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Peter Munjar

Birth	:	22 Jan 1858 Tooele County, Utah, USA
Death	:	25 Jul 1940 Chico, Butte County, California, USA
Burial	:	Barbourville Cemetery, Barbourville, Knox County, USA
Coordinate	:	36.8560982, -83.8739014
Description	:	PETER MUNJAR.—In the upbuilding of Chico and vicinity, no one class of men has figured more conspicuously than the farmers and stockmen, and among these successful farmers Peter Munjar stands forth prominently. The family originally came from France to the United States. The grandfather, William Munjar, was a native of Maryland and served in the War of 1812; he settled in Ohio, where his son Thomas, the father of Peter Munjar, was born, and he afterward lived in Indiana, Iowa, Missouri and Utah, arriving in the latter state in an ox-team train in the early fifties, coming from... Read More	PETER MUNJAR.—In the upbuilding of Chico and vicinity, no one class of men has figured more conspicuously than the farmers and stockmen, and among these successful farmers Peter Munjar stands forth prominently. The family originally came from France to the United States. The grandfather, William Munjar, was a native of Maryland and served in the War of 1812; he settled in Ohio, where his son Thomas, the father of Peter Munjar, was born, and he afterward lived in Indiana, Iowa, Missouri and Utah, arriving in the latter state in an ox-team train in the early fifties, coming from the latter place to Butte County, Cal., in 1866, and settling on Rock Creek. He then went to eastern Oregon and engaged in stock-raising, and there he died. In early days, the father, Thomas Munjar, came to Utah, where for a few years he was a stockman, but in the fall of 1861 he crossed the mountains, with mules in an ox-team train, coming to Butte County, Cal., where he engaged in teaming and freighting. In 1871 he located the present place as a homestead and began farming and raising stock on his three hundred twenty acres. He died in May, 1898, at the age of seventy-three. His wife, Lydia (Moon) Munjar, was a native of England. She was married twice before she married Mr. Munjar. After the death of her first husband, John Clayton, she married James Clayton, his brother, by whom she had two children, one of whom, Hiram J., is living and is a resident of Chico. She married Thomas Munjar in Utah and six children were the result of this marriage, four of whom survive. Thomas, now living in San Jose; Mary, Mrs. Ashmore of San Francisco; Peter; and Albina, now Mrs. Mullen, residing near the old home. The mother died in January, 1908, at the age of seventy-one. Peter Munjar was born in Tooele County, Utah, January 22, 1858, and came with his parents when a child of three years to Butte County, Cal., where he was brought up on the farm, learning the business in all its branches. Later he hauled lumber from Chapman's mill to Chico, and then was in the dairy and stock business for a season, and also engaged in farming. He afterwards returned home and, with his brother, Thomas, operated the home place until the father died, after which he and Thomas bought the others out and continued in business together for many years. They rented eleven hundred acres, part of the Stanford grain ranch, harvesting with a combined harvester. Finally the brothers gave up the lease, divided the farm and dissolved partnership, Peter taking one hundred sixty acres of the old place and continuing alone. He later bought eighty acres adjoining his land and now has two hundred forty acres. He also leases four hundred eighty acres of land and raises grain and stock. Mr. Munjar was married in Oroville, January 6, 1908, to Helen Mary Officer, a native of Oregon, born in Dayville, Grant County, and a daughter of Eli and Martha (Howard) Officer, the former born in Jackson County, Mo., and the latter in Oregon. Mr. Officer crossed the plains over the old Oregon trail in pioneer days and fought Indians during the war with the Red Men in Oregon. Grandfather Howard also came across the plains and was one of the pioneers of Oregon. Mrs. Munjar was reared in Grant County and there was married to Edward Sheffield, by whom she had two children; LeRoy C., who is serving in Battery E, Seventeenth Field Artillery, in France; and Percy H., who is in Baker City, Oregon. For some years Mr. Munjar served as a trustee of the Antelope school district, the same district where he attended when a lad. In politics he supports the candidates of the Republican party. Source: "History of Butte County, Cal.," by George C. Mansfield, Pages 918-921, Historic Record Co, Los Angeles, CA, 1918.

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Where is Peter Munjar's memorial?
Peter Munjar's memorial is located at: Barbourville Cemetery, Barbourville, Knox County, USA.
When did Peter Munjar death?
Peter Munjar death on 25 Jul 1940 in Chico, Butte County, California, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Peter Munjar's memorial?
Latitude: 36.8560982
Longitude: -83.8739014

Family Members:

Parent

Thomas LaFlesh Munjar

(1825 - 1898)

Lydia Ann Moon Munjar

(1826 - 1897)

Spouse

Helen Mary Officer Munjar

(1866 - 1943)

Siblings

Arabella Lydia Munjar DeGuire

(1859 - 1885)

Isadore Albina Munjar Campbell

(1862 - 1942)

Hiram James Clayton

(1846 - 1928)

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