Sonoma-Nevada-San Joaquin County CA Archives Biographies.....Purrine, A. S. 1841 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Purrine A. S. Was born in Butler county, Ohio, Jannary [sic] 9, 1817. When quite
young his parents took him to Union county, Indiana, but when the subject of
this sketch was twelve years of age, they returned to Butler county, Ohio, and
after residing there for a few years, once more went back to Indiana and settled
at La Fayette. At this time, he whose name appears at the head of this notice
left his father and mother and engaged in farming in Mercer county, Illinois,
continuing thereat until 1849, in which year he emigrated to California, making
the journey by way of the plains, and arrived at Steep Hollow, Nevada county, on
August 11th of that year. Purrine now prosecuted mining until February 1852,
when he returned to Illinois by way of Panama, and in the following year
returned to the State via the plains, bringing with him his wife and five
daughters, arriving at Stockton in September, 1853. In October, 1854, he removed
to Sonoma county, and after a stay of about six weeks in Petaluma, settled on
his present farm of one hundred and seventy acres, located about one mile south
from Freestone. Mr. Purrine married April 7, 1839, Sarah Jenkins, a native of
Kentucky, by whom he has four living children, Louisa, Amelia, Rebecca and
Sarah. Three are deceased.

Additional Comments:
Bodega 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.



Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1879, by ALLEY, BOWEN & Co.,
in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

PACIFIC PRESS,
Oakland, Cal. Printers., Stereotypers and Binders.


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