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 POE.  Was born in Ash County, North Carolina, May 19, 1834. In 1850 he, with his parents, moved 
to Missouri, where two years were spent, and in 1852 he, leaving his parents behind, went to Texas, 
where he resided until 1857. He then came to California and located in Sonoma County, where he 
remained about one year, after which he came to Napa County, where farming was prosecuted for 
two years. We next find Mr. Poe in Santa Cruz County, where he followed the same business until 
1863, when he once more took up his residence in Sonoma County. Here he resided until 1876, when 
he returned to Napa County, and followed farming in Pope Valley for one year. From this time until 
1880 his time was divided between Yolo and Tehama Counties. In January of the last-named year he 
returned to Napa County, and purchased four hundred acres of land near Monticello, and is engaged 
in farming. He married, January 1, 1863, Miss Martha S. George. Their children are, James E., Anna L., 
George, Maurice and Ida.