Butte County Biographies

CHARLES RABE

Transcribed by:  Betty Wilson

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The gentleman whose name heads this sketch, was born in the kingdom of Hanover, 
July 12, 1836, and is at present forty-six years of age.  He emigrated to 
American in 1856, and went to Madison county, Illinois, where he remained two 
years; after which time he came to the Pacific coast, arriving in Butte county 
in the fall of 1858.  He was joined in marriage to Miss Catherine Fink in the 
year 1878.  Mr. and Mrs. Rabe have been blessed with six children.  Mr. Rabe�s 
ranch is situated four miles east of Biggs, a view of which may seen in this 
work.  Farming has been his principal occupation for many years, and he has made 
a success of it.
 
History of Butte County, California: From its Earliest Settlement to the Present 
Time - Vol. II -  Harry L. Wells & W. L. Chambers - 547 Clay Street, San 
Francisco, Cal., 1882.