Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Sears, Franklin 1817 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Sears, Franklin. Born in Orange county, Missouri, June 28, 1817, At the age of
ten years with his parents he moved to Saline county, where they resided until
June 10, 1844, when he emigrated across the plains and settled in Oregon. In
1845 he proceeded to California, and in 1846 came to this county, where he has
resided almost continuously ever since. His farm comprises seven hundred and
forty acres in the Sonoma valley, and is under good cultivation. Mr. Sears, like
all old pioneers, has been engaged in many occupations, but has made farming his
principal business. He has been prominently identified with all the interests of
the county, and is always ready and willing to do anything that will tend to
advance the interests of the county of his choice. Married Miss Margaret Swift
July, 1851. Rachel J., widow of J. R. Snyder, and Granville C. P. are the names
of his living children.

Additional Comments:
Sonoma 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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