Merced-Calaveras-Stanislaus County CA Archives Biographies.....Parnell, Jasper 1853 - 
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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

JASPER PARNELL

   A native of California, Jasper Parnell is a highly esteemed citizen of Merced
County. He was born in Calaveras County, November 14, 1853, a son of John
Parnell, who was a native of England and came to America in 1840, settling at
Galena, Ill. He was a steamboat engineer, subsequently becoming a resident of
Wisconsin. In 1850 he crossed the plains with horse teams and mined in Calaveras
County until 1867, when he located on the West Side in Stanislaus County, near
Grayson. He took up 160 acres of government land and improved a fine ranch,
meeting with good success and increasing his holdings until he owned 1000 acres.
  When he retired he went to Stockton and bought a home and lived there; he also
had a summer home at Pacific Grove, where he died July 28, 1902. He had married
Julia Stevens, who was born at Cornwall, England and died at Stockton, Cal.,
January 2, 1903. They had four children, three sons and one daughter.

   Jasper Parnell was the oldest son and second child. He attended the schools
in Calaveras County and went with his parents to Stanislaus County, where he
assisted his father to improve the home ranch and where he became familiar with
the various branches of ranch work. In 1887 he bought a ranch of his own,
consisting of 480 acres in Merced County, near Ingomar; he also owns another
ranch of 320 acres near Grayson.

   In Stockton, Jasper Parnell was united in marriage with Cassie Barney, a
native of Pennsylvania, and they have had three children: Stella, Harold and
Cora. Mr. and Mrs. Parnell spend most of their time on the home place, but enjoy
their home at Pacific Grove during the summer. Mr. Parnell is a Democrat. He
belongs to the Odd Fellows and Woodmen of the World.



Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF
MERCED COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
WITH A
Biographical Review
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
JOHN OUTCALT

ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1925


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