Sacramento County Biographies

I. J. CRABTREE

Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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ALABAMA TOWNSHIP.
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	Lives ten miles from Galt, which is his Post Office, and twelve 
miles from Ione; was born in Illinois, in 1834, and lived there until 1853; he 
came to California in that year and engaged in mining in El Dorado County, until 
1858, when he settled on his present place, and is now engaged in farming and 
stock-raising.  He was married in 1859 to Sarah A. Haller, who was born August 
15, 1846, in Montgomery County, Illinois; she came to California 1856 with her 
parents, Henry and Margaret Haller; they were wrecked on the Golden Age, just 
outside the Golden Gate; her parents have since died at her home.  Mr. Crabtree 
has four children�Henry F., born June 13, 1861; George L., born November 20, 
1863; Edith E., born February 9, 1866; Jacob L., born January 3, 1874.  He owns 
twelve hundred and eighty acres of land, which, with improvements, are worth 
about $20,000.

Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by 
Thompson & West.