BIO- Sawyers

SURNAMES:

Born in that picturesque part of Switzerland, Canton Uri, John Bauman fist saw the light of  day in 1861.  His boyhood and early manhood was spent in his native land and his advantages for an education were extremely limited.  He knew nothing but hard work, but the lessons of thrift and economy of his younger days served as a stepping stone to his success in later life.  When he reached the age of eighteen, he sailed from Harve, France, bound for America, to him the land of opportunity.  Upon his arrival at San Francisco, he worked for wages by careful saving and sacrifice, he was able to accumulate enough to go into business and for twelve years he was in business with his present partner Frank Marty in San Jose.  All the money they could save was invested in dairy cows until they now have forty milch cows on their ranch of 100 acres leased from Sam Martin.  From a very small beginning, Mr. Bauman has steadily climbed until he has become well-to-do and is highly respected in the community in which he lives, and is numbered among the successful diarymen of the country.  His native intelligence has made him a well-informed citizen and he can be counted upon to lend his aid in all measures for the advancement of his locality.  To such citizens as Mr. Bauman the community and the county are indebted for those sterling characteristics which encourage investment and general advancement.  He is public-spirited and active in public affairs.

Transcribed by Carolyn Feroben, from Eugene T. Sawyers' History of Santa Clara County,California,  published by Historic Record Co. , 1922. page 1361