Biographies.....Oman, George W. 1802 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Oman, George W. This pioneer settler of California was bonn in Luzerne county,
Pennsylvania, on January 30, 1802. In 1809 his parents moved to Sweden, Monroe
county, New York, where they remained till 1820, then went to Friendsville,
Wabash county, Illinois, where the subject of this sketch was engaged at
blacksmithing and farming until twenty-one years old, then commenced running
flat boats, and afterwards steamboats on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, which
pursuit he followed for five years. At the age of twenty-five he located in
Eugene, Vermillion county, Indiana and was the proprietor of a saw-mill. Here he
married Melvina, daughter of David and Nancy Dickey, on February 14, 1830. She
was born in Washington county, Kentucky, August 12, 1812. In 1834 they left
Indiana and settled in Ray county, Missouri, on a farm, and in addition to their
agricultural pursuits they kept an open house for the accommodation of the
traveling public. On November 16, 1838, they changed their place of residence to
Marion county, Illinois; thence to Hancock county, in that State, in 1843; then,
in 1846, went to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and from this place Mr. Oman enlisted in
the Monnan Battalion under Captain Allen during the Mexican war, and was
honorably discharged, after over one year's service, returning to Council
Bluffs, Iowa. In 1851 they crossed the plains to Salt Lake City, arriving there
on October 1st of that year. Here he remained till April 3, 1852, when he came
to this State and located at Bidwell's Bar on Feather river, but after a few
months came to Sonoma county, settling on a farm seven miles north of Petaluma.
In 1867 he came to this city and has since made it his permanent home. Their
children are: Mrs. Abigail Williams, born March 20, 1831; John, born November
29, 1833; Jane S., born January 14, 1836; Moroni, born November 15, 1840;
Marietta, born February 24, 1843; George, born August 10, 1845; Joseph S., born
December 9, 1848, and Malvina, born October 15, 1851.

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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