Monterey-Statewide County CA Archives Biographies.....Clausen, J. 1831 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 20, 2007, 6:08 pm Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893) J. CLAUSEN is one of the leading farmers of Blanco, in Monterey county. He is a native of Germany, having been born there, November 27, 1831. The trip from Germany to California was made in a sailing vessel, via Cape Horn. As our subject was an expert sailor he soon engaged in running a freight vessel on the bay of San Francisco, named the Sacramento, until 1869. He then engaged in farming, purchasing 115 acres for that purpose in the Salinas valley, at Blanco in Monterey county. To this property he added 115 acres more, and now has one of the finest and most fertile farms in the valley. In 1865 he made a return trip to his native land, where he spent about two years, and there married Mrs. Katherine Ehlers, who bore him six children, namely: Maggie, Jacob, Henry, Charles, John, and Kate. The last two named are both dead. John was the eldest born and gave promise of great talent. He was a student of the State University, a member of the senior class of civil engineering, but died September 6, 1879; and the other, Kate, died October 8, 1886. One of the remaining children, Maggie, is a graduate of the State Normal School, at Sanford, class of 1891, and is a most accomplished and successful school teacher. Our subject is a gentleman of broad, general information, a most respected citizen and a Trustee of the School District. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California. Illustrated. Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent Citizens of To-day. HENRY D. BARROWS, Editor of the Historical Department. LUTHER A. INGERSOLL, Editor of the Biographical Department. "A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants."-Macaulay. CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY. 1893. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/monterey/bios/clausen1070nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb