San Benito-Santa Clara County CA Archives Biographies.....Crow, W. J. 1842 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

W. J. CROW, of Hollister, California, was born in Franklin county, Missouri,
January 21, 1842, son of Joseph and Cassia (Sullivan) Crow, the former of Scotch
and the latter of German descent.

Joseph Crow visited California in 1849. After mining in Placer county for a time
he returned to Missouri, and still lives in Crawford county, that State.

  W. J. Crow came to California in 1862. He first lived on a farm at Gilroy, and
later at Mountain View and San Jose. He then came to San Benito county and
located on his present place at Cienega. Here he owns 237 acres of tilled land,
under fence and good improvement.

  Mr. Crow married Angeline Whitton, a native of Napa, California, and has six
children: Joseph W., Annie Laura, Angeline, Emma, Warren and Hugh.

  Both socially and politically Mr. Crow stands high in San Benito county. He
represented his district on the County Board of Supervisors for the term of four
years, from 1884 to 1888.


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.


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