History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . parents of five children, John J., thesubject of this sketch, being the second child. When ten years of age he migratedwith his parents to Springfield, Ohio, where the father rented land. For two yearsJohn J. lived with his great uncle, Samuel Swartzbaugh, where he helped with the farmwork; subsequently he was hired by farmers who paid him only four dollars per monthfor the arduous wor
History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . parents of five children, John J., thesubject of this sketch, being the second child. When ten years of age he migratedwith his parents to Springfield, Ohio, where the father rented land. For two yearsJohn J. lived with his great uncle, Samuel Swartzbaugh, where he helped with the farmwork; subsequently he was hired by farmers who paid him only four dollars per monthfor the arduous work done and the long hours of service. The only financial assistancehe ever received was thirty dollars he inherited from his sister Susan. At Springfield, Ohio, Mr. Swartzbaugh was united in marriage with Miss LoaKnott, a native of the Buckeye State, and daughter of Charles Knott, a farmer and .1veteran of the Union Army. After his marriage Mv. Swartzbaugh removed with hisfamily to Texas, where he remained for eleven months and then decided to movefarther westward, with the Golden State as his ultmiate goal. He arrived in Sant?Ana on February 22, 1S88, and soon purchased a squatters claim in West Orange.
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