Sonoma-Nevada County CA Archives Biographies.....Vestal, Lewis 1824 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Vestal, Lewis. A native of Surry county, North Carolina, born January 31, 1824.
When about thirteen years of age he, with his parents, moved to Jackson county,
Missouri, where he received his education and worked on a farm. In 1852, he
crossed the plains with ox-teams to California. He spent the following Winter in
Grass Valley, Nevada county, and in the Spring proceeded to Bear river, where he
remained during the Summer and Winter. In 1854, came to this county and settled
on a farm at Bloomfield, where he remained about four years, selling out and
buying another farm about two miles below. After residing here about two years,
he moved upon another farm about three miles north from Petaluma, remained one
Summer and then bought the farm which H. B. Hasbrouck now owns, where he
remained about three years, when he settled on his present place, comprising
four hundred and eighty-seven acres, located in Two Rock valley. Married Miss E.
M. Cowles March 19, 1848. She was born in Surry county, North Carolina, April 1,
1829. Thomas W., born June 23, 1851; Anna A., born May 3, 1858; Martha J., born
May 29, 1859; Abby D., born June 15, 1867; are the names and births of their
living children. M. E., Arthur W., Etta B., and Edney T., are the names of those
who are deceased.

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Petaluma 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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