. 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. nd is supposed to be one hundred and fiftyyears old; two thousand arrow heads made of flint, some of which are barbedsome with serrated edges like a saw, and still others are beveled; one hematiteaxe made by the Missouri Indians; one hundred and eighty stone plumb-bobsor sinkers made in the shape of the Caucasian plumb-bob; many fine sea shellsand rare specimens of coral; twenty-four old
. 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. nd is supposed to be one hundred and fiftyyears old; two thousand arrow heads made of flint, some of which are barbedsome with serrated edges like a saw, and still others are beveled; one hematiteaxe made by the Missouri Indians; one hundred and eighty stone plumb-bobsor sinkers made in the shape of the Caucasian plumb-bob; many fine sea shellsand rare specimens of coral; twenty-four old hand-made candle-holders of brassand iron; and fifteen Indian baskets, water-tight, which were made by the In-dians in Modoc, Siskiyou and Del Norte counties. It was while living in Wis-consin that Mr. Lewis joined the Odd Fellows order, and he has been affiliatedwith the order ever since. WILLIAM COMSTOCK. The identification of the Comstock family with this country ante-dates theRevolutionary period, for the records show that the grandfather of WilliamComstock enlisted in the Continental army under Washington and was a gallantdefender of the colonies rights. Fairfield county, Conn., has witnessed the. c^^^ HISTORY OF SONOMA COUNTY 719 births and deaths of many generations of this family, and it was on a farm inthat count) that the grandfather was tilling the soil when called to the defenseof his country. On this same farm his son, Watts Comstock, and his grand-son,William Comstock, were born, the birth of the latter occurring August 9, 1825. William Comstock was reared on a farm and attended the district schoolsnear his home. Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather beforehim, he had settled down to farm life in the community in which he was reared,when the quiet routine of his daily life was disturbed by the news of the find-ing of gold in California. He was about twenty-three years old at the time,full of enthusiasm and hope that knows no such words as failur
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