Contra Costa County CA Archives Obituaries.....Harlan, Frederick Fowler October 22, 1942
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Contra Costa Gazette, October 22, 1942
"COUNTY PIONEER'S DEATH CLOSES CHAPTER OF PAST.  A chapter in the colorful
history of Contra Costa closed today with the death in a Martinez hospital of
Frederick Fowler Harlan, the last of ten children of Joel Harlan, famed San
Ramon settler of the 1850's.

Harlan is survived by a widow, Martha Wight Harlan, sister of [?] Ralph Wight of
Martinez, and a niece, Mrs. Carmen Geldermann of San Ramon Valley.

His body will be at the Scott Greene chapel until noon Saturday and cremation
services will take place in Oakland Crematorium at 2 p.m.  Rev. W.W. Rasco of
Danville will officiate and Mrs. Rosalind Solomon of Berkeley will play violin
solos.

Harlan was born in the old family home March 13, 1866.  He was educated in
county schools and took up the life of a farmer.  After Mrs. Harlan's retirement
from her teaching post at the Ambrose school, they moved back to the family
homestead in San Ramon.

Harlan's father was one of the most distinguished of the county's pioneers. 
Joel Harlan crossed the plains in 1846.  He moved with his family to San Jose
Mission, later locating and building a house that later became a landmark
defining the line between Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

The name "Joel Harlan" became legend in Contra Costa.  He was married to Minerva
Fowler, a native of Bellevue, Ill., in Sonoma April 1, 1849, by Ex-Governor
Boggs.  In 1852 he purchased a tract of land in Amador valley, and when the
county of Alameda was created, one of the points defining the boundary was the
"House of Joel Harlan."

His son who died today lived in a second dwelling on the Norris tract built in
1856." END

Additional Comments:
"Contra Costa Gazette" published in Martinez, California.  Frederick "Fred"
Harlan was the son of Joel and Minerva (Fowler) Harlan.  

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