Sacramento County Biographies

WILLIAM SALES

Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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NATOMA TOWNSHIP. 
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	was born in England in 1819 and remained till 1843, when he came 
to the United States and settled in New Jersey, working in a stone quarry for 
about eighteen mouths. From there he went to New York, then to New Orleans and 
then to Kingston, Jamaica, where a stay of one year was made. He then returned 
to New Orleans for a few weeks, and then to Pittsburg, where he joined the North 
American Circus; came to California in 1852; settled in Sacramento County, where 
he has since resided, following mining for a short time, and afterwards devoting 
his attention to farming, fruit-growing, dairying and poultry-raising. In 1849 
Mr. Sales married Miss E. Balsover; they have had five boys, three living, and 
four girls living. Mr. Sales has held the office of Road Master for three years. 
His Post Office is Folsom. 
 
Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by 
Thompson & West.