Sonoma-Calaveras-Klamath County CA Archives Biographies.....Kleiser, J. A. 1818 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Kleiser, J. A. Whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Bourbon county,
Kentucky, July 7, 1818. When sixteen years of age, he moved with his mother and
two brothers (his father being dead) to Montgomery county, Indiana. In August,
1839, he married Miss Nancy Brush, and in 1841, we find him in La Fayette, in
the same State, where he worked at carpentering until 1849, when he emigrated to
California, leaving his wife in Indiana. He arrived at Sacramento August 14th,
and immediately commenced mining on the Mokelumne river, at Winter's Bar, where
he remained mining and trading until November, 1850; he then returned to Indiana
via Panama. In 1853, he again crossed the plains, bringing his wife with him. On
his arrival he settled at Humboldt bay, where he engaged in merchandising, which
he pursued for two years. He then went to Hoopa valley, on lower Trinity river,
Klamath county, where he erected a flouring-mill, which he conducted in
conjunction with a farm containing one hundred and sixty-acres, until 1859, when
he came to this county, and settled upon his present estate, part of which
comprises the present site of Cloverdale. In this county he has been engaged in
railroad construction, and the location and construction of the Cloverdale and
Geyser Springs toll road, as well as the Squaw creek toll road to Lake county.
Mr. Kleiser married his second wife, Miss Lizzie Unverfate, March 18, 1869, by
whom he has two children, George W. and James H.

Additional Comments:
Cloverdale Township

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HISTORY
—OF-
SONOMA COUNTY,
-INCLUDING ITS—
Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams;
—TOGETHER WITH—
A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original
Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular
Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County;
Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain
 Growing Interests, and Pisciculture;
ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
—AND OF ITS—
Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO:
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.



Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1879, by ALLEY, BOWEN & Co.,
in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

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Oakland, Cal. Printers., Stereotypers and Binders.


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