Humboldt County, CA and Trinity County, CA Biographies Pioneer days in California: (1891) By: Carr, John, 1827-1896 Humboldt County (Calif.) - Biography; Trinity County (Calif.) - Biography Publisher: Eureka, Cal., Times publishing company CHAPTER XLVII. BIOGRAPHY. Transcribed by Peggy Hooper This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm SEVIER, ABNER DILL � A native of Indiana; crossed the plains in 1850, and came to Humboldt county in 1851; was a member of the Court of Sessions, and for four years Sheriff of Humboldt county. Justice of the Peace and Police Judge of Eureka. Was an officer in Company A, Battalion of California Mountaineers. Died at Rohnerville in 1888.