Alameda County Biographies

HENRY S. BARLOW

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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	(deceased)  Was born in East Dougall County, Pennsylvania, July 19, 1820.  Having 
served his apprenticeship to the miller�s trade, in the year 1847 he proceeded to Iowa, and 
there followed his calling until starting for California in 1852.  On arrival he at once 
proceeded to the mining districts, and after remaining there until 1854, in that year came to 
the Encinal of Alameda and embarked in agricultural pursuits.  He subsequently tried his hand 
at teaming for a short time.  Mr. Barlow had held the office of Constable for Alameda, as well 
as the position of School Trustee, and in 1863 commenced the erection of the Loyal Oak Hotel, 
where he died January 29, 1878.  Married February 9, 1848, Miss Susan Keiser, a native of 
Bloomfield, Perry County, Pennsylvania, by which union there are four surviving children, viz.:  
Elizabeth C., Albert, David K., Mary J.

History of Alameda County, California�, Oakland, M.W. Wood Publ., 1883, p. 843