Central California Biographies

A memorial and biographical history of the coast counties of Central California : illustrated : containing 
a history of this important section of the Pacific coast from the earliest period of its discovery to the 
present time, together with glimpses of its auspicious future, illustrations and full-page portraits of 
some of its eminent men, and biographical mention of many of its pioneers, and prominent citizens of 
to-day (1893)

Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Company
Author: Barrows, Henry D; Ingersoll, Luther A

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm

 


JOHN CONLAN is one of a class of sturdy men who have subdued the soil of the Salinas 
valley, and made it yield abundant crops of golden grain. He came to Monterey county 
and located near Salinas in 1871, where he has since resided, engaged in agricultural 
pursuits. He is now cultivating about 700 acres of land. 

Mr. Conlan is a native of Ireland, born March 22, 1845. He was reared a farmer, 
and came to America by way of Australia in 1863. He was married in Salinas to Miss 
Mary McGeary, April 10, 1883, and their union has been blessed by the birth of four 
children, namely: Mary, Agnes, Maggie and John, Jr. 

Mr. Conlan is an enterprising man, a successful farmer and a respected citizen.