St. John is a defunct town, south of Hamilton City, west of Highway 45.
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Chico Daily Record, Sunday Morning, March 25, 1917, pg 8 col 3: Large Land Holder of St. John is Dead. Henry Eugene Van Syckle, a pioneer rancher of St. John and a native of California, died at his home near St. John yesterday morning, shortly after 11 o’clock. Death was caused by cancerous growth.
Van Syckle was fifty-seven years old at the time of his death, and was born in Princeton, Colusa county, August 31, 1859. He had been a resident of St. John for eleven years, and was one of the largest landowners of that section of the country.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. H.E. Van Syckle; two sisters, Mrs. G.W. Gore of Capitola and Mrs. James Burger of Hamilton City; one brother, J.W. Van Syckle of Nelson, and one daughter, Mrs. C.V. Rice.
Funeral services will be held tomrrow afternoon at the Engel undertaking parlors, Rev. E.H. Smith of the Fourth Street Methodist Church officiating.
St. John is a defunct town, south of Hamilton City, west of Highway 45.
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Chico Daily Record, Sunday Morning, March 25, 1917, pg 8 col 3: Large Land Holder of St. John is Dead. Henry Eugene Van Syckle, a pioneer rancher of St. John and a native of California, died at his home near St. John yesterday morning, shortly after 11 o’clock. Death was caused by cancerous growth.
Van Syckle was fifty-seven years old at the time of his death, and was born in Princeton, Colusa county, August 31, 1859. He had been a resident of St. John for eleven years, and was one of the largest landowners of that section of the country.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. H.E. Van Syckle; two sisters, Mrs. G.W. Gore of Capitola and Mrs. James Burger of Hamilton City; one brother, J.W. Van Syckle of Nelson, and one daughter, Mrs. C.V. Rice.
Funeral services will be held tomrrow afternoon at the Engel undertaking parlors, Rev. E.H. Smith of the Fourth Street Methodist Church officiating.
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