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 


JUAN INDART, a leading rancher of Tres Pinos, San Benito county, California, was born 
in France in 1826. He came to California in 1851, via South America, spending a brief time 
at Buenos Ayres. After his arrival in California he was engaged for several years in mining 
in Calaveras county. He subsequently turned his attention to dealing in stock. With a partner, 
he bought cattle in Southern California and drove them north to the mines and sold them for 
beef. He ranched for several years in the King's River valley, and in 1873 located his present 
ranch near Tres Pinos, where he owns about 3,600 acres of the choicest farming and grazing 
land in San Benito county, it being a portion of the Santa Ana grant. Eight hundred acres of it 
are devoted to grain raising, and the rest to stock grazing. 

Mr. Indart was married in 1863, in San Francisco, to Miss Mary Errica, also a native 
of France. Following are the names of their children: Peter John, Tillie, Mary, Domica 
and John Peter; the last two being twins. 

The Indart estate is one of the best in the county of San Benito, and has been perpetuated 
by the frugal industry and business sagacity of its founder; and no family is more highly 
esteemed for their sterling qualities than that of John Juan Indart.