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


JOHN GREER.  Was born in Ireland. When he was eighteen years of age he went to England and 
remained for three years. He then went to the West India Islands, and resided there two years. In 
1850 he went to Albany, New York, where he worked in a hotel for five years. In 1855 he came to 
California, arriving December 15th. He engaged in various pursuits till May, 1856, when he came to 
Napa County, locating at the White Sulphur Springs, and in the following year he took charge of the 
Spring's stables, and conducted them for the following fourteen years. He, in company with Mr. 
Tainter, purchased one hundred acres of land, on which is now situated the business portion of St. 
Helena, and he still resides on about thirty acres of that tract, lying on Spring street. He has also other 
extensive interests in Napa Valley. He was married in Albany, New York, October 15, 1854, to Mrs. 
Ellen McGuire, a native of Ireland. Their children are Mary, John, Thomas, Clarence and Lizzie.