Yolo County CA Archives Biographies.....Dinsdale, John 1852 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

JOHN DINSDALE, a general farmer near Woodland, was born December 26, 1852, in
Woodland, California, a son of Owen and Sarah (Middleton) Dinsdale. Owen was a
native of England who came to New Orleans about 1846, went to St. Louis and
finally in 1860 crossed the plains to California, locating two miles east of
Woodland. He was a farmer all his life, his death occurring July 12, 1889, when
he was seventy-four years of age; his wife died in California, October 1, 1873,
at the age of fifty-four years. Of their eight children John was the fourth. He
was brought up on a farm, and now occupies the ranch east of Woodland consisting
of 320 acres of choice farming land, whereon he is a producer of grain and also
rears live-stock. He is a practical man, a representative of his class and is
well and favorably known from his long residence here and the high order of his
conduct as a citizen. In 1884 he married Sophronia Wallace, a native of Indiana,
and they have one son, Ralph J., and two daughters, twins, Nora and Nina.

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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