Sacramento County Biographies

ROBERT ARGYLE GORDON GOURLIE

Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP
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	lives three miles from Freeport, his Post Office, 
and ten miles from Sacramento; owns one hundred and sixty-seven acres, and has 
twelve acres of orchard; was born in Scotland in 1802, and lived there until 
1826. He went to sea in that year on an English man-of-war, and remained on her 
for twenty-two years; during that time he was in twenty seven engagements. He 
came to California in 1849: he spent some time in the mines, and then came to 
Sacramento, and in 1857 settled where he is now living. He is engaged in farming 
and fruit-raising. In 1854 he married Miss Mary M. Lassner, a native of Bavaria. 
His land and orchard are valued at $16,000. A view of his place may be seen in 
this work. 

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