Yolo County
Biographies
JOHN G. BOWER
a successful, prosperous farmer of Yolo County, is the son of William and Elizabeth (Ghusler) Bower, natives of Pennsylvania. His father, who was a mechanic and tanner, followed his trade until he moved to Illinois, where he became a farmer and also ran a tanyard. On immigration to this country he first located in Ohio and lived there sixteen years, and then, in 1840, he moved to Illinois, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying in Pike County in 1872; his wife had died there previously, in 1860.
John G. was born in Pennsylvania in 1823, and was a small boy when his parents settled in Ohio. In 1849 he came overland to California, with an ox team, and spent the most of two years in the mines. In the fall of 1849 he built a cabin on the banks of the Sacramento River, about four miles east of Shasta, and wintered therein. In the spring he went to Trinity and Scott River valleys, and remained there until fall. Returning to Illinois he remained there until the spring of 1852, when he came again to California, with ox teams, and stopped at Hangtown, then at Sacramento, and then at Putah Creek, and finally on Cache Creek, where he now lives, in the garden spot of California, devoting his attention principally to agricultural pursuits. He ahs 160 acres of as fine land as can be found in the county; wheat and barley are his specialties.
For his wife he married Susan Crowder, who was born in 1821, in Tennessee, and they have two sons: James W., who is now farming in Tehama County; and John G., Jr., who resides at the old homestead. He was born in Pike County, Illinois, in 1849, and was brought to this State by his parents in 1852.
Memorial & Biographical History of Northern California, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1891
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler
WILLIAM J. CANNEDY
a prominent and prosperous farmer near Winters, Yolo County, was born in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, February 6, 1828, a son of James and Charlotta (Ogilvie) Cannedy, natives also of that State. At the age of twelve years he went to sea from Boston, and continued thereon until 1850, when he settled in New Orleans. In 1855 he came by water to California, and the first six or eight months in this State he was employed upon a ranch near Stockton. He made his home then in Sacramento until the fall of 1859, when he purchased 160 acres of land in Yolo County, and engaged in husbandry there until 1873, when he bought 800 acres of land from B. Smith. In 1875 he was burned out, and since then has increased his possessions to 1,440 acres; he owns 150 acres near Winters, and 2,500 acres in Putah Canon, and is very extensively engaged in stock-raising. He also owns eleven houses and fifty-one lots besides the “Chinatown” of Winters.
He was married in New Orleans in 1853, to Miss Ellen Claughesey, a native of Ireland, and they have three adopted children: Mary, Charlotta and William A.
Memorial & Biographical History of Northern California, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1891
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler
EDMOND J. ENGLEHART
an agriculturist between Winters and Davisville, Yolo County, was born October 20, 1841, in Guernsey County, Ohio, a son of Samuel and Mary Englehart, natives of Pennsylvania, who moved from that State to Ohio, afterward to Missouri, and in 1856 overland to California. His father died at the Big Meadows, on Humboldt Creek, leaving a family of six sons and three daughters; and his mother died at Healdsburg in 1883. In the family were nine children, named James, William, John, Joseph, Samuel, Eliza, Jane, Cassander and Edmond J., -- all of whom are now residing in California. The first year in this State the subject of this sketch resided just above Sacramento; next he worked at intervals on a farm in Sonoma County until 1863; in 1864-’66 he followed teaming through the mountains, returned to farm work until 1869; then rented land of John Wolfskill until 1879, when he purchased 371 acres of J. T. Cary, and to-day he has one of the best farms in Yolo County; it is situated on Putah Creek, between Winters and Davisville, as before stated. The place is well improved, and is indeed a beautiful one. Mr. Englehart is a member of the order of Freemasons, Knights Templar and Odd Fellows, holding his membership in the blue lodge, No. 195, Dixon Chapter, No. 48, and Woodland Commandery, No. 21
He was married in Woodland, October 18, 1871, to Emma Edwards, who was born in Scott County, Illinois, January 8, 1849, a daughter of Lorenzo and Sarah (Brown) Edwards, her father a native of Massachusetts and her mother of Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Englehart have two children: Cleve E., born September 22, 1873; and Vivian L., born April 27, 1885.
Memorial & Biographical History of Northern California, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1891
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler