Sonoma-Tuolumne County CA Archives Biographies.....Sales, John 1835 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Sales, John. Born in Sangamon county, Illinois, January 19, 1835. When but a
child, his parents moved to Jo Daviess county. Here the subjet of this sketch
received his education and followed the life of a farmer until 1853, when he
emigrated to California by the Panama route. He immediately sought the mines in
Tuolumne county, where he engaged in mining for five years. On the 1st of
August, 1859, he came to this county, and in February, 1860, he settled on his
present place, consisting of one hundred and ninety-six acres, located abour
[sic] five miles from Petaluma, where he has since resided. Mr. Sales married
October 16, 1862, Miss Mary J. Bryant. By this union they have six living
children, namely: William L., Henry, Ida M., Dora A., John Q., and Geraldine Carry.

Additional Comments:
Petaluma 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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