Yolo County Biographies


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EDMOND J. ENGLEHART
 
an agriculturist between Winters and Davisville, Yolo County, was born October 
20, 1841, in Guernsey County, Ohio, a son of Samuel and Mary Englehart, natives 
of Pennsylvania, who moved from that State to Ohio, afterward to Missouri, and 
in 1856 overland to California.  His father died at the Big Meadows, on Humboldt 
Creek, leaving a family of six sons and three daughters; and his mother died at 
Healdsburg in 1883.  In the family were nine children, named James, William, 
John, Joseph, Samuel, Eliza, Jane, Cassander and Edmond J., -- all of whom are 
now residing in California.  The first year in this State the subject of this 
sketch resided just above Sacramento; next he worked at intervals on a farm in 
Sonoma County until 1863; in 1864-�66 he followed teaming through the mountains, 
returned to farm work until 1869; then rented land of John Wolfskill until 1879, 
when he purchased 371 acres of J. T. Cary, and to-day he has one of the best 
farms in Yolo County; it is situated on Putah Creek, between Winters and 
Davisville, as before stated.  The place is well improved, and is indeed a 
beautiful one.  Mr. Englehart is a member of the order of Freemasons, Knights 
Templar and Odd Fellows, holding his membership in the blue lodge, No. 195, 
Dixon Chapter, No. 48, and Woodland Commandery, No. 21
            He was married in Woodland, October 18, 1871, to Emma Edwards, who 
was born in Scott County, Illinois, January 8, 1849, a daughter of Lorenzo and 
Sarah (Brown) Edwards, her father a native of Massachusetts and her mother of 
Illinois.  Mr. and Mrs. Englehart have two children:  Cleve E., born September 
22, 1873; and Vivian L., born April 27, 1885.
 
Memorial & Biographical History of Northern California, The Lewis Publishing 
Co., 1891
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler