Marin County Biographies

JAMES L. FALLON

Transcribed by Betty Wilson

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              Born in county Roscommon, Ireland, August 19, 
1828.  He came to the United States in 1849, and settled in Boston, Mass., where 
he resided till he came to this State in 1853 via Panama, arriving in San 
Francisco March 5th of that year.  He remained in San Francisco about five 
years, and then went to the mines at French Gulch, where he remained a little 
over one year, then returned to San Francisco, where he remained till he came to 
Tomales township in 1859, and lived on the coast till he came to his present 
ranch.  He married Delia Dunning, who was born in Ireland August 24, 1837.  
Their children are:  Mary J., born June 9, 1861; Annie A., born October 3, 1863; 
Katie E., born October 23, 1863; Ellie F., born November 11, 1867; Emma J., born 
September 5, 1869; Ida L., born October 7, 1872; James L., born March 18, 1874.
 
History of Marin County, California; Including Its Geography, Geology, 
Topography and Climatology; by J. P. Munro-Fraser, Historian; Alley, Bowen & 
Co., Publishers, San Francisco, California, 1880