Sonoma-Sacramento-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Stanley, W. B. 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Stanley, W. B. Born in Indiana. Came to California in 1852. Settled in
Sacramento, being there during the great fire in November, 1852, and soon after
the flood in the same year, he took up his abode in San Francisco, and after a
residence of three years, returned East on a visit. In 1856 he came back and
went direct to the mines, where he was engaged for six years, when he moved to
Napa City, and remained about six years. In August, 1868, he came to this
county, and is a resident of Santa Rosa. Engaged in the hardware and tin
business. Remained in business until 1879, when he sold out. The amount of
business done the first year was one thousand seven hundred dollars, which
increased to ninety thousand dollars. Mr. Stanley has been prominently
identified with nearly all the public enterprises of Santa Rosa for the past
seven or eight years. Was President of the Woolen Mill Corporation for some
time, and is at present acting as Secretary; has been City Councilman for four
years; was one of the first incorporators of the Gas Company, and remained in
the company over three years as one of the Directors. It will thus be seen that
Mr. Stanley has been quite an active citizen. He married in Sierra county Miss
Jennie Roach, on October 6, 1859. They have two children.



Additional Comments:
Santa Rosa 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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