San Joaquin County
Biographies
JOHN STRINGER
John Stringer, who resides a short
distance north of the town of Milton, where he has a nice residence and farm
and follows general agricultural pursuits and stock raising, was long since
enrolled among the pioneers of California, having arrived in this state on the
10th of September, 1853. He
was born in the county of Wicklow, Ireland, on the 21
of March, 1832, and his parents, John and Ann (Kinch)
Stringer, were also natives of the Green Isle of Erin. His father was a seafaring man.
The subject of this review acquired
his early education in Ireland and in 1850 sailed for South Africa. He spent one year in East London, thence went
to the isle of Java and later to Singapore and other ports of the east. Ultimately he arrived in New York City and
from the American metropolis sailed for San Francisco, reaching his destination
forty-seven years ago. He then made a
trip on the Golden Gate to Panama, but in the spring of 1854 returned to this
state and engaged in placer mining in Plumas.
He also mined in Butte and Sierra counties, but with only moderate
success, and in the spring of 1860 he left Butte County, going to Big Oak Flat
in Tuolumne County. In the fall of 1860
he arrived in Calaveras County and for a number of years engaged in mining on
Whisky Hill, near where his present farm is located. He took up his abode upon the farm in 1873
and now owns five hundred and sixty acres of land, on which he is successfully
raising hay and cattle. For a number of
years he also raised sheep, keeping on hand as high as four thousand.
In 1862 Mr. Springer wedded Miss
Margaret Donahoe, a native of Indiana, and to them
has been born a son, J. F., who is living with his father. After fifteen years of happy married life
Mrs. Stringer was separated from her husband by the hand of death. In 1890 he was again married, his second
union being with Mrs. Addie Swinford, a native of
Stockton. She had two children, Nellie
and William Swinford, by her former marriage. Mr. Stringer is a member of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, has filled all the chairs in the lodge, and in his
political affiliations is a Republican.
He is now spending the evening of his active and useful life in his
pleasant home in Calaveras County, possessing an ample competence for all his
wants. His has been a varied career, in
which his experiences have been many, as he has traveled from port to port
visiting many of the countries of the Orient as well as of the occident.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
“A Volume of Memoirs and Genealogy of Representative Citizens of Northern
California”, Pages 439-440. Chicago Standard Genealogical Publishing Co. 1901.
© 2010
Gerald Iaquinta.
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