Joseph Libbey Folsom, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJoseph Libbey Folsom
American pioneer
Date of Birth: 19-May-1817
Date of Death: 19-Jul-1855
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Joseph Libbey Folsom
- Joseph Libbey Folsom (May 19, 1817 – July 19, 1855) was a U.S.
- Army officer and real estate investor in the early days of California's statehood.
- He is the founder of what is now Folsom, California.
- Folsom's controversial purchase of Rancho Rio de los Americanos from the heirs of a San Francisco merchant William Alexander Leidesdorff remained tied up in litigation for many years, eventually reaching the Supreme Court of California after Folsom's death.
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