Lake County Biographies

Jerome M. SLEEPER

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Was born in Vermont, December 17, 1840. When he was but a child his parents 
moved to Buffalo, where about six years were spent, when they returned to 
Chelsea, Vermont, where he resided with his parents until March, 1863, when he 
sailed for California, and arrived April following. He at once settled on a 
ranch about one mile west from Upper Lake, where he is engaged in farming and 
stock raising. Mr. Sleeper married, August 22, 1874, Miss Mary E. Sleeper, a 
native of California. By this union they have three children: Flora J., Ellery 
D. and Mary E.

"History of Napa and Lake Counties" 1881