San Joaquin County
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LEROSCO W. HOWLAND
LEROSCO W. HOWLAND, farmer of
Castoria Township, San Joaquin County, was born in
San Joaquin County, January 26, 1854, son of H. S. and Barbara (Meyer) Howland,
the former a native of Massachusetts, and the latter of Switzerland; the father
was born July 14, 1827, came to San Joaquin County in 1852, and is now residing
near Lathrop. Lerosco W. was reared in San Joaquin
County. He bought 185 acres of land, in 1883; four years afterward he sold 160
acres to parties who divided it into town lots. He has fitted up his place with
fine buildings, and made a comfortable homestead of it. November 18, 1885, he
was married to Miss Alice Smith. They have one child - Anna Dell.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Page 461. Lewis Pub. Co. Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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