Yolo County CA Archives Biographies.....Zimmerman, John A. circa 1820 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

JOHN A. ZIMMERMAN, an extensive and successful rancher of Yolo County, is the
son of Jacob and Mary (Betzold) Zimmerman, both natives of Germany; the father
was a wheelwright and farmer and remained in his native land all his life. John
was born in Germany, March 9, 1829, and in 1852 emigrated to America, the land
of opportunity, stopping first at New Orleans. Going immediately up the
Mississippi River to Quincy, Illinois, he there learned the trade of
carriage-making; then he worked six months at that trade in St. Louis, and then
for a time at Davenport, Iowa, then four months at Peru, Illinois; next he was
nine months employed at Gales burg, same State, then eleven years in Minnesota,
and finally went to California, landing here January 15, 1868; he came by water.
After spending six weeks in Sacramento, he located upon a ranch in Yolo County,
which he has ever since occupied, and which now contains 320 acres; he also owns
560 acres in the hollow seventeen miles from his home place.

  For his wife he married Miss Dina Magdens, who was born in Prussia in 1838,
and they have eight children: Frank, Bertha, Jacob, Oscar, Mary, Bill, Lena, and
Clara.


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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