Mendocino County Biographies

Peter Colbert

Transcribed by: Pat Howard

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	Was born in Denmark, December 9, 1829, and resided in his 
birthplace till he was eighteen years of age. He then sailed before the mast in 
American ships, and followed a sea-faring life till 1853, in which year he 
landed in San Francisco. He soon after went to sea again, however, and followed 
it till 1862, when he once more found himself in San Francisco. During that year 
he came to Mendocino City, and has since resided in Mendocino county. In 1870 he 
settled on his present place on one hundred and sixty acres, where he is engaged 
in farming and teaming. He is unmarried.
 
SOURCE: History of Mendocino County, California - San Francisco, Cal. Alley, 
Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1880 p. 533, 534