Napa County Biographies
John Adams
John Adams - Was born in Howard County, Missouri, April 16, 1834. In. 1842 he moved to south-western
Missouri, where he resided until the spring of 1845. He then joined a train commanded by Mr. English and
went to Oregon, being six months on the route. He settled with his father's family in Yamhill County,
and remained there till July 9,1848. His father, himself and two sisters, then came with pack horses to
California, and went direct to Greenes Springs, and from there to the Salvador Ranch in Napa Valley,
where they spent the winter. In 1849 they went to the mines, and in the fall of that year they moved
to Yolo County and located on Cache Greek, and ranched and traded in stock till 1850. The summer of
that year was spent in Napa Valley, and in the fall John began working for J. M. Harbin. In 1853 he
returned to Missouri, and in 1854 recrossed the plains to .California, and settled on Cache Creek,
and farmed till 1857, when he moved to Suisun, Solano County, where he resided for one year. In 1858
he came to his present place, where he now owns twenty-four hundred acres, and is engaged in farming
and stock raising. He was married October 1,1854, to Miss Polly Adams, a native of Howard County,
Missouri, born September 15, 1828. Their children are Ward, born May 27,1857, Nellie, born August 27,
1859, and Arthur, born January 11,1864.
History of Napa and Lake Counties,: San Francisco, Cal.: Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers, 1881
Transcribed by Julie Appletoft, February, 2007 Page 371
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