History of Mendocino County, California : comprising its geography, geology, topography, climatography, springs and timber . ing engaged in stock-raising and wool-growing. Mr. Moore married, in1868, Mrs. Ruth A. Ford, and their children are: Alice, Maggie and Bell. John W. McCloud. Born in Franklin county, Ohio, March 9, 1820,and at the age of seventeen he, with his parents, moved to Illinois, wherethey resided about four years, and then moved to Iowa, where the subject ofthis sketch learned the coopers trade, which he followed until March, 1850,when he, leaving his parents, crossed the plains
History of Mendocino County, California : comprising its geography, geology, topography, climatography, springs and timber . ing engaged in stock-raising and wool-growing. Mr. Moore married, in1868, Mrs. Ruth A. Ford, and their children are: Alice, Maggie and Bell. John W. McCloud. Born in Franklin county, Ohio, March 9, 1820,and at the age of seventeen he, with his parents, moved to Illinois, wherethey resided about four years, and then moved to Iowa, where the subject ofthis sketch learned the coopers trade, which he followed until March, 1850,when he, leaving his parents, crossed the plains with ox-teams, arriving atSteep Hollow September 6th. Here he remained about two weeks, andthen went to Napa county, where he followed farming and stock-raisinguntil 1857, when he returned, via Panama, to Iowa, and remained a fewmonths. He then returned, via same route, to California and came directto Mendocino county and, after spending the winter at Sanel, settled inPotter valley, where he has siijce resided, being engaged in married, July 6, 1874, Miss Mattie Van Nader. They have one child,Lewis CALPELLA TOWNSHIP. 569 Samuel Mewhinney. A native of Hamilton county, Ohio; was bornAugust 18, 1810. When about ten years of age he, with his parents,moved into Indiana. Here the subject of this sketch resided, being engagedin farming and coopering, until 1840, when he moved to Missouri, where hefollowed farming for two years. He then returned to Indiana, where heremained until 1849, when he, leaving his family behind, crossed the plainsto California with ox-teams. He spent the first winter on Feather river,working at carpentering. In the following spring he went to the mines,where he mined and followed carpentering until the spring of 1852, whenhe returned, via Nicaragua, to his family, which he took immediately toIllinois, where he resided until 1855, when he moved to Kansas, where heresided until 1857, when, in company with his family, he again crossed thepla
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