Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....McClish, John N. 1850 - ************************************************ 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 February 28, 2006, 1:18 pm Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880) McClish, John N. A native of Davis county, Iowa, born December 4, 1850. When about four years of age his parents emigrated to California, crossing the plains with ox-teams. Arrived in Santa Rosa, October 21, 1854, where they remained about two and a half months, and then took up their residence about two miles from Healdsburg, on the west side of Russian river. Here the subject of this sketch was reared, and received his education at the Sotoyome Institute at Healdsburg. In 1871, he purchased a farm adjoining his father's; married May 1, 1872, Miss Ella M. Martin, who was born in Illinois, September 16, 1853. In the Spring of 1876, Mr. McClish and family took a trip to the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, and also visited several other noted points, returning after an absence of two months. John M., Josiah T., and Ella N., are the names of their children. Additional Comments: Mendocino Township Extracted from: 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/sonoma/bios/mcclish704bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb