Colusa
County
Biographies
JOHN B. DE JARNETT
J. B. De Jarnett
is the owner of Brentwood fruit farm, one of the finest ranches in Colusa
County, California, and his real estate holdings are quite extensive. He was born in Kentucky in 1846, and at the
age of seven accompanied his parents on their removal to Andrew County,
Missouri, where his father conducted a general mercantile establishment until
1863, during which time the subject of this review pursued his studies in the
public schools. In the year mentioned he
accompanied his father to Denver, Colorado, and in the spring of 1864 crossed
the mountains and made his way westward to Yamhill County, Oregon, where the
father carried on agricultural pursuits, while the son accepted the position as
clerk and bookkeeper in the store in La Fayette, Oregon. In 1866 he came to Colusa County, California,
arriving on the 5th of June of that year. Here he obtained a position in the office of
Mr. Hart, county clerk, with whom he remained four years, and in 1870 he
entered into co-partnership with General W. S. Green, and opened a real estate
business in the city of San Francisco, in connection with which they
established Green’s Land Paper, of which they published ten thousand copies
weekly. The following year he went to
Colusa and in 1872 again entered the county clerk’s office, where he remained
two years. In 1874 he made the first map
of Colusa County. In 1877 he was elected
county clerk and filled that office for two terms, proving a popular and capable
official. He was very faithful to the
trust reposed in him and his able discharge of the duties of the office won him
high commendation.
In April, 1868, Mr. De Jarnett was united in marriage to Miss M. A. Green, of
Missouri, who came to Colusa County when a little maiden of five summers. In 1883 they took up their residence upon
Brentwood fruit farm, one of the finest country homes in this locality. Their residence is very beautiful, is
commodious and tasteful in its equipments and all who pass beneath its portals
find there a cordial welcome. In 1883
Mr. De Jarnett began fruit-growing and in that
enterprise has been very successful. He
has made a close study of the best methods of raising various kinds of fruits,
and scientific principles and practical common sense have rendered him one of
the prosperous fruit-growers in this locality.
He is a man of marked energy, of keen discernment and unremitting
perseverance and his labors have been successfully conducted. He has made judicious investments in real
estate and his property interests bring to him a good income.
He has been prominent in the Masonic
fraternity during the past quarter of a century, having been honored by his
fraters by election to the position of grand junior warden of the grand
commandery Knights Templar of the state of California, which position he now
occupies.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
“A Volume of Memoirs and Genealogy of Representative Citizens of Northern
California”, Pages 819-820. Chicago Standard Genealogical Publishing Co. 1901.
© 2011
Gerald Iaquinta.
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