Solano County Biographies

J. F. WENDELL

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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was born in Farmington, Franklin county, Maine, on January 21, 1845.  On October 
2, 1854, he arrived, with his parents, in San Francisco, via Nicaragua, and 
accompanied them to Crescent City, Del Norte county, where his father had been 
one of the pioneer settlers, in 1849.  He studied law with Judge J. P. Haynes, 
and was admitted to the bar in May, 1867.  In the fall of 1869 Mr. Wendell came 
to Vallejo, where he located as a practicing lawyer, continuing his profession 
in that city until elected to the position of District Attorney, in 1871, when 
he transferred his residence to Suisun, where he has since resided.  Mr. Wendell 
occupies a prominent position among the legal lights of Solano county.  He 
married, November 12, 1874, Emma G., daughter of James W. Kinloch, by whom he 
has, Susie S., born December 25, 1876, and an infant, born February 8, 1879.
 
History of Solano County � San Francisco, Cal. - Wood, Alley  & Co., East 
Oakland, pub 1879, pp 428