Sonoma-Yuba County CA Archives Biographies.....Pepper, W. H. 1824 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Pepper, W. H. Was born in Dutchess county, New York, January 14, 1824; when but
a mere child his parents moved to Clinton county, Ohio, where the subject of
this sketch received his education. In 1845 he proceeded to Columbus, Ohio,
where he learned the cabinet-maker's trade. Here he remained until 1848.
Residing one year in Cincinnati, he proceeded to Louisville, Kentucky, remained
six months, and then set out for California, rounding Cape Horn in a sailing
vessel, "Francis De Pau." He arrived at San Francisco, June 17, 1850; he
proceeded at once to Yuba county, where he engaged in mining eighteen months. He
then erected a saw mill, and conducted the same about six years, when the mill
was destroyed by fire. In 1858 he came to this county, and settled on his
present place, located about six miles from Petaluma. Married May 27, 1874, Mrs.
Phoebe Perry, a native of Seneca county, New York, born June 9, 1839. She having
one child by her first husband, Hattie M., born in Belleville, New York, January
3, 1863.

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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