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Charles C. P. Severance. Was born in Madison county, New York, February 8, 1820, where he received his education
and learned the trade of a blacksmith. In the Spring of 1845 he went to New York City and engaged in a general
commission business, which he conducted until 1848, when he returned to Madison county and kept a hotel until March,
1852, in which year he started for California via Nicaragua, arriving in San Francisco April 10th. He proceeded
at once to Tuolumne county and there mined for seven months, when he erected a saw mill and engaged in the lumber
business, which he continued until elected County Treasurer in 1858, an office he filled for two years. He next
proceeded to Virginia City, Nevada, and was for two years prospecting and mining in that district. At the end of
this term he opened a pork packing business in San Francisco, an industry he followed for three years, after which
he became traveling salesman for Smith, Brown & Co., for four years; he then speculated in mining stocks until
1877 when he retired from business and made his residence at Saucelito. Married, April 26, 1843, Sarah M. Wylie,
a native of New York. They have four children - Clemissa H., Charles W., Samuel J., and Frederick V.
From:
History of Marin County, California
Alley, Bowen & Co., Publishers
San Francisco, California 1880
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