Colusa County Biographies

John Good Bender

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            John Good Bender was born at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, November 6, 
1827.  He received a common-school education such as those times afforded, and 
when yet a young man set out in the world to make his way.  He spent two years 
in Rock Island, Illinois, and in March, 1853, he started across the plains for 
California, arriving at Marysville August 15, 1853.  He took up his residence at 
Marysville, where he followed his trade of contractor and builder for 
twenty-three years.  In 1876 he moved to the Logan farm, southwest of Willows, 
remaining until 1882, when he moved to Orland, opening a lumber yard.  Mr. 
Bender is a progressive business man, a leading Republican, and a respected 
citizen.  He is a widower and is the father of three daughters and two sons.
 
�Colusa County� � by Justus H. Rogers � Orland, CA � 1891 � pp 431