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He attended schools in Oakland, the University of California and the Oakland College of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating with the degree of M. D.
He practiced medicine in Oakland, was a Knight Templar and Scot- tish Rite Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine, Athenian and Nile Clubs of Oakland.
He was unmarried and is survived by a brother, Charles E. Hume of Oakland.
He died February 1, 1917, in Oakland, Calif.
JORDAN.
Frederick William Jordan, born in Newton Lower Falls, Massachu- setts, March 30, 1848, the son of Mary Fuller and Allen Jordan, was descended from Moses Fuller, a private on the Lexington Alarm.
He was married December 2, 1874, in Vancouver, B. C., to Abbie Lowell Patterson. He came to California at the age of 17, followed the sea, passed through the grades of seaman, master mariner and was commissioned San Francisco bar pilot in 1890, which position he held until his death.
He is survived by a widow, two sons and three daughters.
He was a member of Parnassus Lodge No. 388 F. & A. M., B. P. O. E., Knight of Rose Croix, Scottish Rite and Master Mariners' Asso- ciation.
He died in San Francisco, November 20, 1915.
JOSSELYN.
Charles Lewis Josselyn, born May 16, 1850, in Brookfield, Mass., was the son of Alice Walker and George Dwelly Josselyn, and great- grandson of Charles Josselyn, a private in the Massachusetts Militia.
He was married June 27, 1882, to Alice Roaney in Worcester, Mass., and is survived by a widow, three sons, Lewis, Talbert and Win- sor, of Carmel, Cal., and two brothers, Albert of Brockton, Mass., and James R. of Eastlake, Florida. He was a Mason.
He died January 12, 1917, at Pasadena, Calif.
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KENT.
Thaddeus Benning Kent was born in West Springfield, Mass., May 19, 1839, the son of Eliza Jane Leavitt and Henry Kent and a descend- ant of Benjamin Leavitt, a private in N. H. Militia.
He was educated at a Nautical School in Boston, spent several years at sea, came to San Francisco in the early sixties and married. He was with the San Francisco Savings Union Bank for twenty years. He was a member of all branches of Free Masonry including thirty-third degree Scottish Rite, also the Mystic Shrine.
No children survive him. His wife died many years ago, three nieces, Mrs. Blanche L. Clough, Tumwater, Wash., Mrs. Marion Grant and Mrs. Zoe Bates, survive him.
He was beloved by all who knew him.
He died in San Francisco, March 1, 1917.
KIMBALL.
Francis Augustus Kimball was born in Contoocook, N. H., Janu- ary 26, 1832, the son of Hannah Little and Asa Kimball, and grand- son of Friend Little, a private in N. H. troops. He was raised on a farm, and became a carpenter and merchant in Contoocook.
He married Sarah, daughter of Zebulon Currier of Warner, N. H., April 19, 1857. They had no children.
He and his two brothers, Levi W. and Warren C., came to San Francisco in 1861, where they were contractors and builders for sev- eral years. In 1868 he and his brother Warren bought "Rancho de la Nacion" in San Diego county, containing forty-two squares miles with a frontage of six miles on San Diego Bay, and built a home in what is now the center of National City. At that time the only buildings in San Diego were the U. S. Barracks and the old Spanish buildings.
He surveyed and plotted National City, and was largely instru- mental in getting the railroad to San Diego.
He was the first olive grower after the Spanish planters. In 1869 he and his brother organized the "Kimball Brothers' Water Com- pany," which became "Sweetwater Water Company" in 1886.
He was a charter member of Southwest Lodge No. 283, F. & A. M., and was always foremost as a public spirited citizen.
He died in National City, August 11, 1913. His wife died August 26, 1912.
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KINNE.
Charles Mason Kinne, born in New York, April 11, 1841, was de- scended from Cyrus Kinne, a private in 6th Regiment of N. Y. Militia.
He was married in April, 1864, at Vienna, Va., to Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Eleanor and Francis D'Arcy. One son, Frank, 1st Lieutenant U. S. Marine Corps, and two daughters, Eleanor and Alice, survive him.
He arrived in California in January, 1859, bringing the first honey bees to California.
In December, 1862, he enlisted as a private in the "California 100." The command being sent to Boston he was assigned to the 2nd Massa- chusetts Volunteer Cavalry, and served through the various grades to Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, being mustered out July 11, 1865. After the war he was with the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Co., in San Francisco until he was retired as assistant manager on December 31, 1911.
He was Major and Judge Advocate 2nd Brigade N. G. C., Lieuten- ant-Colonel Assistant Adjutant General 1st Division N. G. C., and Colonel Paymaster General on the Staff of Governor George C. Perkins.
He was a member of California Lodge No. 1, F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., A. O. U. W., Loyal Legion, N. Y. Society, and Fire Underwriters' As- sociation.
He died in Berkeley, California, December 25, 1913.
KITTRIDGE.
Ralph Bell Kittridge, born in Oakland, Calif., February 20, 1859, the son of Isabella Bigelow and Charles Kittridge, was descended from Alfred Bigelow, who served in Massachusetts Militia.
He was married in San Francisco June 2, 1895, to Elizabeth G. O'Brien.
He was a member of California Lodge No. 1, F. & A. M., and Nile Temple of Mystic Shrine. He died in Seattle, Wash., October 28, 1910. A widow, sister and one brother, Spencer B., of San Francisco, survive him.
LATHROP.
Charles Gardner Lathrop, born in Albany, N. Y., May 11, 1849, son of Jane Ann Shields and Dyer Lathrop, was descended from Jedediah Lathrop Jr., a private in Connecticut State Militia.
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He was married in Albany, N. Y., March 5, 1870, to Libbie Gris- wold. By this union two children, Leland S. and Mrs. Jennie L. Wat- son, survive him.
January 19, 1893, he married Anne Schlageter in San Francisco. She and a daughter, Hermina G., survive him.
He came to California in 1896, and became associated with Southern Pacific Company, later becoming business manager for Senator and Mrs. Leland Stanford, until Mrs. Stanford's death in 1905. He was treasurer and business manager for Leland Stanford Jr. University until his death.
He was a member of the Pacific Union Club, University, Menlo and Burlingame Country Clubs and B. P. O. E.
He died at Alta Vista, May 24, 1914.
MERRILL.
George Whitney Merrill, born in Turner, Maine, June 26, 1837, son of Ruth Bray and Paine Merrill, and was descended from Isaac Cush- man, private Massachusetts Militia. He graduated from Bowdoin College, Maine, in 1859, went to Evansville, Ind., where he read law and was admitted to practice in Indiana.
Was in Monroe, La., in business at time of attack on Fort Sumpter, was detained a month, escaped by artifice and reached Evansville. Enlisted as private at Evansville, summer of 1861; commissioned 1st Lieutenant December 1, 1861, Company F, 6th Regiment Indiana Vol- unteers, Department of Ohio. Promoted to Captain May 27, 1862; elected Major November, 1862, all in same company and regiment. Was in battle of Mumfordville, Kentucky, September, 1862, was slightly wounded, taken prisoner September 17, 1862, and paroled. While on parole in Indianapolis he resigned December 6, 1862.
He resided in Nevada and California. Was district attorney in Nevada ten years.
Member Legislature in Nevada and speaker of Assembly 1881; Nevada State Land Agent and attorney, residing in Washington, D. C., 1883-1884. U. S. Minister to Hawaii 1885-1889. Admitted to U. S. Supreme, Circuit and District Courts, also Supreme Courts of Nevada and California.
He married Annie E. McLain of Eureka, Nev., in 1879.
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Member Geo. H. Thomas Post No. 2, San Francisco, Loyal Legion and Knights Templar.
Died in San Francisco January 10, 1914. A widow, of Oakland, and a sister survive him.
MOSSHOLDER.
Marks Prentice Mossholder, born June 23, 1884, at Osceola, Ne- braska, son of Jennie Prentice and William John Mossholder, was de- scended from John Mossholder, a private in Pennsylvania Militia.
He was married March 21, 1907, at San Diego, to Katherine Julia Schultz. He was a lawyer, a thirty-second degree Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine, Union League and Rod and Reel and Cabrillo Clubs of San Diego.
He died in San Diego November 2, 1915, leaving a widow and three daughters.
OTIS.
Harrison Gray Otis was born in Washington County, Ohio, Febru- ary 10, 1837, son of Sarah Dyar and Stephen Otis, and grandson of Barnabas Otis, a private in the Connecticut Line of the Revolutionary War.
He was reared on a farm, attending the country schools. At 14 he left home to learn the printing trade; he attended Wetherby Academy and graduated from Grangers Commercial College, Ohio. He enlisted as a private in the Twelfth Ohio Volunteers June 25, 1861, was promoted to 1st Sergeant March 1, 1862; 2nd Lieutenant No- vember 12, 1862; 1st Lieutenant May 30, 1863; and to Captain July 1, 1864. In the winter of 1864-65 he was assigned, as the senior captain present for duty, to the command of his regiment at Cumberland, Md., and led it up the Shenandoah Valley to Harrisburg, where he was Provost Marshall up to the close of the war, at that time he was breveted Major and Lieutenant-Colonel "for gallant and meritorious services during the war," and honorably discharged August 1, 1865.
He served forty-nine months in the army, in the field and camp ; participated in fifteen engagements, was twice wounded in battle, and received seven promotions, including two brevets. In the course of his military service in the Civil War he made a battle record embracing the following actions, in which he was a participant: Scarey Creek, W. Va., July 17, 1861; Carnifex Ferry, Va., September 10, 1861; Bull
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Run Bridge, Va., August 27, 1861; Frederick, Md., September 12, 1861 (skirmish) ; South Mountain, September 14, 1862; Antietam, Septem- ber 17, 1862 (wounded) ; Blue Sulphur Springs, W. Va., September, 1863 (skirmish) ; Boyer's Ferry, W. Va., November, 1863 (skirmish) ; Meadow Bluff, W. Va., December 14, 1863 (picket fight) ; Princeton, Va., May, 1864 (skirmish) ; Cloyd Mountain, Va., May 9, 1863; New River Bridge, Va., May 10, 1864; Quaker Church (Lynchburg), Va., June 17-18, 1864; Cabelltown, Va., July 20, 1864; Kernstown, Va., July 24, 1864 (severely wounded).
He became owner of a small newspaper and printing plant at Marietta, O., in 1865, was foreman of the government printing office at Washington, 1869-1870; chief of a division in the United States Patent Office, 1871 to 1876; editor and publisher of the Santa Barbara Press, 1876 to 1880; principal United States Treasury Agent in charge of the Seal Islands of Alaska from 1879 to 1881.
In 1882 he was offered by the State Department the appointment of United States Consul for the Samoan Islands, and in 1884 a similar appointment at Tien-Tsin, China, both of which he declined.
He was official reporter of the Ohio House of Representatives at the session of 1866-67; was a delegate from Kentucky to the National Republican Convention at Chicago which nominated Abraham Lincoln for President in 1860, and also a delegate from the District of Colum- bia to the Soldiers and Sailors' National Convention at Chicago, in 1868, which first nominated General U. S. Grant for the presidency.
He was a member of the American Academy of Sciences, Associated Press and American Newspaper Publishers' Association; also a mem- ber of the Grand Army of the Republic, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Society of the Army of the Potomac, Military Order of Foreign Wars, United Spanish War Veterans, National Society of the Army of the Philippines, Veteran Army of the Philippines, Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution, and of several local clubs and societies.
In September, 1910, he was appointed by the President a commis- sioner on the part of the United States to attend the centennial of Mexican independence, and discharged that function acceptably to his government.
He married in Lowell, O., September 11, 1869, Miss Eliza A. Weth- erby, who died November 12, 1904, and who was actively associated with her husband in journalism for more than a quarter of a century. She was the author of a noted volume of poetry and prose entitled, "California, Where Sets the Sun" (1905).
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Of this union came a son, Harrison Gray, born 1861, died in in- fancy, and four daughters, Lilian, born September 22, 1864, died March, 1905; Marian, wife of Harry Chandler; Mabel, wife of Frank- lin Booth, and Esther, died in infancy.
He resided at the Bivouac, Wilshire Boulevard and Park View, Los Angeles, until this was presented by him to the county as a public art gallery, some months ago. More recently he had made his home with Mr. Chandler at No. 2330 Hillhurst avenue, Hollywood.
He became a fourth owner in the Los Angeles Times August 1, 1882, and in October, 1884, joined in the organization of the Times- Mirror Company for its continued publication, and was its president and general manager from 1886 to his death. He was a director and interested in many corporations.
He was appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers in the Spanish War May, 1898, and was in command in the Philippines, was relieved of his command at Malolos, at his own request, and returned to the United States, where he was honorably discharged from the military service July 2, 1899. He was subsequently brevetted Major General "for meritorious conduct in action at Caloocan, March 25, 1899."
He was a national figure in journalism and was actively engaged therein until his sudden death in Los Angeles July 30, 1917.
PATTERSON.
Charles Francis Patterson, born October 17, 1863, in Cincinnati, . Ohio, son of Adelia Moore and Joseph A. Patterson, was descended from John B. Osborne, a private in the New Jersey Militia.
He was married February 23, 1911, in Los Angeles, Calif., to Celia Hindman.
He was an architect and builder in Los Angeles.
He died February 7, 1915, in New York City, leaving a widow, Celia H., and a brother, Geo. H. Patterson.
PHELPS.
Thomas Stowell Phelps Jr., born November 7, 1848, at Portsmouth, Virginia, the son of Margaret Riche Levy and Rear Admiral Thomas Stowell Phelps, U. S. N., was descended from Thomas Nixon, a Colonel in a Massachusetts regiment, 1776.
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He was appointed a cadet in the Naval Academy February 26, 1865, by President Lincoln, graduating in 1869, and passed through the various grades in the United States Navy until reaching that of Rear Admiral July 24, 1909, and was retired from active service November 7, 1910.
During the Spanish-American War he was on the transport "New- port" and on arrival in Manila was transferred to one of the ships under command of Admiral Dewey. His last duty was as Com- mandant of Mare Island Navy Yard, where his father, Rear Admiral Thomas S. Phelps, at one time filled the same position.
He was a gallant, courteous, kind, and genial officer, and one who held the enviable reputation in the naval service of never speaking ill of any one.
He was married October 18, 1877 in San Francisco, to Elevena Martin and is survived by a widow and a daughter, Marjorie Phelps Glassford and a sister, Margaret Phelps Adams of Washington, D. C.
He was a member of the Loyal Legion and Spanish War Veterans. He died in Oakland, Calif., November 3, 1915.
PLUM.
Charles Mortimer Plum, born in San Francisco, California, July 31, 1866, the son of Catherine S. Macdougal and Charles Mortimer Plum, was descended from John Plum, a private in the N. Y. Militia.
He was married in Oakland, August 17, 1892, to Lilian, daughter of Alvah H. Bachelder. He died in San Francisco January 23, 1915, and is survived by a widow and two children, Lorraine and Charles M. Jr., and two sisters.
He was a member of California Lodge No. 1, F. & A. M., Islam Temple, California Bodies A. & A. S. Rite and Bohemian Club.
PRICE.
Arthur Hamblin Price, born in Knoxville, Ill., January 24, 1853, was the son of Lucy C. Hamblin and James Price and great-grandson of Daniel Hamblin, a private in Massachusetts Militia.
He died in Oklahoma City, Okla., December 17, 1911.
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REED.
George Whitney Reed, born in Sacramento, Calif., December 17, 1858, was the son of Frances Wilcox and LaFayette Reed, a descendant of James Reed of New Hampshire, Brigadier General of the Con- tinental Army.
He was educated at Brewer's School and Columbia University. He was a Customs House broker.
He was married in Berkeley, Calif., August 3, 1883, to Lillie Bonté, daughter of J. H. C. Bonté.
He died in San Francisco November 10, 1916. A widow and daughter, Mrs. Emelie R. Baldwin of San Francisco, survive him.
ROBINSON.
Jones McGregory Robinson, born in Lubec, Maine, May 7, 1862, son of Matilda A. Hamilton and John Ramsdell Robinson, was de- scended from Dominicus Rumery, a private in the Massachusetts Ar- tillery.
He was married in Minneapolis, Minn., July 1, 1885, to Clara Edora Reynolds.
He was a member of Woodmen of the World, Live Oak Lodge F. & A. M., and Nile Club, Oakland. He was in business in San Fran- cisco. He died at Oakland, November 26, 1914. A widow of Galt, Calif., three sons and one daughter survive him.
SAWYER.
James Estcourt Sawyer, born in Washington, D. C., July 3, 1846, son of Roxalana Wadsworth and Horace Bucknell Sawyer, Captain U. S. N., was descended from Ephriam Sawyer, Lieutenant-Colonel in the American Revolution from Massachusetts, and James Sawyer, Ensign in the American Revolution from Massachusetts.
He was married in New York City, June 4, 1873, to Elizabeth Owen Thompson and is survived by one son, Arthur E. and one daughter, Caroline Marguerite, both of Hudson Falls, N. Y.
He served as a clerk in the navy during 1865 and 1866, was ap- pointed 2nd Lieutenant 5th Artillery in 1867; December 1, 1893, was transferred to the quartermaster department as Captain. He ad- vanced through the different grades, becoming a Colonel April 21,
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1910, retiring from active service July 3, 1910, with the rank of Brigadier General.
From 1886 to 1888 he was Aide-de-Camp to General John M. Schofield.
He was a member of the Loyal Legion, War of 1812 and Cham- plain Societies, Army and Navy Club, New York and Metropolitan Club of Washington, D. C.
He died in Hudson Falls, N. Y., May 29, 1914.
SHELDON.
Joseph Alonzo Sheldon, born October 10, 1868, in Dansville, N. Y., was the son of Agnes Margaret Welch and Mark Sheldon, great-grand- son of Tilley Richardson, a private in Massachusetts Militia.
He was married March 17, 1904, in San Francisco, to Florence Mayer. He died October 18, 1916, in Alameda. His widow, a son, Richardson Mark, and a daughter Lela, of Alameda, Calif., also a brother, Frank P., and a sister, Mrs. Katherine S. Hanlon, survive him.
SHERMAN.
Charles Hammond Sherman was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 30, 1846, the son of Mary Getchell and L. P. Sherman and great-great- grandson of Daniel Sherman, a member of the "Council of Safety" in Connecticut during the Revolutionary War.
He died in San Francisco April 1, 1916, survived by a son, T. P. Sherman, a daughter, Mrs. W. H. Tryon, and a widow, Emma Sher- man, residing at 1932 Fell St., San Francisco.
SHREVE.
George Rodman Shreve, son of Rebecca Rodman Nichols Creamer and George Choate Shreve, and a descendant of Benjamin Shreve of Alexandria, Va., who was a recognized patriot at the time of the American Revolution, was born in San Francisco, Cal., July 20, 1861.
He was senior member of Shreve, Treat & Eacret, jewelers, San Francisco, and formerly of Shreve & Co.
He died at his home in San Mateo, August 4, 1914, survived by a widow, Jennie M., and three daughters, Rebecca, Elizabeth and Agnes.
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SUMNER.
Frank William Sumner, born in Dover, Maine, January 13, 1849, son of Elvira Thompson and William Brintnall Sumner, was de- scended from William Sumner, a private in Massachusetts Militia.
He was married April 8, 1874, at Sacramento to Francetta Lowell, who survives him.
He was prominent as a Mason and Knight Templar and member of the Union League Club.
He served on the staff of Governor Waterman and published a book on military tactics. He was in business in San Francisco forty- two years.
He died in San Francisco October 8, 1914.
TOWLE.
George Washington Towle, born in Corinth, Vermont, February 22, 1836, the son of Annie Doe and Ira Towle, was descended from Brackett Towle, a Lieutenant in the N. Y. Militia.
He was married in Dutch Flat, Calif., June 5, 1873, to Frances A. Staples of North Hampton, N. Y., who survives him.
He came to California via Isthmus of Panama in 1857, went to Dutch Flat where his brothers had preceded him. They had large lumber interests at Dutch Flat and Towle, Calif., Utah and Nevada. He retired from active business in 1904.
He died in San Francisco May 23, 1914.
TUTTLE.
Charles Whitcomb Tuttle, born in Hancock, N. H., May 28, 1862, son of Lucy Bigelow and Adolphus Darwin Tuttle, was descended from Alfred Bigelow, a private in Massachusetts Militia.
He was educated at Phillips Andover Academy, Bowdin College, class of 1886, and Germany.
He was married April 24, 1889, in Brunswick, Maine, to Lizzie Nellie Abbott Jordan, and is survived by a widow, daughter and three sons of Colusa and San Francisco.
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He was part owner of the Jiminez ranch and a director of the Colusa County Bank. He was a member of the Pacific Union and University Clubs, Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa Fraternities.
He died in Assuan, Egypt, February 8, 1913.
WADSWORTH.
Charles Curtiss Wadsworth, born in Madison, Ohio, May 27, 1849, the son of Sarah Elizabeth Curtiss and Joseph Samuel Wadsworth, was descended from John Wadsworth, a private in N. Y. Militia.
He was educated in Ohio, graduating in medicine from Wooster University in 1874.
He was married in San Francisco September 19, 1876, to Mary M. Craig of Cleveland, Ohio, and is survived by a widow, a daughter, Mrs. M. Edith Logan, Manila, P. I., one brother and two sisters.
He practiced medicine in San Francisco for thirty-six years.
He was a member of California Lodge No. 1 F. & A. M., prominent in State and County Medical Societies and a member of the American Medical Association.
He died in San Francisco January 1, 1915.
WAGENER.
Samuel Hopkins Wagener, born in Penn Yan, New York, Septem- ber 30, 1832, the son of Maria West and David Wagener, was de- scended from Amos Cutting West, a private in Connecticut Militia.
He was married in Monroe, Michigan, September 20, 1864, to Evelina Francis Swift, and is survived by three children, Allan C., Paul H., and Mrs. Oscar G. Rogers, all of California.
He was a prominent druggist in Michigan and California, retiring from active business in 1912.
He was prominent in Masonry, being a member of San Jose Com- mandery No. 10, K. T., Islam Temple A. A. O. N. M. S., and Santa Clara County Pioneers.
He died in San Jose May 15, 1916.
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WATERMAN.
August T. Waterman, son of Emelie Spencer and Albert G. Wa- terman, a descendant of Joseph Spencer, 1st Lieutenant 4th Pennsyl- vania Battalion, and Rev. James Sproat, Chaplain Philadelphia Gen- eral Hospital, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., February 17, 1840.
He died November 30, 1914, survived by a wife residing at 728 Paru street, Alameda.
WILSON.
Charles Harold Wilson, born August 9, 1862, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, was the son of Mary D. Burckes and John Boynton Wilson, also great-grandson of Joshua Wilson, a Minuteman on Lex- ington Alarm.
He was married in San Francisco June 14, 1898, to Annette P. Godchaux and is survived by a widow, a brother, Joseph Wilson, of Allentown, Pa., and a sister, Mrs. M. J. Day of Boston, Mass.
He was a lawyer, a Knight Templar, a member of the Masonic Club and Red Cross of Constantine.
He died in San Francisco, Calif., June 11, 1917.
WOOD.
Henry Holden Wood, born May 7, 1831, in Walpole, Mass., was the son of Susanna Glover and Horatio Wood and a descendant of Joshua Glover, a drummer on Lexington Alarm, from Milton, and later enlisted as a private in Massachusetts Militia.
He married Eleanor Jane Loftus August 14, 1878, at Napa, Calif., and is survived by two children, Hazel E. and Myrtle G. Wood, both of Oakland, Calif.
He was a building contractor in San Francisco from 1852 to 1870, and secretary and director of the San Francisco Laundry Association until his death in Oakland, January 25, 1917.
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WOOLSEY.
Philip Sheridan Woolsey, born in Berkeley, December 20, 1864, son of Hannah Reeve and James B. Woolsey, was descended from Henry Woolsey, a private in 5th Regiment N. Y. Line.
He graduated from University of California in 1886.
He was a member of Durant Lodge No. 264 F. & A. M., a Knight Templar and member of the Scottish Rite and Mystic Shrine.
He was Pacific Coast manager of American Book Company.
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