San Joaquin County
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NORMAN S. MISENER
NORMAN S. MISENER, a farmer
of Elliott Township, was born October 24, 1832, in Franklin County, Indiana, a
son of Elisha and Amy (Butler) Misener; the former a native of Ohio, and the
latter of Vermont. When the subject of this sketch was seven years old his
parents moved to Grundy County, Illinois, where he was raised on a farm up to
the age of sixteen, when he served an apprenticeship of one year at the
wagon-making trade at Newark, Illinois, then removed to Aurora, Illinois, where
he finished his trade. In 1860 he started for California, sailing from New York
on the steamer North Star to the Isthmus and landing at San Francisco from the
steamer Sonora, after a voyage of twenty-five days. From San Francisco he went
to Sacramento and found employment at his trade for a short time. He went next
to Massachusetts Flat on the American river, where he remained until November
and then went back to Illinois, remaining until the spring of 1864, when he
returned to California with his family, settling in Folsom, where he engaged at
his trade and helped to lay the railroad from Folsom to Lathrop, a distance of
twenty-five miles. Coming to this county he was employed at ranching and
working at his trade for a year; returned to Illinois in 1865, and remained
until 1869. He then came back to this county and bought the ranch where he now
resides. The ranch contains 250 acres of fine land situated on the Galt and
Elliott road, about a fourth of a mile from Elliott. He was for ten years in
partnership with the Hickey Brothers, in the mercantile business, but disposed
of that and turned his whole attention to ranching.
He was married to Miss Caroline E. Wood, a
native of Michigan. Their family consists of four children, three sons and one
daughter: Robert E., Frank L., Warren L. and Hattie E., who is now the wife of
Mr. Lamb. Mr. Misener is a member of the Masonic order.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Pages 584-585. Lewis Pub.
Co. Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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