ALLEN W. ETTER junior member of the firm of Klemmer & Etter, wholesale and retail dealers in flour, feed, grain and hay, was born in Nova Scotia, May 14, 1854.  His parents, James and Eliza Ann (McKean) Etter, were both natives of Nova Scotia.  Their ancestors were from Holland.  Allen W. is the eighth of their eleven children, nine of whom are living.  He was reared in his native place, educated in the common schools and learned the trade of wagon-maker.  He worked at his trade there until he was twenty-four years of age, when he came to California and located in Princeton, Colusa County.  There he remained four years, working at his trade.  In 1886 he came to Redding and formed a partnership with Mr. Klemmer.  They are enterprising men and are doing a fine business.

            In politics Mr. Etter is a liberal Democrat.  He is a member of the I.O.O.F.,a nd has passed all the chairs of the order several times.

Source: Memorial & Biographical History of Northern California, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1891
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler