. 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. blacksmith, a calling which he has followed throughoutthe greater part of his life, Mr. Butler is no less gifted as an agriculturist, ashe has demonstrated during the last six years that he has been superintendentof an orchard of one hundred and fifty acres in Sonoma county, near Healds-burg. Like many who have contributed to the citizenship of California, is a native of one of
. 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. blacksmith, a calling which he has followed throughoutthe greater part of his life, Mr. Butler is no less gifted as an agriculturist, ashe has demonstrated during the last six years that he has been superintendentof an orchard of one hundred and fifty acres in Sonoma county, near Healds-burg. Like many who have contributed to the citizenship of California, is a native of one of the states to the east, his birth occurring in Fonddu Lac, Wis., November 24, 1864. The primary education gleaned in theschools of Fond du Lac was enlarged upon in Healdsburg, Cal., whither came with his parents in 1874, and for a number of years he carried onhis studies in the schools of this place. With the close of his school training Mr. Butler prepared himself for abusiness in life by apprenticing himself to learn the blacksmiths trade, andhis training completed, opened a shop and gathered about him a good trade,which he continued to follow for a number of years, or until 1904, when he. HISTORY OF SONOMA COUNTY 803 gave it up to take charge of the property of which he is now the is a large ranch of one hundred and fifty acres, all in fruit, and that he ismaking a success of his latter-day calling, but a glance at the fine appearanceof the ranch will prove beyond a doubt. In 1887 a marriage ceremony in Healdsburg united the lives of CharlesH. Butler and Miss Mary E. Miller, the latter a native of the state and thedaughter of James and Martha (Walters) Miller, the latter of whom is stillliving at the age of seventy-eight years. Six children were born to Mr. andMrs. Butler, but of the number only four are living. The eldest of these,Aubrey C, a native daughter of Healdsburg, is now attending Berkeley Uni-versity; Grace V. is a student in the San
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