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JERRY O’NEIL
JERRY O’NEIL, a farmer of
Castoria Township, San Joaquin County, was born in Ireland in 1835. In 1854 he
emigrated to the United States, landing in New York. He went to Springfield,
Massachusetts, where he remained four years, then came to California via Cape
Horn, landing in San Francisco. He went immediately to Stockton, where he was
employed until 1863. During that year he bought the 160 acres of fine improved
land on which he now resides. The farm is principally devoted to raising grain.
His wife’s maiden name was Hannah Sheehan,
and she is a native of Ireland. They have an adopted child, a boy named John
Sheehan.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Page 585. Lewis Pub. Co.
Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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