Contra Costa-Butte-Nevada County CA Archives Biographies.....Stow, James M. 1847 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

JAMES M. STOW.—The subject of this sketch is a native of Adams county, Illinois,
and was born August 29, 1847. Here he resided with his father on a farm until
March, 1856, when he, with his mother and uncle, John Shuey, started for
California, his father having preceded him by some four years. Coming via New
Orleans and Panama, they arrived in San Francisco May 22d of the above year. Our
subject, with his mother, immediately proceeded to Oroville to join his father,
and there resided in Butte and Nevada counties until 1858, when they removed to
Sacramento, and thence to San Francisco. In 1859 Mr. Stow's father died in the
latter city, and in September, 1860, his mother moved to Danville, Contra Costa
county. Here he received a common school education until 1865, when they moved
to the vicinity of the present town of Walnut Creek, where he has since resided.
Our subject's first labor was a clerkship of one year in the store of Mr. Pratt.
He then entered the employ of Shuey Bros., where he remained for three years;
and in 1876 engaged in the general merchandise business for himself, in Walnut
Creek. In August, 1877, was appointed Notary Public and postmaster of Walnut
Creek, positions he still holds, while in the Fall of 1879, Mr. Stow was elected
to the office of County Assessor, of which he is the present incumbent, and is
considered one of Walnut Creek's most influential and respected citizens.
Married in the town where he now resides, April 22, 1873, Miss Alice Glass, a
native of California; they have three children: Nellie May, Carrie L. and Garfield.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

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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