Sacramento County Biographies

CARL HALVERSON

Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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BRIGHTON TOWNSHIP
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	Post Office, Routier; lives ten miles from Sacramento, on the 
Coloma road; was born in Norway in 1834, and made that his home until 1861, 
though following the sea. He emigrated to New York in that year, and made his 
home there, but was on the sea until 1863. He then came to California, and 
settling in this county, engaged in farming. Mr. Halverson was raised on a farm, 
but really followed a sailor's life until he came to this State. He owns one 
hundred and fifty-six acres, worth, with improvements, about $7,500. 
 
Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by 
Thompson & West.