Histories

History of Sutter County, California, 1879

STEPHEN BOKMANN

BOKMANN, Stephen, farmer; P.O. Live Oak; lives on section 35, township16 north, range 2 east; owns 360 acres; was born in Prussia, August 2, 1828; when 22 years of age he emigrated to the United States, landing at New Orleans, December 26, 1851, remaining there only a short time, when he removed to Osage county, Missouri, living there until 1854; in April of that year he started across the plains, arriving in the fall; the following winter he spent in Nevada county, removing from there to Enterprise, Butte county; he remained there until September 1856, when he removed to Sutter county, where he has since lived. He has been engaged in mining, farming and stock raising since coming to this State. Married September 27, 1858 to Sophy Rieniets, who was born in the Dukedom of Oldenburg, in 1825; they have two children - Carl T. H. Rieniets, 21 year of age, and Benedict, 19 years of age.

History of Sutter County, California, With Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery Residences, Public Buildings, Fine Blocks and Manufactories From Original Sketches by Artists of the Highest Quality, Oakland, Cal., Thompson & West, 1879.