Monterey-Napa County CA Archives Biographies.....Sexton, John 1837 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

JOHN SEXTON, a native of Arkansas, was born December 28, 1837. His father, Jacob
Sexton, a farmer, came to California in 1850 and died the same year, in
Sacramento county. His wife, nee Eliza Reed, a native of Kentucky, died in the
spring of 1886, leaving four children, of whom our subject is the second.

  Mr. John Sexton served during the rebellion three years as United States
Government Wagon-master in the Commissary department. After the war, in 1865, he
came to California and remained two years at Napa, where he engaged in farm
work. In 1867 he located in Salinas, where he bought seventy acres of land, his
present home. The Sexton residence is one of the most attractive rural homes in
the valley and is a source of pride to the citizens of the surrounding county.

  Mr. Sexton was married July 17, 1865, to Sarah C. King, the daughter of Philip
King, a farmer of the Salinas valley. Mrs. Sexton was born in Indiana, March 21,
1846. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Sexton, namely: Ida B., now
Mrs. James Kenney of San Jose; O. C., now Mrs. Wright Alsop of Salinas; A. D.,
now Mrs. J. H. Alsop of Salinas; Eda May and John T., at home.

  Mr. Sexton enjoys the respect and esteem of all who know him, and he and his
wife are worthy representatives of the Salinas valley.


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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.


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