California Biographies
Stites, A. H.

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
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Stites, A. H. Whose portrait appears in this work, was born in De Kalb county,
Tennessee, August 3, 1837. When but a child his parents moved to Illinois, and
after a residence of one year they emigrated to Green county, Missouri. It was
here that the subject of this sketch grew to manhood and labored on a farm until
1856, when he left home and crossed the plains to California with ox-teams,
arriving in Santa Rosa on September 4th. Here he labored at whatever his hands
found to do until 1858, when he purchased a drove of cattle and took them to
Humboldt county, where they were nearly all stolen and killed by the Indians.  
He then returned to this county and embarked in the livery business at
Healdsburg one year, when he settled on his present farm, consisting of one
hundred and sixty acres, located in Washington township, about one-half mile
from Geyserville. He married Miss Mattie Kilgore, July 25, 1861, who was born in
Lee county, Iowa, January 30, 1841. William A., born May 5, 1863; Effie S., born
June 8, 1867; Laura J., born June 4, 1869; Mary E., born April 8,1871; Addie O.,
born October 24, 1873, and Maggie E., born October 10, 1875, are the names and
births of their children.

Source: HISTORY OF SONOMA COUNTY, Alley, Bowen & Co. 1880