Sacramento County Biographies

JOHN F. SLATER

Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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SACRAMENTO TOWNSHIP.
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	manufacturer, importer and dealer in hats, 409 J street, 
Sacramento; was born in Hagerstown, Md., in 1841. In 1845, moved with parents to 
Newark, N. J.; remained until 1849; then to St. Louis, Mo., and soon after by 
the Isthmus route to California, arriving in 1852. After mining in the mountains 
for two years, he learned the hatter's trade in San Francisco, finishing it in 
1861, with J. C. Meussdorffer; then, as a journeyman hatter, started eastward, 
working in New York for a short time; then went to Europe, worked in Paris, 
Berlin and Frank-fort; also traveled through Germany, Italy, Switzerland and 
England, to learn all the different modes in his business. Returned in 1865, and 
commenced business in Sacramento as manager for J. C. Meussdorffer, whom he 
succeeded in 1877. Married. Annie R. Hoagland, June 26, 1867, a native of Salem, 
N. J. They have two sons, John C., born August 19, 1870; Henry D., born October 
24, 1872. 

Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by 
Thompson & West.