Contra Costa County CA Archives Obituaries.....Harlan, Frederick Fowler October 22, 1942
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Oakland Tribune, November 1, 1942
"Last of a Clan

The recent death of Frederick Fowler Harlan in Contra Costa County wrote finis 
to one of the colorful generations of that historic family.  Harlan, a resident 
of San Ramon, died in Martinez at the age of 76.  He was the last of nine 
children of Joel Harlan, who settled in the San Ramon area in the '50's.  Born 
in the old family home on March 13, 1866, he was educated in county schools, 
and later took up the life of a farmer, the favorite occupation of his forebear
[er]s.  Though the name of Harlan is one frequently mentioned in Contra Costa 
County, it was Joel Frederick's father, who carried on the pioneer tradition 
and handed it down.  Joel, who shared with several other historical figures 
Wayne County, Illinois [Indiana], as his birthplace, was the son of George 
Harlan, who was born in 1802 in Lincoln County, Kentucky.  Joel was born in 
1828.  George married Elizabeth Duncan in 1823, and then in 1846 came across 
the plains by ox-drawn covered wagon, being the first train to traverse the 
great desert south of Salt Lake.  He was accompanied by his wife and children 
and William and Henry Fowler, according to county histories.  Henry Fowler 
allegedly worked on the General Vallejo home for awhile.  Joel Harln and other 
members of the family stopped at Mission San Jose prior to their location in 
San Francisco, which at that time purportedly had a population of 250.  When 
gold was discovered he sold his business and went to Coloma, where he opened a 
general store.  Later moving to San Lorenzo, he finally settled on a ranch 
located between the Alameda and Contra Costa County lines in 1852.  Joel was 
marred in 1848 to Minerva Jane Fowler, native of Illinois.  The wedding was 
performed in Sonoma by ex-Governor Boggs of Mississippi [Missouri].  Frederick, 
one child of Joel's sizable family, left a widow and a niece as surivivors at 
the time of his death last week.  His widow, Martha, is a sister of Ralph 
Wight, Martinez city attorney.  The niece is Mrs. Carmen Geldermann of San 
Ramon Valley, who lives on historic acrege which is a part of the original 
Harlan holdings." END

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Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California).  November 1, 1942 (Sunday).

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