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Mr. Bauman lost his first wife in 1875. in 1876 marrying Miss Hulda Richter. The following named children were born to Mr. Bauman: Amelia. the wife of Fred Burden, of Sonora: Emma. the wife of Lee Edmondson: Anna, the wife of Carl Duchow: Cenobia, the wife of J. D. Baring: and George.
In his political belief Mr. Battman is a Democrat, although he considers more the man than the party in local matters. For fifteen years he filled the office of town trustee and the affairs were managed in the most economical and efficient manner.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Batman is a most comfortable one, and he possesses the respect of all of his neighbors. He has shown in his own life the value of industry combined with economy, and is esteemed for it.
HOSEA G. ALLEN.
The state of New York has contributed to California an element of its citizenship, which from the pioneer days to the present time has been valuable because it has been progressive, prosperous and law-abiding. One of the old New Yorkers, of San Andreas, Calaveras county, is Hosea G. Allen, who was born in Orleans county. New York, April 7, 1836, a son of Isaac and Maryetta (King) Allen. Mr. Allen comes of French and English ancestors. Early Allens of his line settled in Maine and his great-grandfather .Allen fought for American independence in the Revolutionary war, as did also his great-grandfather King, and he is of Revolutionary stock in both lines
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of descent. His father was born in Maine and his mother was a daughter of William King, of French ancestry, who settled early in the state of New York. Isaac .Allen was a farmer and school-teacher, a man of excellent char- acter, who lived industriously and usefully and died in his forty-fifth year. Ilis wife died in her fifty-first year. Of their eight children, four are now living, two of them in Calaveras county, California. One of the latter. William D., came to the state in 1852, and lives at Vallicita, Calaveras county. At the time of his father's death Mr. Allen was eight years old, and he was fully orphaned by the death of his mother not many years afterward.
After acquiring such education as was available to him in his native county. Mr. Allen at the age of fourteen began to earn his own living, and his first employment was as a clerk in a general store at twelve dollars a month. April 5. 1853. bound for California, he sailed from New York on the Star of the West. He came by way of the isthmus of Panama and fell a victim to Panama fever and had to be carried ashore at San Francisco. He soon recovered his strength, however, and went to Sacramento city and thence to Placerville in quest of his brother William, who had come out the year before. At White Rock he became ill of typhoid fever, and, being without money, might have seen hard times had he not been stopping with a man who had lived near his father in New York state and had known him well. When he became strong enough to do light work he began clerking in a store at five dollars a day and soon saved a little money, but when he had paid his debt to the man who had taken care of him he had but seven dollars and fifty cents left. With that sum in his pocket he started on foot to San Andreas, where he had been told his brother was, and he was so anxious to see him again that he covered forty-three miles in his first day's walk. He stopped over night at Jackson, where one Allen, who kept the local hotel, claimed relationship to him.
At San Andreas he found his brother in the hotel business, in partner- ship with a man named Sykes. He soon engaged in mining and met with varying success, but was prosperous in a modest way, managing to secure considerable gold, and remembers that he once got a hundred and ten dollars out of a single pan of dirt. He became a stockholder in the Union Water Company's ditch, and in 1857 was in charge of the lower end of it. In 1858 he was one of a party that made a fruitless journey to Fraser river, British Columbia. He returned by way of Vancouver and was glad to resume work in his old claim at the head of Wallace Gulch, where he had taken out about an average of twenty dollars a day, but during the first week he and another man got only fifteen dollars each, and during the following week only ten dollars each, and he gave up mining and attended to the ditch, sold water and made collections until. in 1860, with two partners, he opened a liquor store at San Andreas, his interest in which he sold in 1862, and bought a farm and engaged in raising fruit and vegetables in Salt Spring Valley, where he remained six years and made the first wine ever produced in Calaveras county. which he sold at two dollars and fifty cents a gallon. At the expiration of that time he returned to San Andreas, and with C. M. Whitlock as a partner
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turned his attention to general merchandising. After he was appointed post- master by President Johnson he sold his interest in the store to E. C. Rowarth and gave his attention to the duties of the office, which he held through all administrations until 1892. During this period he was the local manager for the Western Union Telegraph Company and gained a reputation as an expert telegrapher ; and he also conducted an insurance agency. For two terms he filled the offices of administrator and coroner for Calaveras county and he was for six years one of the trustees of the public schools of San Andreas, and in that capacity was active in building the fine schoolhouse which adorns the town.
Long a Republican, he has during recent years been independent in poli- tics, and he has for thirty-eight years been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He owns a pleasant cottage home on one of the hills of San Andreas and has considerable other town property, besides an interest in the Albion mine on Table mountain, a gravel mine which is considered valuable.
Mr. Allen was married, in 1871, to Miss Lucy McDuffee, a native of Rochester, New Hampshire, and a daughter of John McDuffee, and she has borne him six children. Sadie B. is a telegraph operator in San Francisco. James B. and Louisa are twins, the latter is now Mrs. C. T. Toon and lives at San Andreas; and her brother is a miner. Hosea G., Jr., is engaged in mining. Maud S. is a member of her father's household, and John has gone to Cape Nome. Mrs. Allen is a member of the Congregational church.
GEORGE F. MACK.
In the educational interests of central California George Franklin Mack, principal of the schools of Ione, occupies a position of distinction. Since 1850 he has been a resident of California, being brought to this state when a child of four years. He was born in St. Charles, Illinois, on the 15th of November, 1845, and is of Scotch and Irish descent. His father, Jonathan L. Mack, was born in New Hampshire, where the paternal grandfather of our subject located in 1776, the year in which the independence of the nation was declared. The father married Miss Mary Randall, also a native of the old Granite state, and in 1850 they crossed the plains to California, the father acting as the commander of a company of men who protected the emigrant train from the Indians. Three months passed ere the journey was completed. They had resided in Illinois prior to their removal to California, and from that state made their way to the Pacific slope, journeying directly westward to Hangtown, now Placerville, where the father engaged in the operation of a sawmill and in mining. There he remained for about twelve years, and on the expiration of that time he went to Yolo county, where he carried on agricultural pursuits ; but his land formed a part of a grant the title to which was defective, and he was obliged to locate elsewhere. He then crossed the mountains to Virginia City in search of a location, and his family never heard from him afterward. His wife died in Placerville in 1894. in her seventieth
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year. She had been a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church from her girlhood and was an exemplary Christian woman. Iler two daugh- ters died in infancy and Professor Mack is now the only survivor of the family.
He was educated in the public schools of California, in Hesperian Uni- versity and the academy at Healdsburg. Since that time his attention has been devoted to educational labors, in which profession he is successful and enthusiastic. He has been employed as a teacher in Eldorado, Nevada and Amador counties, and his labors have been attended with excellent results, being very effective in promoting the educational standard of the state.
In 1874 Professor Mack was united in marriage to Miss Gilla A. Miller. a native of Eldorado county and a daughter of David Miller, a respected pioneer of the state. Their marriage has been blessed with six daughters and four sons, namely: William H .. George F., Mary .A., Gilla A., Agnes 31 .. Robert L., Daniel M., Gertrude, Laura U. and Ethel Ione. The mother is a consistent member of the Methodist church and a most estimable lady.
Professor Mack cast his first presidential vote for the renowned soldier. General Grant, and has since continued in the ranks of the Republican party. In 1886 he was elected county superintendent of schools of Amador county, and filled the position so satisfactorily that he was continued in the office for three successive terms. He has since been the principal of the schools. of Ione, and under his management they have taken high rank, being a credit alike to the city and to the superintendent. Professor Mack is a Knight Templar Mason, having become a member of the order in Eldorado Lodge, No. 26. F. & A. M .. in 1868; and he has served as its master. He is also a valued member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having passed all of the chairs in both branches of that fraternity. He likewise holds membership in the Foresters and Chosen Friends, and is a member of St. Matthews Mission, an Episcopal church of Ione. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mack have a wide acquaintance in the county and enjoy the high regard of many friends. Their own home is noted for its generous hospitality and its social functions are pleasant events in Ione.
JACOB NEWMAN.
Jacob Newman, who is engaged in general merchandising at Ione, came to California in 1861. and has witnessed the great changes which have been wrought in the intervening years. A native of Germany, he was born Decem- hier 22, 1845. and in the fatherland acquired his education. He was only sixteen years of age when he arrived in California. He landed in New York ยท11 the 22d of June. 1860, coming to this country a poor boy, with but little knowledge of the English language, yet possessed of strong determination. integrity and energy, qualities which always command respect and insure Antecess. For six years he engaged in clerking for his brother George.
In 1864 he bec ime a resident of Virginia City, California, and worked whatever employment was offered that would yield him an honest living.
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He made three hundred dollars per month for four months and was then taken ill, after which he returned to Sutter Creek. When he had sufficiently recovered he engaged in peddling, selling goods all over the county. In this manner he became widely acquainted with the early settlers and later he entered into partnership with Morris Brinn, with whom he continued for three years. On the expiration of that period he came to Ione, and the firm of Newman & Brother was established. Subsequently they opened a store in Jackson under the firm name of L. Newman & Company. The partner- ship was dissolved in 1888, and our subject continued as the owner and man- ager of the business in Ione. In 1893 Mr. Bagley was taken into the firm and the business has since been carried on under the style of Newman & Bagley.
In his commercial efforts our subject has met with very gratifying suc- cess and is recognized as an active and capable business man who has built up a large trade. He carries an extensive stock of general merchandise, such as is in demand by the general trade, and his reasonable prices, uniform courtesy and honorable dealing have secured him a liberal patronage. For twenty-seven years he has been connected with the mercantile interests in Ione, where he is widely recognized as an influential and progressive repre- sentative of the commercial activity of the town.
In 1885 Mr. Newman was united in marriage to Miss Mary Emanuel, a rative of San Francisco and a daughter of Isaac Emanuel, of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Newman are members of the Hebrew church. He was made a Master Mason in Ione Lodge, No. 80, F. & A. M., in 1875, and since 1867 has held membership relations with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having passed all the chairs in both the subordinate lodge and the encamp- ment. He has also served as a representative of both branches of that order in the grand lodge. He is likewise a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Foresters. In politics he is a Democrat, but the honors and emoluments of public office have had no attraction for him. He is a man of much force of character and strong individuality and his pleasant social manner has won him a host of warm friends.
GIROLAMO TISCORNIA.
Leading business interests in various parts of the United States are in the hands of progressive and enterprising Italians, and this is no less true of California than of other portions of our great and growing country. One of the most prominent merchants of San Andreas, Calaveras county, is the son of Italy whose name is mentioned above who was born September 12. 1844, and has been a Californian since 1862. In his native country his people were farmers. After gaining an education in Europe. he borrowed money with which to come to America, and at the age of eighteen came direct to Calaveras county, where one of his cousins had located some time before. He began mining on Calaveras creek, and in six years paid off his indebtedness and had sufficient capital with which to establish himself as a
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merchant at San Andreas. His good business methods and excellent man- agement of his affairs commended him to the public, and he has built up a large trade and carries one of the largest stocks of general merchandise in the town, and is reputed to be one of the wealthy men of Calaveras county. His stock of goods, valued at twenty-five thousand dollars, is housed in a large double store and in three other store-houses. He has never given up his interest in mining and now owns valuable mining properties, besides two thousand acres of ranch land and considerable city property in San Francisco.
Mr. Tiscornia is a Republican, and while he is not an office-seeker he is influential in the councils of his party. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was married, in 1880, to Miss Engenia Raggio, a native of Calaveras county, and they have five children: Chester J., born May 2. 1881: Frank Elmer. September 20, 1882; Adolphus A., July 21. 1884: James W., November 16, 1885: and Waldo V., March 25, 1892. Two of his sons assist Mr. Tiscornia in his store and give promise of becoming successful business men. The Tiscornias have an attractive home at San Andreas and their standing in the community is very high.
Paulo Tiscornia, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Italy about 1768, and died at the advanced age of eighty-five years. He followed farm- ing throughout his life and was a very good man. He had six children. Joseph Tiscornia, the father of our subject, was born in Italy in May, 1808. He also was a farmer and a very good and respected citizen. His good wife, whom he married in 1837, and whose maiden name was Paula Daneri, was born in Italy in 1817 and died .August 7. 1890. Their minion was blessed with nine children, seven of whom are now living. He died in 1891. in his eighty-third year.
JOHN SHERMAN CADY.
One of the prominent old settlers of Sonora, Tuolumne county. California, who enjoys the esteem and respect of the community, is John Sherman Cady. the subject of this sketch. He was born in Berkshire county, Massachusetts, February 19, 1826, of old English ancestry who settled in New England, at Wethersfield, Connecticut, in 1832. Eleazar Cady, the grandfather of our subject, was an officer in the Revolutionary war, in one of the battles being the general in command. He died in Hinsdale, at the age of eighty-four years, having been a devoted member of the Baptist denomination. His son Daniel Cady, was the father of our subject and was born in Dalton, Massa chusetts. October 10. 1796. lle married Miss Elizabeth Raymond, also a native of the Bay state, and a daughter of Daniel Raymond, a Revolutionary soldier who fought in the battle of Bunker Hill.
In 1860 Daniel Cady removed with his family to Wisconsin, where he became a well known and respected citizen, living an industrious life and dying at the age of eighty, having long been a member of the Baptist church. Ile had been a soldier in the war of 1812 15. Mrs. Cady lived until she was seventy-six years old. They had six children, only two of whom sir-
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vive, Mr. Cady's oldest brother being a resident of Wisconsin, where he is now living ( 1900), at the advanced age of seventy-nine years.
Our subject was educated in his native town, where he received a good common-school education. When prepared to make a visit to California he chose the Nicaragua route, and was in the wreck of the steamer North Amer- ica, which went on the coast of Mexico in the night of February 12, 1852, with eleven hundred souls on board. All of these were landed safely and taken to Acapulco, thence to San Francisco by a clipper ship, arriving in that city May 15, 1852. Mr. Cady proceeded to Sonora, which he reached May 20, 1852, immediately engaging in mining. This business he followed for two years and with much success. One of his claims was in the city of Sonora, and he took from a street one piece of gold, weighing ten ounces, and at another time one weighing nineteen ounces.
In 1855 Mr. Cady made a trip to the east and was married, September 5, that year, to Miss Mary M. Curtis, a lady whom he had known from child- hood. She was born October 5, 1831, and was a daughter of Epaphras and Orpha Curtis, a most lovely character whose death on November 23, 1897, Mr. Cady deeply mourns. After his marriage Mr. Cady returned alone to his western enterprises, but in the spring of 1858 he went east again and brought Mrs. Cady to the west. In 1860 he engaged in mining at Table mountain, realizing five dollars a day, and soon after opened a store at Sonora, dealing in paints, oils, glass, paper and upholstery goods, and this business he conducted for a period of thirty-nine years. Since that time Mr. Cady has lived retired from business. He was successful in his enterprises and possesses more than a competency.
Our subject has taken a prominent part in political life, has been a Republican ever since the organization of the party and was the efficient postmaster of Sonora during the administration of President Harrison. Fra- ternally he is a member of the Chosen Friends, from which organization he will soon be entitled to three thousand dollars, according to the rules of the order.
Mr. Cady mourns the death of his wife most sincerely, as their life had been nost congenial. He is the only one left of his friends who belonged to the old pioneers of Sonora, and enjoys the esteem and regard of all who have so long known his probity of character and his interest in the prosperity of his section.
JOHN SHAW.
One of the old and highly respected business men and reliable citizens of Sonora, Tuolumne county, California, is John Shaw, the subject of this sketch. He was a native of Ireland, born there November 24, 1824, his parents being James and Sarah (Archer) Shaw, both of them being natives of the same country. They were highly esteemed in their home, where they passed their whole lives, and died members of the Presbyterian church.
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United States in 1846 and making the trip in the sailing vessel Fanny Foster. Ilis first home was with his brother in North Carolina, who was engaged there in the drug business, and under this brother's supervision he learned it. since which time it has been the principal occupation in which he has engaged. In 1853 he decided to make the long trip to California, accomplish- ing it in the sailing vessels, the Illinois and the John Stephens. During 1853 he remained in San Francisco, but in the spring of 1854 came to Sonora. where he entered into the employ of a druggist, but later bought his business and has most successfully conducted it ever since. For forty-six years he has made an honorable business record in this county.
The marriage of Mr. Shaw took place in 1855. to Miss Hester Brangon, a native of his own land, and ten children were born to them. The eldest of these was William R .. a graduate at the University of California, who died in September. 1900, at the age of forty-five years. The remainder of the family is as follows: Sarah, Mary, John Archer, Henry P., Hester. Edward. Herbert. Rachel and Lucy,-the last named the wife of Hon. John Barry Curtin.
Mr. Shaw has been a life-long Democrat, and has been called upon to serve in many of the town and county offices. He has been the treasurer and deputy treasurer of the county, and at one time was a city trustee. Since 1852 he has been an active member of the 1. O. O. F., and both he and his family enjoy the high regard of the community.
JOHN D. PERKINS.
John D. Perkins, who is engaged in the drug business at Ione. Amador county, dates his residence in California from 1850 and is numbered among the best pioneer citizens. He was born in Virginia, at Henry Court House, on the 14th of March, 1831, and is of English and French descent. his ancestors having been early settlers of the Old Dominion. His grandfather and his father were both born in that state. The latter, William Perkins, was reared and cflucated in Virginia and entered the Methodist ministry. He was a very talented man and his influence and ability in church work led to his selection for the presiding eldership. Hle married Miss Martha Henry Fontaine, who was of French Huguenot descent and a representative of one of the honored and distinguished families of Virginia. Her great-grandfather was Patrick Henry, the celebrated statesman, orator and patriot, whose eloquence probably did more to arouse the American colonies at the time of the Revolution than the words of any other one man. In 18440 William Perkins and his wife removed to Missouri, spending their remaining days in that state. They had eight children .- five sons and three daughters. The father attained the age of seventy-six years and the mother reached the age of eighty-five, both dying oh the triumph of the Christian faith in which they had so long believed. \11 of the family except the youngest son survive. He was a member of the Con- Tolerate army during the Civil war and was killed at the battle of Wilson's Creek.
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John D. Perkins, their fourth child, accompanied his parents on their removal to Missouri, and in the public schools of that state acquired his edu- cation. In his nineteenth year he crossed the plains to California. His uncle. David Perkins, outfitted a train of three ox teams and eighteen mules, carrying fifteen hundred pounds of Peach brand tobacco. They also took with them twelve cows, and to each man in charge of a wagon was given two suits of clothing. The train was in charge of a Mr. Mussett, a Presbyterian minister. Mr. Perkins had an ox team and was accompanied by William Armstrong, a friend, with whom he entered into partnership. They remained for a month at Lexington, Missouri, and then started on the long journey across the plains. After they had passed Fort Laramie the train suffered from the cholera plague and two of the men died; but Mr. Mussett had a very effective remedy and succeeded in saving the lives of the others who were stricken with the disease. During the period when the disease was raging Mr. Perkins and his cousin became frightened, and he sold his share of the team for two thousand dol- lars to a Mr. Gibbs and took a note to be paid when the man returned from California. Mr. Mussett, however, ridiculed the young man out of doing that and Mr. Gibbs returned the note. Twelve hours afterward he died of cholera! Upon the wagons in large letters were painted the words "Howard County, Missouri," thus indicating the section from which they hailed.
When they reached the Salt Lake country they camped on the Jordan river, twelve miles from the city of Salt Lake, and the Mormons drove their cattle into the stray pond ; but the travelers took them out by force at the point of their revolvers, whereupon Mr. Mussett was arrested and fined seventy-five dollars and costs.
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