Alameda County Biographies

John Meyn

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler, July 2004

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	John Meyn, a farmer near Livermore, was born in Holstein, Germany, September 10, 1858, 
and was brought up as a farmer.  In 1882 he emigrated to America, stopping a short time in New 
York and then came across the continent by rail direct to Livermore, near which place he has 
since resided.  He is in partnership with his father-in-law, C. Stohl, in the cultivation of 
570 acres of ground devoted to farm products generally.  He is a member of the Sons of Hermann, 
at Livermore, is a liberal Republican, but spends no time in politics.  He was married in San 
Francisco, October 18, 1885, to Miss Lena Stohl, and he now has two children, - Bertha and 
Minnie.

SOURCE:  Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1891. pg. 336.