Sonoma-Yuba-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Pierce, H. L. 1825 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Pierce, H. L. A native of Rhode Island, born July 7, 1825. Here he received his
education, and worked in a cotton mill until he became nineteen years of age. In
July 1844, he went on a whaling voyage-sailed from New Bedford aboard the
"Barkley" around into the Pacific ocean, and after following the sea for four
and one-half years returned to his home. About ten months later, in January,
1849, he emigrated to California via Cape Horn, arriving at San Francisco,
August 9, 1849. He immediately left for the gold fields on the Yuba river, where
he mined for two years. We next find him on his way to Valparaiso. After
visiting this point and Chili he took passage on a Liverpool vessel for Peru,
thence to Panama, and from this point to San Francisco. After spending two years
in San Francisco as a drayman he departed for the South Sea Islands for a cargo
of oranges, and after a trip of four months found his way back to San Francisco.
Soon after, he repaired to the mines, remained two years, then followed
steamboating one year on the Sacramento river, after which he engaged in farming
in Tehama county, where he remained until 1868, when he came to this county and
settled on his present estate in Vallejo township, about two and one-half miles
from Petaluma.

Additional Comments:
Vallejo 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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