Sonoma-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Watt, Richard L. 1844 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Watt, Richard L. Born in Dunbar, Scotland, November 1, 1844, where he learned
the hardware trade and remained eighteen years. In 1862 he went to the county of
Fife, Scotland, and remained two years, working at his trade. In 1864 he
emigrated to America, and resided in San Francisco four years. In the Fall of
1868 he came to Sonoma county, and in January 1877, in company with his brother
John, purchased their present fruit ranch comprising twenty-five acres. Married
Miss Ella Brighton, June 7, 1872. She was born in Lawrence county, Missouri,
November 14, 1849.

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Sonoma 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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