A history of California and an extended history of Los Angeles and environs, Biographical, Volume II, Part 1

Author: Guinn, James Miller, 1834-1918
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Los Angeles : Historic Record Co.
Number of Pages: 652


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GENEALOGY COLLECTION


ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01103 5968


A HISTORY


OF


CALIFORNIA


AND AN EXTENDED HISTORY OF


LOS ANGELES AND ENVIRONS


BIOGRAPHICAL


VOLUME II


ILLUSTRATED


HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY LOS ANGELES, CAL. 1915


1


INDEX


1204189


PAGE


VOL.


PAGE


VOL.


A


Benton, Arthur B. 827


III


Abascal, Joaquin. 286


II


Bergin, Charles B .. 822


III


Adams, George B.


264


II Bergstrom, George E.


698


III


Allen, Matthew T. 159


880


III Bettis, Horace I. 686


III


Ambrose, Wiley V.


797


III Beveridge, Mrs. Daeida W. 458


II


Anderson, Charles B.


752


III


Beveridge, John L. 828


III


Anderson, Charles S.


449


II


Beveridge, Philo J. 829


III


Andrews, Josias J.


695


Beyrle, Andrew 377


II


Arnold, George L.


581


III


Bicknell, John D. 61


II


Arnold, Ralph. 738


III


Biggart, Thomas 608


III


Arnott, Willard.


686


III


Bisbee, Charles L 512


III


Austin, Aubrey E.


850


III


Bishop, Rufus F. 196


II


Averill, George E. 877


III


Bixby, Fred H.


539


III


Avery, William H 91


II


Bixby, John W


172


II


Ayers, Edward


85


II Bixby, Jotham 17


II


Bixby, Lewis H. 587


III


Blackstock, Nehemiah


30


II


Blanchard, James H. 246


II


Baker, Dona Arcadia 913


304


II Blondeau, Louis.


832


III


Baker, Milo A


305


II Bluett, William C. 139


II


Baldwin Park .678


III Blythe, James T. 462


II


Ball, William F.


198


II Boesch, Mrs. Frances


648


III


Bandini, Don Juan.


911


III


Bohnhoff, Charles W


740


III


Banning, James F.


293


II Boothe, Charles B.


701


III


Banning, Phineas


29


II Boquist, Charles V.


287


II


Bard, Cephas L. 84


II Bosbyshell, William 902


III


Barham, Guy B.


233


II


Bovard, George F. 251


II


Barker, Francis W.


844


III


Bowen, John M .. 746


III


Barnard, Edwin L. 600


III


Bowers, Harry C. 511


III


Barrow, Ireby


186


II


Bowers, Uriah R. 510


III


Bartle, John H. 274


II Boyle, Willis J. 899


III III


Beales, George F. 581


815


III B & F Ranch, The. 576


III


Behrendt, Caspare 124


II Braun, Frederick W 857


III


Behymer, Lynden E. 317


II Bridge, Norman, M.D 817


III


Bell, W. Lewis 547


III Briswalter, Andres 796


III


Bent, Arthur S. 517


III Brodtbeck, Otto. 306


II


Bent, Henry K. W. 37


II Brombacher, Julius 739


III


Bentley, Edward H. 117


II Brooks, James R. 714


III


B


III Bloeser, John.


158


II


Baker, Fred L


III


Bard, Thomas R. 468


II Bouton, General Edward. 914


III Brauer, Adolph K. 732


Beardsley, Volney S.


II Bettinger, Marcus C. 876


III


Allen, William H., Jr.


III


ii


INDEX


PAGE


VOL.


PAGE


VOL.


Brooks, Thomas 209


II


Cole, George W. 387


II


Brossmer, August 112


II


Cole, George W., Sr .. 382


II


Brown, Chester W. .614


III Colver, Capt. Frank B. 378


II


Brown, George T.


222


II Conaty, Bishop Thomas J. 903


III


Brown, Harrington


593


Brown, Thomas B.


297


II


Conner, James 808


III


Browne, Frank E.


227


II


Conradi, Simon 437


II


Bryson, Hugh W. 710


III


Cooper Brothers 257


II


Buley, Amos M .. 901


III


Cox, Harvey H


523


III


Burcham, Charles A. .558


III Cox, John R. 375


II


Burck, Lawrence B. 864


III Coyne, D. Joseph 862


III


Burkhart, Isaac. 889


III Craig, John 777


III


Burns, James F. 220


II


Craig, Mrs. R. L. 515


III


Burns, John. 303


C


Creighton, Telfair. 376


II


Carlson, Milton. 402


II


Curlett, William 363


II


Carter, Frederick W. 685


III


Cashin, John. 145


II


D


Cass, Alonzo B. 518


III


Cass, Bruce H. 819


III


Davis, Alonzo E. 151


II


Castera, John.


390


II


Davis, Charles Cassat. 656


III


Caswell, William M. 364


II


DeGarmo, Henry 100


II


Champion, Earl M. 740


III


De La Monte, J. H 704


III


Chandler, L. L .. 898


III


Deming, Ralph R. 851


ŢII


Chapman, Charles C. 563


III


Denman, Abram C., Jr 826


III


Chapman, Christopher C. 923


III


De Van, William S. 239


II


Chapman, Samuel J 707


III


Didier, Louis 605


III


Charnock, George


770


III


Dillon, Richard.


111


II


Chase, Frank W 599


III Dodd, Allen


864


III


Chauvin, Augustus C. 133


II


Dodson, A. McK.


930


III


Cheever, Edward A.


88


II Dol, Victor. 189


II


Cheney, William A. 394


II Dolland, John. 340


II


Church of the Blessed Sacrament 849


III


Donavan, James G. 831


III


Clampitt, Edward A. 887


III


Donegan, Daniel F. 443


II


Clapp, Albert A. 191


II Dorsey, Stephen W. 683


III


Clark, Eli P. .689


III Dorsey, Mrs. Susan M. 588


III


Clark, J. Ross.


904


III Double, Edward. 846


III


Clark, William V. 227


II Douglass, Frank M. 726


III


Clow, James H. 897


III Downie, William 276


II


Cochran, George I.


642


III Dozier, Melville 228


II


Coffman, Edgar R 288


II Drake, James C. 506


III


Coffman, Frank A. 872


III Ducommun, Charles A. 329


II


Cole, Charles E. 381


II Dupuy, Joseph P 837


III


II Crain, Mrs. Diadama L 660


III


Crawford, James S. 130


II


Crimmins, John. 369


II


Cadwallader, Austin S. 750


III


Cunningham, Daniel. 393


II


Campbell, George W., M. D. 146


II


Cunningham, Thomas J. 461


II


Chapman, Alfred B. 413


II


III Derocher Nurseries, Inc. 784


III


Chapman, Col. Frank M. 904


III Connell, Mrs. Madge H. 226


II


iii


INDEX


PAGE


VOL.


PAGE


VOL.


Durant, Edward M.


727


III


Gates, Lee C ... 632


III


Durfy, Peter T. 192


II


Gephard, George. 240


II


Getty, George F. 880


III


Gibbon, Thomas E. 545


III


Gibson, Frank A. 464


II


Earl, Edwin T. 887


III


Gilchrist, James D. 351


II


II Gilmer, John P., M. D 733


III


Ebinger, Lewis. 323


II


Girls' Collegiate School 571


III


Eddy, Col. J. W


584


III


Glass, Henry 868


III


Edgar, William F., M. D.


55


II


Glass, Rev. Joseph S. 516


III


Edwards, David K .. 281


II


Glassell, Andrew, Sr. 115


II


Eichenhofer, Frederick


.611


III


Godde, Ferdinand


411


II


Eichenhofer, Mrs. Rosa.


.611


Eisenmayer, Emil J.


737


III Golden State Plant and Floral Co. 758


III


III


Gordon, George B.


680


III


Electa Kennels.


763


III


Gordon, J. G., Jr.


852


III


Elftman, Owen E.


548


III


Graham, Dolland M


406


II


Elliott, John M.


19


I]


Grannis, Rollin W.


841


III


Ellis, H. Bert, M. D. 399


III


Greenbaum, Joseph 541


III


Engelhardt, A. E., M. D.


234


II


Greene, Charles G ..


548


III


II Greever, Vincent M 557


III


III


Grier, Arthur W. 734


III


Griffith, Alfred P ..


677


III


Griffith, George W. E.


542


III


Guasti, Secondo 202


II


Guinn, James M. 77


II


Fargo, Duane W


405


II


H


Haben Hospital 667


III


Haggarty, John J. 671


III


III Halstead, Willard G. 142


II


Frank, Herman W 419


ĮI Ham, George I 743


III


III Hammel, Henry 129


II


II


Haneman, Theodore H. 551


III


ĮI


Hanna, Rev. D. W. 183


II


Hanna, George 360


II


III Hanna, Ross.


282


II


Hannon, Patrick 141


II


Hardison, Edwin A. 856


III


Hardison, Wallace L.


474


II


II Harris, George A.


262


II


Galpin, Cromwell 401


II


Harris, Levi 348


II


Ganahl, Christian 215


II Harrison, Arthur M. 808


III


Gardner, I. W.


88


II Harvard School, The. 607


III


Garrett, Robert L 515


III Hatch, Hon. David P. 749


III


Gartling, George


358


II Haupt, Edward P. 894


III


Farish, Oscar E. 536


III


Fesler, Martin. .606


III


Flatau, Herman. 450


790


Francis, John H.


895


Franklin, Fleming 789


Freeman, Daniel


214


French, Loring W.


357


Friedricks, Henry A


665


III


Fulwider, George W. 588


G


Gaffey, John T. 432


Gallagher, Rev. H. P. 850


III


Harris, Leopold H.


371


II


Engelhardt, Henry D.


399


England, George C .. 798


Evans, Herbert J. 630


III


III Goestenkohrs, Joseph 330


II


Eisenmayer, George F


716


II Green, Elisha K. 345


II


Emery, Grenville C .. 565


F


II


Fothergill, Alexander B.


III


1


E


Eberle, Francis X.


327


iv


INDEX


PAGE


VOL.


PAGE


VOL.


Hauser, Julius 213


II


Jackson, Hon. Grant. 879


III


Hawe, Rev. Patrick.


370


II


II


Jaynes, James 417


II


Hayden, John A.


679


III


Jenison, John E. 346


II


Haynes, John R., M. D.


25


II


Jess, Stoddard 430


II


Hayward, Henderson, M. D. 659


III


Jewel City Undertaking Co., The 655


III


Hayward, William. 810


III


Johansen, Rudolph L 341


II


Healey, Charles T .. .


110


II


Johnson, Albert H. .665


III


Hellman, Herman W


219


II Johnson, Benjamin 450


I1


Hellman, Marco H.


157


II


Johnson, Ivan T. .649


III


Hewes, David


309


II


Johnson, William R. 680


III


Hewitt, Leslie R.


.636


III


Jones, Elmer E. 825


III


Hickox, Lory


788


III


Jones, John J. 463


II


Hildebrand, Charles


300


II


Jones, John P


388


II


Hiller, A. W., M. D.


771


III


Jones, Johnstone .617


III


Jordan, Joseph. 232


II


Hiller, Horace


423


II


Hillman, Roy P.


590


III


K


Hinckley, Alexis 751


743


III


Kellam, Edward A. 883


III


Kellam, Milton Y


869


III


Keller, Will E. .625


III


Holbrook, John F.


127


II


Kellerman, J. M.


539


III


Hollenbeck Home


878


III


Kennedy, Isaac. 464


II


Hollingsworth, C. L.


674


III


Kennedy, Karl K. 601


ȚII


Hollingsworth, W. I.


853


III


Kennedy, William H.


746


III


Holly Poultry Ranch


782


III


Kent, Charles S. 728


III


Holst, Charles C. F


339


II


King, Howard S.


685


III


Holton, George L.


480


II


Kinney, Abbot


121


II


Holtzclaw, John B. 839


III


Klein, Arthur M.


891


III


Hovey, Frank W. 696


III


Kleinpeter, Louis


769


III


Howard, Fred H.


863


III


Klokke, Ernst F. C.


629


III


Hoyt, Thomas J.


803


III


Koebig, Adolph H.


534


III


Hubbard, Henry C.


152


II


Koll, August J. .333


II


Hubbell, O. B.


692


III


Krempel, John P.


237


II


Hubbell, Stephen C. 35


II


Kressly, Paul E.


583


III


Hubert, Philip G.


623


III


Kubach, C. J


444


II


Hunter, David W.


470


II


Kuster, Edward G. 371


II


Hutchins, Francis S.


118


II


Hutton, Aurelius W


134


II


Hyatt, Mrs. Mary J.


801


III


Lacy, William 396


II


Lamb, William A.


881


III


Lambert, Elwood. 789


III


Irvin, Edward S.


745


III


Lambert, Reece S. 790


III


Ivins, James C. H. .582


III Landreth, Louis .626


III


III Johnson, George C. 354


II


Henry, William A.


Hiller, George 771


Hitchcock, Harry S.


186


II


Hoechlin, Carl C.


359


II


Holabird, William H.


892


Hawks, Emma L


288


Jarchow, Joachim H. F. 807


III


Hunsaker, William J.


837


III


Kuster, Charles E., M. D. 469


II


L


I


III


III


J


V


INDEX


PAGE


VOL.


PAGE


VOL.


Lankershim, James B.


106


II MacGowan, Granville, M. D. 402


II


Last, Gen. Carl F. A


834


III


Machado, Jose D. 216


II


Laughlin, Homer. 503


III


Mackerras, Robert H., M.D. 902


III


Leahy, Thomas.


335


II


Maechtlen, Jacob. 667


III


Letts, Arthur .891


III


Marble, John M. C. 854


III


Levy, Michael


419


II


Marsh, Norman F. 637


III


Lewis, Edward W.


715


III


Marsh, Robert


882


III


Lewis, Grayson.


809


III


Marshall, Edwin J.


844


III


Lewis, Willis O. 755


ŢII


Marshall, William F


462


II


Lickley, Ernest J.


595


III


Lindeman, H. J.


654


Lindley, Mary E.


393


II


Martin, William M.


594


III


Lindley, Milton


372


II Mason, Dean.


635


III


Lindley, S. K. 92


Lindley, Walter, M. D.


384


Lindsay, John A.


602


III


May, George W.


833


III


Little, D. P. N. 843


III


Mayberry, Edward L. 578


III


Lloyd, Edward. .417


II


Meade, John.


177


Lobingier, Andrew S. 761


III


Mellus, James J.


81



Locher, John J. 679


III


Melzer, Louis. 195


II


Lockwood, Jasper


479


II Mercereau, John D. 533


336


II


Lowe, William. 769


III


Mergell, William R. 252


II



Merritt, Lewis J.


927


III


ĮII Mesmer, Joseph


923


III


Luther, Daniel E. 884


ĮII


Metcalf, Simeon M. 190


ĮI


Michelsen, Julius.


358


IT


Michener, Park. 722


III


Millard, James H. 423


II


McArthur, John


231


McArthur, Mrs. Kate.


231


McCallum, Harry S. 816


Mines, Harry G .. 861


III


III Mines, William W. 619


III


McDonald, Mrs. Catherine. 178


II Mitchell, Alexander 602


III


McDonald, Mrs. Luella M.


244


Mockenhaupt, Robert J. 298


II


McDonald, Patrick J. 858


III Moffett, Thomas J.


237


II


McElheney, John F. 245


99


= Monlux, John B.


542


ŢII


McGaugh, Philip G.


.342


II Moreland, Watt L. .589


III


McKain, Edward.


636


III Morgan, Vincent 867


III


Mckellar, Daniel H. 130


II Morlan, Arthur F. 523


III


McKevett, Charles H. 874


III Mott, Thomas D. 62


II


McLachlan. Hon. James 836


III Mulford, Shobal P. 763


McLeod, John M. 821


III Mulholland. William 432


II


McMillan, Joseph. 859


III Mullen, Andrew. 521


III


McNutt, Cyrus F. 725


III Mullen, Arthur B. 824


III


MacDonald, J. Wiseman. 866


III Munn, Relly G. 720


III


M


McAllister, James P. .690


Mills, Edward L. 630


III


II Millspaugh, Jesse F. 534


III


Il Milner & Lindeman 654


III


McClure, John. 613


II Mohr, Richard J., M. D.


407


=


McGarry, D. M.


McGarvin, Robert.


257


II Monnette, Orra E. 830


842


ĮII


III Martin, Albert C.


II Mason, Orson H. .352


II


II Matthews, Robert D. 782


III


III


Lott, Mrs. Melvina A. 157


II Meredith, Reuben A.


Luhring, Ferdinand C. .341


Lusk, Hon. Robert M. 553


905


Lee, Bradner W


vi


INDEX


PAGE


VOL.


PAGE


VOL.


Murray, T. W.


.654


III


Pourroy, Eugene


552


III


Myers, Orville. 353


II


Powell, Thomas, M. D.


860


III


Powers, P. W.


756


III


Pulliam, Claud O.


577


III


Pupka, Martin 208


II


Nadeau, George A 153


II


Neidig, Emma R. 540


III


Newmark, Harris 163


II


Q


Niederer, Jacob


848


III


Northam, Leotia K.


879


III


Quillian, C. Fletcher.


887


III


Northup, E. D.


.668


III


Quint, Sumner J., M. D. 522


III


Norton, Albert M.


329


II


R


O'Connor, Patrick J.


835


III


O'Melveny, Henry W.


II


Radford, Joseph D. 839


III


O'Sullivan. John


306


II


Ralphs, George A 201


II


Occidental Poultry Farm 758


III


Reavis, Walter S. 64


ŢI


Off, Charles F.


328


II


Redpath, Frederick H. 795


III


Oliver, William E


536


III


Reed, Boardman, M. D. 775


III


Olmsted, H. A.


898


III


Rees, Samuel. 103


II


Olsen, A. C .. 713


III


Reilly, George W. 721


III


Orcutt, William W .. 900


III


Remick, Gen. David. 207


II


Orme, Henry S., M. D.


57


II


Renwick, George 721


III


Ormsby, Edwin S. 900


III


Rheinschild, George 147


II


Rich, James. 608


III


Richardson, George S .. .847


III


Richardson, William C. B. 109


II


Page, Benjamin E. 572


III


Riley, Levi W. 354


II


Page, Samuel L.


127


II


Rindge, Frederick H 268


II


Parmelee, Charles A.


418


II


Rivera State Bank 595


III


Pascoe, Thomas. 429


II Rivers, Ernest B. 324


II


Patton, George S. 509


III


Roberts, Wesley 198


II


Pease, Niles


93


II


Robey, William L. 745


III


Peebles, James M.


527


III


Robinsnest Poultry Ranch. 764


III


Pegler, John C.


.672


III


Roby, John B.


720


III


Pepper, Enoch 225


II


Roche, John D. 734


III


Perkins, Albert A. .890


III


Rogers, Ralph. 282


II


Perry, William H. 51


II


Rollins, Warren E. 517


III


Petermichel, Joseph J. 897


III


Root, Mrs. W. D. 853


III


Pike, George H. 479


II Rose, Henry H. 873


ĮII


Pike, J. C. 757


TII


Roseberry, Louis H. 820


III


Plummer, John L. 185


II Ross, Mrs. Ida Hancock 97


II


Polkinghorn, William A 731


III Roth, August 867


III


Pomeroy, Abram E. 249


II Roth, Edmund D. 299


II


Pomeroy, Charles W. 250


II Rowan, George D. 473


II


Pottenger, Francis M., M. D. 559


ŢII Rowan, Robert A. 703


III


Potter, Alonzo C. 243


II Russell & Murray Poultry Ranch. .654


III


Overell, Joseph M 719


III


P


Riedeman, John H. 582


III


408


N


vii


INDEX


PAGE


VOL.


PAGE


VOL.


Snyder, Meredith P


921


Somers, William F.


191


II


Sabichi, Frank


169


II


Sory, Walter G.


262


=


Sackett, Horace D.


835


III


Spence, Jay.


510


III


Sandefur, Allan 190


II


Spires, Joseph H. 435


II


Santa Monica Bay Catholic Parishes


Stamps, Charles F., Jr.


569


III


and Institutions 370


II


Sargent, Edwin W. 23


II


Stanton, LeRoy H.


. 623


III II


Savage, George M.


635


III


State Normal School.


534


III


Scarborough, William B.


258


II


Stearns, Don Abel. 913


III


Schaefer, John G.


641


III


Stearns, E. Roger 524


III


Schilling, John. .601


III


Stearns, Frank L 376


=


Schlegel, Leonard. 478


II


Steere, Robert. 929


III


Schloesser, Alfred G. R., M. D. 814


III


Stephens, Albert M 395


II


Schmidt, Edward B. 255


=


Stevens, Will P. 744


III


Schoder, Joseph. 477


II


Stewart, Lyman 442


II


Schofield, Maurice A. 661


III


Stick, John C. 813


III


Scholl, John T., M. D.


.261


II


Stith, Frederick W 638


III II


Schumacher, Paul 733


III


Stone, Jack L.


589


III


Schwarz, Louis.


874


III


Scott, John.


351


II


Scott, Joseph.


504


III


Scott, William B.


625


III


Summers, Mrs. Emma A. 275


II


Sepulveda, Ygnacio.


76


II


Sharp, Charles H.


851


III


T


Taggart, J. W 279


II


Thom, Cameron E .. 44


II


Thomas, John M. 447


II


Shoup, Paul


709


III


Thomas, Owen E. 596


III


Shuler, Eli W. 870


III


Thompson, Frederick 461


II


Shultis, Duane J.


803


III


Thompson, Newton W.


87


II


Sierra Paper Co. 898


III Thompson, Thomas 83


II


Silent, Hon. Charles 456


II Thorpe, Spencer R .. 926


III


Silver, Herman 65


II Throop College of Technology 772


III


Slaughter, Thomas C.


841


III


Tieskoetter, Frank H. 595


III


Slauson, Jonathan S.


31


II Tifal, G. R. .644


III


Slosson, Charles E .. 653


III


Toll, Charles H. 366


=


Smith, Andrew M. 147


II


Torrance, Lewis C.


863


III


Smith, D. Cornelius 666


III Townsend, Stephen 932


III


Smith, Samuel J.


328


II Trask, Walter J. 506


JII


Smith, Sidney. 849


III Tripp, James S. 673


III


Smith. Thomas A.


.813


III True, George A. 713


III


)


.


Schuyler, James D.


647


III


Stowell, Nathan W


291


II


Stratton, Charles E. .650


III


Sullivan, Dennis. 441


II


Sharp, Robert 180


II


Shekels, Noah C.


.781


III


Sherman, Moses H.


893


III


Shields, Henry K. 787


III


Shorb, Andrew S., M. D. 43


II


Stetson, Franklin F. 406


II


Schmidt. Gottfried L 159


Schumacher, John. 285


II


Stoll, E. Robert.


365


III


Sartori, Joseph F.


697


III


Starr, Joseph L.


448


St. Vincent's Church S


.516


III


Stanton, Erastus J. .619


Story, Walter P. 896


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INDEX


PAGE


VOL.


PAGE


VOL.


U


Wernigk, Eduard, M. D. 256


II


Weyse, Henry G .. 426


II


Union Oil Company of California .... 436


II


White, Ephraim E.


455


II


White, Dr. Clarence H. 934


III


V


Whitsett, W. P. 560


III


Wigdal, O. J. 86


II


Valla, Antonio. 91


II


Wiggins, Frank. 94


II


Van Ness, Henry. 631


III


Wiley, Edwin H.


722


III


Vawter, Williamson D. 868


III


Wilkins Poultry Yards


783


III


Vermilion, Artemisia S. 840


III Williams, Henry S.


420


II


Vesper, Charles R. 781


III Willis, Frank R. 412


II


Vestal & Hubbell. .692


III


Wills, John A. .930


III


Von Hofgaarden, Hans


.662


III


Wilson, Atlas L. 467


49


II


III Wilson, E. C.


727


III


Winter, Leopold


166


II


Wintroath. John A.


852


III


Wirsching. Robert E.


267


II


Withey, Henry F. 752


III


Wackerbarth, August 82


II


Wolfskill, Joseph W.


107


II


Wade, Robert D.


139


II


Wolfskill, Milton.


24


II


Walker, Frank.


473


II


Wood, Preston K. 365


II


Wardall, Thomas


334


Warner, Dennis A.


865


III


Worden, Perry.


599


III


Warren, James G.


575


III


Workman, William H


79


II


Washburn, William J


862


III Works. John D.


425


II


Watkins, Edward L


294


II


Works, Lewis R.


643


III


Watson, Thomas W.


871


III


Wright, Edward T.


171


II


Weaver, C. B. 716


III Wright, Francis M.


148


II


Weaver, Charles G. 776


III Wright, George. 273


II


Webster, Daniel.


570


III Young, Robert B.


183


II


Wegener, Capt. Gustav P.


347


II Young, William S. 878


III


Weid, Ivar A. 263


II Young Men's Christian Association. .. .884


III


II


Vosburgh, J. J.


559


III


Wilson, Benjamin D.


Votaw, E. J ..


888


W


II Woods, William W. 828


III


Whitaker, Alonzo 210


II


Lothar Bixby


JOTHAM BIXBY


When Jotham Bixby, the subject of this re- view, just turned twenty-one, set sail from Boston, March 1, 1852, aboard the clipper Samuel Appleton, Captain Doane, bound for a voyage of one hundred and fifty days around the Horn for San Francisco, it was doubtless because a certain adventurous fire was still steadily burning in his veins unquenched from that which prompted his emigrant ancestor, Joseph of that name, to come over from Eng- land in the early years of discovery and clear a farm in the virgin forests of Massachusetts, and which, a little later, while this splendid mother of colonies in the first flush of her early matronhood as a commonwealth was busily en- gaged in bringing forth, suckling, weaning and sending out to the frontier so many others of her sturdy offspring, impelled the sons and grandsons of that emigrant to themselves blithely and bravely cut loose from parental ties and as they became of age set their faces resolutely in the direction of more room. Thus it happens that we find many apparently unre- lated families of this name, which is a rather odd one, widely scattered over the continent, from New England, New York and Missouri to Indian Territory, California and Manitoba, all sprung from men who were pioneers of their own particular region and beyond doubt all tracing to a common origin in this single Puri- tan ancestor.


The branch of the family now in question settled in Maine toward the end of the eighteenth century on the banks of the Ken- nebec river, then an outpost of civilization. Here, in the second generation, one of the sons, Amasa, married Fanny Weston, granddaugh- ter of Joseph Weston, one of the most active and capable of the pioneer settlers who in the first year of the war of the Revolution volun- teered as a woodsman guide to accompany the ill-fated expedition of Benedict Arnold through the pathless forests of Maine against Quebec and lost his life in the patriotic discharge of that service.


Under this family rooftree in Maine were reared to maturity eight sons and two daugh- ters, all of whom sooner or later removed to California, and of whom Jotham and his older brother, Marcellus, who came out together around Cape Horn, are now, fifty-five years later, the only survivors.


These two brothers went at once to the mines, and for several years followed the washı- ing of gold with varying but rather indifferent success. Here, through the exercise of that thrift and frugality which had been instilled into them in a home where principle and char- acter and common sense constituted the ani- mating spirit rather than more idle catchwords of daily life, they managed to save a few thou- sand dollars, which they first invested in a small mountain farm supplying produce to the mines.


Later on, having sold this, they invested in a flock of about one thousand sheep, which were then valued at about $6 a head. During the years of drought of 1863 and 1864 these flocks, which in the meantime had materially increased in numbers, were maintained with great difficulty by the partners on free gov- ernment range in the foothills and mountains of San Luis Obispo county. If the crop of acorns in the latter year had not proved ex- ceptionally abundant they would probably have lost everything, but through this providential circumstance and their own untiring efforts, living with their sheep as did the patriarchs of old, they saved most of them.


About this time the half interest of Mar- cellus in the sheep business was bought by the firm of Flint, Bixby & Co., composed of another brother, Llewellyn, who was the first of the family to come to California, and two cousins, Benjamin and Thomas Flint. This firm was already well established and doing business on an extensive scale, and through them the new firm of J. Bixby & Co., then formed with Jotham Bixby as half owner and managing partner, was enabled to buy lands in Southern California and abandon the at best


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uncertain practice of grazing on the free ranges.


As an indication of the wildness and inac- cessibility of Los Angeles county at this time, as late as 1866, it may be mentioned without impropriety that one of the chief impelling motives which induced the elder brother to sell out his half interest to the wealthier firm, whose members indeed did not have to live here, was the fact that he dreaded to bring his family into so rough and distant a region, as it was then viewed even in the not over-thickly set- tled districts of Central California.


Rancho Los Cerritos was purchased by J. Bixby & Co., in 1866, from John Temple, a well-known trader and land holder who had come to this coast also, as it happened, from Massachusetts long prior to the Mexican war, and who died in San Francisco soon after making this sale, his widow, who was a daugh- ter of one of the old established Spanish famil- ies, thereupon removing with her daughter and son-in-law to Paris, never to return to the Pa- cific coast.


The great drought above referred to had all but exterminated the formerly extensive herds of cattle throughout Southern California, the country being of course entirely without trans- portation facilities, and as these cattle ranges were now lying idle and unproductive of any revenue to their owners they were held at what at the present day seems an absurdly low value. Los Cerritos, which contained twenty-seven thousand acres of the best grazing lands in the Los Angeles valley. embracing the present flourishing farming districts of Clearwater, Hynes and Llewellyn, and the townsites of Los Cerritos and Long Beach, was bought for $20,000 and paid for out of the first two clips of wool sold by the new owners.


From this time dates an era of steady progress. The close of the Civil war sent hitherward many homeseekers, out of both dis- banded armies, farming settlements were started in some of the choice alluvial lands of the San Gabriel and other irrigable valleys of the county, and many of the larger grants which had hitherto been used for grazing alone were opened for settlement, their owners being tempted to part with portions of their holdings through advancing values. The first sales from Los Cerritos were made along the northern boundary contiguous to the colony of Downey.


Then followed fourteen hundred acres to the Wilmington Colony, and later in 1884 six thou- sand acres off the north to the California Co- operative Colony, and four thousand acres on the ocean side called the American Colony tract. Here is now situated the city of Long Beach, whose growth has appeared as a marvel of these latter years of improved electric trans- portation, but is, after all, only the natural out- come of her peculiarly favored situation upon gently sloping hills fronting the most attractive of sea beaches, while, moreover, she is no doubt destined to reap high benefits from improve- ments now in process in the harbor of San Pedro, a large part of which lies within her corporate borders. More recent sales from this rancho embrace one of seven thousand acres to Senator Clark of Montana, and one of a thou- sand acres to Mr. Skinner and others of Florida, all of which make up one of the richest and most productive bodies of farming land in the New River district. Mr. Bixby still retains person- ally some thirty-five hundred acres of the rancho surrounding the original adobe ranch house, built and first occupied by Mr. Temple, where he made his own home for so many years, and to this he devotes much of his time in the personal direction of operations in dairy farming and the growing of barley and alfalfa, never having lost a primary interest in the live stock and farming business.




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