Marin County Biographies

ELISHA LIGHT

Transcribed by Betty Wilson

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives
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              Born in Delaware county, New York, August 9, 1823.  
He resided in his native county, and was there educated, until he emigrated to 
California, arriving in San Francisco, September 7, 1850.  He at once proceeded 
to the mines on American river, and there sojourned for three years, when he 
returned to the East, but in the month of April returned, came to Marin county 
and settled on Tomales bay, near the residence of Mr. Prince.  Thence he moved 
to Petaluma, there keeping the Petaluma House for one year, after which he 
located on his present ranch consisting of four hundred acres of land.  Married 
Emily Frasier, November 7, 1848, by whom he has four girls and three boys.
 
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