Sonoma-El Dorado County CA Archives Biographies.....Peoples, Nathan 1811 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Peoples, Nathan. Was born in Sullivan county, Tennessee, October 31, 1811, where
he was educated and raised as a farmer. In 1837 he moved to Shelby county,
Missouri, purchased a farm and followed this industry until 1850, at which time
he started across the plains with ox-teams. Immediately upon his arrival in this
State he proceeded to the mines in Coloma, but owing to ill-health his search
for gold was of short duration— about three weeks—when he returned, via Panama,
to Missouri and engaged in tilling the soil, adding stock-raising to the
industry. In 1864, being a heavy loser by the war, which spread devastation all
about him, he resolved once more to try his fortune in the Golden State. He
crossed the plains the second time with ox-teams, bringing his family with him.
As he had a band of mules and horses, he found it necessary to stop in Nevada on
account of the scarcity of feed, where he remained until the following May. By
this time the Indians became so troublesome that he concluded to move on to
California. He came direct to this county, arriving in June, 1865. After
residing on a ranch near Sebastopol one Winter, he settled upon his present
estate, comprising one hundred and ninety-one acres, located in Vallejo
township, at Donahue Landing. He married, November 5, 1835, Miss Rachael
Bachannan, a native of Sullivan county, Tennessee, born January 8, 1809. The
following are the names and births of their children: Nathan W., born September
15, 1836; Hannah B., born October 28, 1838; Sarah M., born May 27, 1840, and
Jackson M., born July 1, 1843.

Additional Comments:
Vallejo 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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