Yolo County CA Archives Biographies.....Comontofski, John 1860 - 
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Author: Tom Gregory

JOHN COMONTOFSKI

    By virtue of his innate qualities of perseverance and unswerving honor, Mr.
Comontofski has succeeded in building up from no capital whatever, save his own
industry and determination, the prosperity which he enjoys today, his beautiful
ranch of eighty acres, as well as other tracts near Woodland, ranking among the
most valuable in this section.

   A native of Germany, Mr. Comontofski's birth occurred in Koenigsberg,
Prussia, July 15, 1860, and there he received his education, later following
farming until his immigration to America in 1889. Proceeding immediately to Yolo
county, Cal., he entered the service of Otto Schluer, upon whose ranch he
remained three years, going thence to Webster county, Neb. A year later,
however, he returned to Yolo county, strong in the belief that the climate of
this section had no equal either in the old country or the new. For a time he
rented land near Woodland and engaged in farming and viticulture until he
purchased his present home place of eighty acres in 1895. Erecting a comfortable
residence, the grounds surrounding which he took great pride in beautifying, he
turned his attention to the development of his property, planting thirty-five
acres to Zinfindel grapes, the wine variety, his crops approximating eight to
ten tons per acre. Thirty acres he put in alfalfa, which averages five cuttings
annually, conducting also upon his home place a dairy of eighteen cows. He also
owns a ranch of twenty-two acres a quarter mile from his home, nearly all of
which is in seedless sultana raisin grapes, besides one hundred and sixty acres
of land eight miles southwest of Woodland, devoted to raising grain, cattle,
hogs and also furnishing pasture. In addition to his own land he rents land upon
which he raises alfalfa.

    On January 24, 1884, Mr. Comontofski was married to Miss Minnie Wademan,
also a native of Germany, their union being blessed with six children, as
follows: August, Lydia, Emma, Edward, Emil and Elsie.

    A member of Concordia Lodge No. 20, Herman Sons, Mr. Comontofski maintains a
practical interest in all questions of the day, and with his wife and family
enjoys active membership in the German Lutheran Church of Woodland.


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HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA
WITH
Biographical Sketches
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth
and Development From the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
TOM GREGORY
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913]

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