Contra Costa County Biography

JOHN  KOCH

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta, December, 2006.

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John Koch. - One of the men who have acquired success and is numbered among the 
representative men of Stege is John Koch. He was born in southern Germany, on 
December 25, 1862. He acquired his education in his native land and served two 
years in the army. He had a desire to see the New World, and came to America via 
Honolulu, locating in San Francisco. He went to work for the Stauffer Chemical 
Company and the Judson Dynamite & Powder Company, where he remained for seven 
years. He then became identified with the Pacific Guano & Fertilizer Company, 
and owing to his ability has been promoted from foreman to superintendent of the 
plant at Richmond. He is a member of Hermann's Sons. On September 12, 1885, he 
was united in marriage to Anna Erdel, a native of Germany. To this union have 
been born six children - Adam, Lena, Anna, Emma, William, and George. Mr. Koch 
is interested in a company that owns about five thousand acres of land in 
Siskiyou County. At a future date they contemplate putting down wells and 
engaging in the stock business.
 
Source: "The History of Contra Costa Company, California", Elms Publ. Co., 1917, 
pp 461 - 462.