Solano County Biographies

JOHN O�DONNELL

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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farmer, was born in County Limerick, Ireland, in 1824.  In 1847 he emigrated to 
America and farmed in Onondaga county, New York, till 1852, on January 5th of 
which year he sailed from New York for California, being shipwrecked on the 
voyage, arriving ultimately in San Francisco in April of that year.  In 1852 he 
proceeded to Benicia, where he remained two years, then moving to his present 
farm, consisting of 230 acres.  Married in San Francisco, September 7, 1856, 
Ellen Kelly, by whom he has Mary F., Anna Eliza, John, and Thomas W.
 
History of Solano County � San Francisco, Cal. - Wood, Alley  & Co., East 
Oakland, pub 1879, pp 446