San Diego County Biographies
 
JOHN H. STORER

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of Elsinore, is a native of Yarmouth, Maine, born March 30, 1842.  His parents 
were also natives of that State.  His maternal grandfather was a pioneer of 
Portland, Maine, and president of the Casco Bank of Portland, and also Mayor of 
that city. Mr. Storer was educated and lived in his native place until manhood, 
when he became a sailor and sailed for ten years, visiting nearly every foreign 
port. When the war of the Rebellion broke out he was abroad, but as soon as he 
reached New York he enlisted in Company C, Twenty-second New York Cavalry, and 
served his country until the close of the war. He then went to Cleveland, Ohio, 
and engaged in the mixed-paint business�"Averill's." After this he removed to 
Boston and carried on a paint factory there, and was engaged in the mixed-paint 
business from the close of the war until August 3, 1886, when he came to 
California. He stopped at Los Angeles a year, and then came to Elsinore. May 9, 
1877, he was united in marriage to Miss Helen Thew, of Cleveland, Ohio. She was 
the daughter of Mr. T. T. Thew and Mrs. Helen Thew, Mrs. Storer was born in 
Marion, Ohio, at which place she was educated, and with her mother learned the 
millinery and dressmaking business. In December, 1887, Mrs. Storer opened her 
millinery, dress and fancy goods store in Elsinore, and is still engaged in the 
business, keeping a nice stock of fine goods, and dealing with the better class 
of trade, not only of Elsinore, but of the surrounding country for miles in 
every direction. Her trade has grown from the first, and she enjoys a very 
successful business. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church, a member of the 
United Order of the Golden Cross, and belongs to the Ladies' Annex of Elsinore. 
Mr. Storer is a member of the I. O. O. F., and Knights of Pythias. They have 
invested in real estate in Elsinore, and are interested in the prosperity of the 
city.
 
SOURCE:  An Illustrated History of Southern California:  Embracing the Counties 
of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the Peninsula of Lower 
California� Chicago:  The Lewis Publishing Company, 1890.  p.-  123-124