Sonoma-Mono County CA Archives Biographies.....Peterson, Augustus 1833 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Peterson, Augustus. Was born in Missouri, October, 1833, where he remained till
1850, when he crossed the plains with an ox-team to California, being four
months and twenty days making the journey. His first settlement was on the South
Yuba, eight miles from Nevada, where he engaged in mining during the Winter of
1850-51. In the Spring of 1851 he participated in the Indian war, under Captain
Tracy and Colonel Rodders. Early in 1852 he came to Sonoma county, where he has
since resided, and now ranks as one of the leading farmers of the township. He
was married, on April 5, 1855, to Miss Polina Ann Steel, by whom he has a family
of eight children: Frank B., born July 9,1856; James B., born February 18, 1859;
Allen, born July 2, 1861; Sarah C, born October 14, 1864; Jane Ellen, born July
22, 1866; Josephine, born August 20, 1868, and died October 13, 1869; Sonoma,
born May 24, 1871; Dora A., born March 16, 1873; Libbie, born December 16. 1876.

Additional Comments:
Santa Rosa 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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