Shasta-Colusa County CA Archives Biographies.....Etter, Allen W. 1854 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

ALLEN W. ETTER, junior member of the firm of Klemmer & Etter, wholesale and
retail dealers in flour, feed, grain and hay, was born in Nova Scotia, May 14,
1854. His parents, James and Eliza Ann (McKean) Etter, were both natives of Nova
Scotia. Their ancestors were from Holland. Allen W. is the eighth of their
eleven children, nine of whom are living. He was reared in his native place,
educated in the common schools and learned the trade of wagon-maker. He worked
at his trade there until he was twenty-four years of age, when he came to
California and located in Princeton, Colusa County. There he remained four
years, working at his trade. In 1886 he came to Redding and formed a partnership
with Mr. Klemmer. They are enterprising men and are doing a fine business.

  In politics Mr. Etter is a liberal Democrat. He is a member of the I. O. 0.
F., and has passed all the chairs of the order several times.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.


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