Yolo County CA Archives Biographies.....McClurg, J. 1829 - 1889
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

J. McCLURG, deceased, formerly a farmer of Yolo County, was born in Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania, April 18, 1829, a son of Robert and Nancy (Eaton) McClurg,
and was nine years of age when his parents removed with him to Knox County,
Ohio; his father was a farmer all his life, his death occurring in Knox County,
Ohio, in 1865, at the age of seventy-two years. Accordingly the subject of his
sketch was raised on a farm. In 1852 he came to California, by way of New
Orleans and the Isthmus, landing in San Francisco after a voyage of sixty-two
days by sail vessel on the Pacific ocean, as he could not obtain passage on a
steamer. The first year in this State he spent in the mines, with poor success,
and then he located upon his ranch in Yolo County, four miles southwest of
Woodland, consisting at that time of 160 acres. He since then increased his
estate to 470 acres. By his industry and good judgment he converted his place
from one of a bare plain to a farm as fertile and well-improved as any in the
county. After an active and well spent life he died, February 20, 1889, at the
age of fifty-nine years. The farm is still devoted to general agriculture and a
small dairy, at present being four miles south of Woodland. It is superintended
by Miss J. McClurg, a sister of the deceased, who came to California in
February, 1869, to keep house for him. By his will she was made the executor of
the estate, and she has managed the affairs with as great financial ability as
the best of men could do.

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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