Yolo County Biographies


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JOHN DINSDALE
 
JOHN DINSDALE, a general farmer near Woodland, was born December 26, 1852, in 
Woodland, California, a son of Owen and Sarah (Middleton) Dinsdale.  Owen was a 
native of England who came to New Orleans about 1846, went to St. Louis and 
finally in 1860 crossed the plains to California, locating two miles east of 
Woodland.  He was a farmer all his life, his death occurring July 12, 1889, when 
he was seventy-four years of age; his wife died in California, October 1, 1873, 
at the age of fifty-four years.  Of their eight children John was the fourth.  
He was brought up on a farm, and now occupies the ranch east of Woodland 
consisting of 320 acres of choice farming land, whereon he is a producer of 
grain and also rears live-stock.  He is a practical man, a representative of his 
class and is well and favorably known from his long residence here and the high 
order of his conduct as a citizen.  I 1884 he married Sophronia Wallace, a 
native of Indiana, and they have one son, Ralph J., and two daughters, twins, 
Nora and Nina.
 
Memorial & Biographical History of Northern California, The Lewis Publishing 
Co., 1891
Transcribed by:  Wendy Sandino