California Biographies

Source:
History of Napa and Lake Counties
San Francisco, Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1881

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper 2011

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm


R. C. BOUNSALL.  Was born in Canada, January 12,1852. In 1870 he went to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and 
engaged in the hardware business. In January, 1874, he came to California. He spent the first year in 
San Francisco, engaged in his business; and in the spring of 1875 he came to Napa County, and worked 
on the Insane Asylum. He then worked in St. Helena for about six months. March 16,1877, he came to 
Calistoga, and embarked in his present business.  tin and hardware.  associated with his brother, J. C. 
Bounsall, under the firm name of Bounsall Bros. They have recently erected a fine building.