. History of Sonoma County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present time. ge of eighteen years his school and college days were over and he wasready to take up the more serious side of life. His first work was as a hiredhand on a dairy ranch, working for one employer by the month for two economical and judicious in the use of his earnings during this time heaccumulated sufficient means to defray his expenses through a course in theBenicia Law school
. History of Sonoma County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present time. ge of eighteen years his school and college days were over and he wasready to take up the more serious side of life. His first work was as a hiredhand on a dairy ranch, working for one employer by the month for two economical and judicious in the use of his earnings during this time heaccumulated sufficient means to defray his expenses through a course in theBenicia Law school, and in 1866 he was admitted to the bar of California by thesupreme court. Instead of establishing himself immediately in his profession,however, he entered his fathers mercantile establishment in Petaluma and con-tinued with him in the capacity of clerk for about six years, or until 1872. Inthat year he went to Winnemucca, Nev., and opened an office for the practiceof his profession, and during two years of the time he was there served as deputydistrict attorney, and for the same length of time was internal revenue collectorat that place. Returning to Petaluma in 1875, he became cashier in the Peta-. -C^ <&. y^^<_ HISTORY OF SONOMA COUNTY 743 luma Savings Bank, a position which he retained until September, 1877, re-signing it in order to establish himself in his profession. Immediately aftergiving up his position in the bank he opened a law office in Petaluma, and fromthat time to the present he has been favored with a goodly share of the legalbusiness transacted in this part of the county. Aside from his profession he isconnected with some of the important financial institutions of this section, beinga director of the Petaluma Savings Bank and holding the same office in theSonoma County Bank. Although he is not a member of the Episcopal Church,he has been connected with that religious society as secretary for twenty-fiveyears. Mr. Haskells marriage in 1866 united him w
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