Contra Costa-Alameda County CA Archives Biographies.....Larkey, John 1831 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

JOHN LARKEY.—The subject of this sketch was born in Delaware county, Ohio, March
9, 1831. When but four years of age his parents moved to Illinois, and in that
State resided until 1846, when they moved to Wisconsin; after a residence of two
years in the Badger State they again moved, arid located in Jackson county,
Iowa, where his parents still reside. March 30, 1853, Mr. Larkey, then being
twenty-two years of age, in company with two of his uncles, started with
horse-teams to cross the plains to California, and after an uneventful trip
arrived, and first located in Alameda county, where he was employed on a farm
for four months. Mr. Larkey then engaged in farming for himself, and resided in
that county until 1857. In that year he selected Contra Costa county as his
future home, by buying his present place of seven hundred and thirty acres,
situated one mile and a half from Walnut Creek, and now, after long years of
labor, besides a vast outlay of money, Mr. Larkey has one of the best improved
and appointed farms in the county, his beautiful residence situated on a
commanding eminence being surrounded by flowers, evergreens, shrubbery and all
the different kinds of fruit. Mr. Larkey, now in the prime of life, is enjoying
the comforts of his happy home with the wife of his youth, beloved by his
children and friends, and respected by the citizens of the county in which he
dwells. He was married in Jackson county, Iowa, March 26, 1864, to Miss Martha
E. Spore. By this union they have six children: Alonzo S., born December 29,
1864; George E., born December 15, 1860; Ida L. and Ada L. (twins), born May 13,
1870; Eda L., born October 28,1872; Ora E., born August 31, 1875.



Additional Comments:
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HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.


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