Anderson County KS Archives Biographies.....McClymonds, John W. 1850 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 1, 2006, 12:46 pm Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880) McClymonds, John W. A native of Butler county, Pennsylvania, born December 28, 1850. Here he attended the common schools for a number of years. Being desirous of obtaining a good and thorough education, he looked to something higher than the common schools, and in due time entered the Westminster College, from which institution he graduated in the Spring of 1871. Soon after he proceeded to Garnett, Anderson county, Kansas, and was made Principal of the Garnett College, which position he held until the Summer of 1873, when he came to California, and located in this county; taught school, and was Principal of the Petaluma High School for three years. In 1876 he commenced the dry goods business, which he has continued since. Mr. McClymonds married Virginia M., daughter of George K. and Harriet Smith, of Detroit, Michigan, on March 13, 1876. Ethel H., born December 27, 1876, and Roy Smith, born February 18, 1879, are the names and births of their children. Additional Comments: Petaluma 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/ks/anderson/bios/mcclymon156gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ksfiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb