Mendocino County Biographies

John Remstedt

Transcribed by: Pat Howard

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	Was born in Durby county, Indiana, September 10, 1835; and at six 
years of age he was moved, by his parents, to Ripley county, that State, and 
there resided till March, 1852. At the above stated time he started across the 
plains to California, and arrived in the State July 15th of that year. He 
immediately began mining at Kelsey�s Dry Diggings, in El Dorado county, and 
continued that business in said county till 1856. He then moved to Sonoma county 
and settled at Two Rock, Petaluma township, where he resided for one year. In 
1857 he came to Mendocino county, settling at Ukiah, and engaged in the 
manufacture of brick; also in farming, which he continued till 1878. In the fall 
of 1875 he settled on his present place, still running his brick-yard in Ukiah 
till the year stated. Since that time he has been engaged in farming and 
stock-raising. He owns one hundred and sixty acres of land. Married Jane Burris, 
December 25, 1867, who was a  native of Illinois, born May 10, 1851. By this 
union they have: Clara Belle, born December 20, 1869; Charles J., born October 
22, 1873; John E., born September 11, 1875; Eugene Alice, born May 23, 1877; and 
Loretta, born July 8, 1879.
 
SOURCE: History of Mendocino County, California - San Francisco, Cal. Alley, 
Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1880 Pp. 665