Colusa County Biographies

HANS JOHANNSEN

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            This gentleman is a native of Holstein, Germany, and was born in the 
year 1850.  He came to America in 1869, and shortly after his arrival located in 
San Joaquin County, California, where he followed framing for several years.  In 
1870 he came to his present abode, twelve miles west of Willows, and having 
secured six hundred and forty acres of good land, he made it his permanent home. 
 Besides cultivating grain extensively and raising stock, Mr. Johannsen wisely 
foresees that the fruit industry of his rich lands must in the near future be a 
source of great wealth, and hence he has already set out nearly two hundred 
fruit-trees, and will continue to enlarge their area of cultivation.  Mr. 
Johannsen was married, at Willows, in 1880, to Miss Mattie Bender, by whom he 
has three children. The home of Mr. Johannsen is a model of neatness and 
comfort, and the evidences of intelligence, of interest in books, literature and 
music, found here are indicative of the refinement of his home circle.
 
�Colusa County� � by Justus H. Rogers � Orland, CA � 1891 � pp 453