Colusa County Biographies

John Henry Pope

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            John Henry Pope was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 5, 
1835.  At five years of age he was left an orphan, and was then taken by an aunt 
to her home near Washington City and cared for, being sent to school till he had 
reached his eighteenth year.  In 1853 he went to Missouri and Kansas and 
obtained employment as a clerk at several points in these States.  In 1858 he 
set out, driving a team, across the plains by way of Salt Lake, and after 
wintering in that city, he started early in the following spring for California. 
 He reached Colusa County in 1859 and has ever since made his home there.  On 
arriving here he clerked in stores at Princeton, Jacinto and Colusa.  When W. N. 
Herd assumed the office of Assessor, Mr. Pope was appointed Chief Deputy, a 
position which he has ever since held, except during the two years when he 
served as Under-sheriff by appointment of Sheriff Arnold.  Mr. Pope�s much 
appreciated competency in county affairs is universally acknowledged, and this, 
coupled with a genuine spirit of accommodation in discharging his duties, has 
made him an invaluable public officer.  He is also secretary of the Colusa 
Canning, Packing and Drying Company.
            He was married, at Jacinto, in 1865, to Miss Elvira King, and has 
one son, Arthur by name.  Mr. Pope has a nice home at the county seat and a 
twenty-acre orchard one mile west of the town, planted in apricots, Bartlett 
pears and French prunes.
 
�Colusa County� � by Justus H. Rogers � Orland, CA � 1891 � pp 439-440