Sonoma-San Francisco-Yuba County CA Archives Biographies.....Schlosser, T. C. 1828 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Schlosser, T. C. Is a native of York, York county, Pennsylvania, born June 23,
1828. Lived at home with his parents, John N. and Elizabeth Schlosser, and at
the age of seventeen he learned the tinner's trade of his father. After serving
his time as an apprentice, he worked at home as a journeyman, then he went to
Carlisle and worked there until 1852, when he took his departure for California.
He came across the plains with an ox-team with his cousin Levy B. Schlosser;
which took a period of seven months to cross, arriving at Mark West on his
cousin's rancho. He remained but a short time on the farm, then went to San
Francisco and worked six months at his trade for Mr. Bocamp; thence to
Marysville via Sacramento, where he was employed three months by Storms and
Ellis; thence to the mines, located about seven miles from Shasta City, in
company with Mr. Wollsworth, and worked there two months, then returned to San
Francisco and there worked for Veal & Lawson and afterwards for Ray & Johnson.
This firm he left and joined Thomas Whitaker in the Four Creek country, five
miles from Visalia, where he assisted in the laying off of ten townships in Kern
county. Here being taken ill, he returned to San Francisco and then, by medical
advice, went to sea. After a voyage to Santa Cruz, he came back to San Francisco
and then proceeded to Marin county and afterwards joined Derby & Baldwin in
Petaluma, where he was employed until 1857, when he started in buisiness with L.
Leman under the style of Leman & Schlosser. At the end of one year, Leman sold
out and was succeeded by John W. Harris, the firm being Schlosser & Harris, who
opened a branch business in the town of Bloomfield. In 1859, Mr. Leman
re-entered the firm and after one twelve-month sold his interest to Schlosser &
Harris, which firm was dissolved in 1866 by Mr. Schlosser purchasing the share
of Mr. Harris, which business he still carries on. He has also a farm in Russian
River township. In 1869, he paid a visit to the Eastern States. In 1858, he
married Hertemzie, daughter of William Potter, by whom he has: John B., Eugenus
Francis, Camsis. The youngest of these is dead.

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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