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HISTORY OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
team of Colonel John Ward and James Dong- lass from Chihuahua to Los Angeles. Smith and Diggs, the first born in New York, the second in the District of Columbia, both served on the ship Columbus, Commodore Biddle and Captain Selfridge. Green was born in North Carolina, 1827; was a seaman on the Ports- mouth, Captain John B. Montgomery; and in the navy nine years and eight months, on the store ship Erie, Cyane, Constitution, Pennsyl- vania and Vermont;" Green died about 1885, after having been court-house janitor several years.
A CURIOUS DOCUMENT.
Stephen Foster has bronght to light the record of an old agreement which he discovered in the archives of the District Court, dating back to the year 1850. The agreement was executed by one James R. Holman and recites that,
Whereas, in 1850, I removed from the county of Crawford, Arkansas, bringing with me a negro woman named Clanpa, aged about twenty- nine years, which said negro woman has two sons, one named Granberry, aged six years on the 15th day of the month of October, 1850, and one named Henry, aged five years on the 15th day of Janu- ary, 1850, and whereas said woman and her two sons were, by the laws of Arkansas, my slaves for life, and whereas the said Clanpa has, by her removal by mne to the State of California be- come free; and whereas I am anxious to retain the services of the said Clanpa for the period of two years from the date of these presents,. I therefore now do covenant and agree that, if the said Clanpa shall serve me faithfully for the period of two years, I will agree, and by these presents I do, from and after the expiration of said two years, forever set free the said Clanpa, and hereby release all right, title and interest in her services.
And upon the conditions aforesaid, I agree that from the time the afore-aid boys shall re- spectively become twenty-one years of age, relinquish all my right, title, claim and interest in and to the services of the said boys and then forever set them free. The said Granberry shall be free on the 15th day of October, 1865, and said Henry shall be free on the 15th day of January, 1866.
And furthermore said Holman binds himself to pay the full amount of money due from him to Whitfield Bourn, to whom said boys are mortgaged, and to redeem the said boys in full from all obligations in consequence of said mortgage.
[Signed] O. S. WITHERBY, District Judge.
Executed June 20, 1857.
Whether the woman Clanpa served faithfully her two years' term and received the stipulated freedom for herself is not forthcoming, but be- fore the boys came to their majority it is certain that Uncle Sam stepped in and executed the terms of the contract most faithfully.
LEGISLATIVE AND COUNTY OFFICERS.
State Senator.
1850-'51. A. W. Hope.
1852-'53. Stephen C. Foster.
1854-'55. James P. McFarland.
1856-'57. B. D. Wilson.
1858-'59.
C. E. Thom.
1860-'61. Andres Pico.
1862-'63.
J. R. Vineyard.
1864-'65.
H. Hamilton.
1866-'69.
P. Banning.
1870-'73.
B. D. Wilson.
1874-'77.
C. W. Bush.
1878-'79. George H. Smitlı.
1880-'82.
J. P. West.
1883-'86. R. F. Del Valle.
1887-'91.
S. M. White.
1887-'88.
L. P. Rose.
1889.
J. E. McComas.
Assemblymen.
1850.
A. P. Crittenden, M. Martin.
1851. Abel Stearns, Andres Pico.
1852.
I. del Valle, Andres Pico.
1853. James P. McFarland, Jefferson Hunt.
1854.
Charles E. Carr, Edward Hunter.
1855.
Francis Mellus, Wilson W. Jones.
1856.
John G. Downey, J. L. Brent.
1857.
J. L. Brent, Edward Hunter.
1858-'59.
Andres Pico, Henry Hancock.
1862.
J. A. Watson, Murray Morrison.
1863.
J. A. Watson, E. J. C. Kewen.
1864-'65.
Y. Sepúlveda, E. J. C. Kewen.
1866-'67. W. H. Peterson, E. C. Parish.
1868-'69. A. Ellis, J. A. Watson.
1870-'71. M. F. Coronel, R. C. Fryer.
1860.
J. J. Warner, A. J. King.
1861.
Abel Stearns, Murray Morrison.
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HISTORY OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
1872-'73. T. D. Mott, A. Ellis.
1874-'75. J. W. Venable, A. Higbie.
1876-'77. J. R. McConnell, F. Lambourne.
1878-'79. A. Ellis, J. B. Holloway.
1880-'81.
P. M. Green, R. F. del Valle.
1881-'82.
J. F. Crank, R. F. del Valle.
1883-'84. A. B. Moffit, H. W. Head.
1885-'86. J. Banbury, H. T. Hazard, E. E. Edwards.
1887-'88.
J. R. Brierly, G. W. Knox, W. H. Spurgeon.
1889.
J. M. Dawson, J. R. Brierly, E. E. Edwards.
District Judge.
1850-'52.
O. S. Wetherby .*
1853-'63.
Benjamin Hays.
1864-'68.
Pablo de la Guerra.
1868-'71. Murray Morrison.+
1872-'73.
R. M. Widney.
1874-'79.
Y. Sepúlveda.#
1861. B. D. Wilson, M. L. Goodman, J. L. Morris, J. Chavis, F. W. Gibson (T. G. Barker).
1850-'53.
Agustin Olvera.
1854.
Myron Norton.
1855.
K. H. Dimmick.
1856-'69.
William G. Dryden.§
1870-'73.
Y. Sepúlveda.
1866-'67. J. G. Downey, M. Keller, E. H. Boyd, F. Signoret, E. Polloreno.
1874-'77.
H. K. S. O'Melveny.
1878-'79.
A. M. Stephens.|
1868-'69. J. B. Winston, W. Woodworth, R. H. Mayes, H. Abila, A. Langenberger.
1880-784.
Y. Sepúlveda, V. E. Howard.
1884.
H. M. Smith, appointed, vice Sepúlveda resigned.
1885-'89.
William A. Cheney. A. Brunson.
1887-'88.
W. P. Gardiner, appointed, vice Brunson resigned.
1887-'88.
A. W. Hutton, [ H. K. S. O'Mel- veny.
1889.
W. H. Clark, W. P. Wade, W. Van Dyke, J. W. Mckinley, *** Lucien Shaw .* *
County Supervisors.
From 1850 to 1852 the county affairs were administered by the Court of Sessions, com- posed of the county judge and two associate justices.
* Appointed by a joint vote of the Legislature, at ita firat session, in 1850. Court opened June 5, 1850. + Died December 18, 1871.
# Jannary 1, 1850, this court was succeeded by the Superior Court,
Y. Sepúlveda and V. E. Howard elected judges. § Died September 10, 1869, A. J. King appointed to fill vacancy.
[ Jannary 1. 1890, this court was succeeded by the Superior Court,
Y. Sepulveda and V. E. Howard elected judges.
{Appointed 1887, the Legislature allowing two additional judgea. *** Appointed ; the Legislature increased the number to aix.
1878. J. C. Hannon, J. D. Young, J. J. Morton, J. D. Ott, C. Prager.
1879. J. C. Hannon, J. D. Ott, C. Prager, J. J. Morton, A. H. Rogers.
1880. J. C. Hannon, C. Prager, R. Egan, W. F. Cooper, A. H. Rogers.
1883. L. G. Giroux, C. Prager, W. M. Os- borne, D. V. Waldron, S. Levy, D. Reichard, J. H. Moesser. 1885-'86. James Foord, O. Macy, M. Lind- ley, Geo. Hinds, J. Ross.
1887-'88. W. T. Martin, T. E: Rowan, J. W. Venable, Oscar Macy, Jacob Ross.
1889. W. T. Martin, S. M. Perry, T. E. Rowan, A. E. Davis, S. Littlefield.
1852. Jefferson Hunt, Julian Chavis, F. P. F. Temple, M. Requena, S. Arbuckle.
1853. D. W. Alexander, L. Cota, G. A. Sturgess, D. M. Thomas, B. D. Wilson (J. S. Waite, S. C. Foster).
1854. D. W. Alexander, S. C. Foster, J. Sepúlveda, C. Aguila, S. S. Thompson (A. Stearns, F. Lugo).
1855. J. G. Downey, D. W. Alexander, A. Olvera, C. Aguilar, D. Lewis.
1856. T. Burdick, J. Foster, A. Olvera, C. Aguilar, D. Lewis.
1857. J. R. Scott, W. M. Stockton, R. C. Fryer, T. A. Sanchez, S. C. Foster.
1858. G. C. Alexander, R. Emerson, T. A. Sanchez, B. Guirado, S. C., Foster.
1859. G. C. Alexander, R. Emerson, T. A. Sanchez, B. Guirado, - Haywood.
1860. R. B. Moore, A. F. Coronel, C. Agui- lar, G. Allen, A. Stearns.
County Judge.
1862-'63. B. D. Wilson, C. Aguilar, J. L. Morris, Vincente Lugo, F. W. Gibson.
1864-'65. B. D. Wilson, C. Aguilar, J. L. Morris, A. Ellis, P. Sichel (M. Keller).
1870-'71. J. B. Winston, W. Woodworth, R. H. Mayes, H. Abila, H. Forsman.
1872-'73. H. Forsman, A. L. Bush, F. Machado, S. B. Caswell, F. Palomares.
1885-'87.
1874-'75. G. Hinds, F. Machado, E. Evey, F. Palomares, J. M. Griffith (G. Allen).
1876-'77. E. Evey, G. Allen, J. C. Han- non, J. D. Young, J. J. Morton, W. H. Spur- geon.
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HISTORY OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
Sheriff.
1850.
Geo. T. Burrill.
1851-'55.
James R. Barton.
1856. D. W. Alexander .*
1856.
C. E. Hale, appointed, vice Alex- ander. Jas. R. Barton.+
County Clerk.
1850-'51. B. D. Wilson.
1852-'53. Wilson W. Jones.
1854-'57. John W. Shore.
1858-'59. Chas. R. Johnson.
1858. Win. C. Getman.t
1858. James Thompson, appointed, vice Getman murdered.
1859.
Jas. Thompson.
1860-'67. Thos. A. Sanchez.
1868-'71.
Jas. F. Burns.
1872-'75.
W. R. Rowland.
1876-'77.
D. W. Alexander.
1878-'79. H. M. Mitchell.
1880-'82.
W. R. Rowland.
1854-'55.
Timothy Foster.
1883-'84. A. T. Currier.
1885-'86. G. E. Gard.
1887-'88.
J. C. Kays.
1889. M. G. Aguirre.
Public Administrator.
1854-'57. M. Keller.
1858 -- '65. Geo. Carson.
1866-'67. W. Wolfskill.
1868-'69. John Zeyn.
1870-'73. Geo. Carson.
1874-'75.
H. M. Mitchell.
1876-'77.
J. E. Griffin.
1878-'79.
C. C. Lamb.
1880.
J. W. Potts.
1880-'82.
C. C. Lamb.
1883-'86.
C. E. Miles.
1886. F. A. Gibson, appointed, vice Miles removed.
1887-'88. F. A. Gibson.
1889. J. W. Francis.
County Tax Collector.
1850-'55. A. F. Coronel.
1856. J. F. Burns.
1857-'63. County Clerk (ex-officio).
1864-'65. A. B. Chapman.
1866-'67. E. Birdsall.
1868-'69. H. D. Barrows.
1870-'73. Wm. M. McFadden.
1874-'75. G. II. Peck.
* Resigned, C. E. Hale appointed to fill vacancy, August, 1856. + Murdered January 23, 1857, E. Bettis appointed to fill vacancy. + Murdered January 7, 1858, James Thompson appointed to fill vacancy.
1876-'77. T. A. Saxton.
1878-'79. W. P. McDonald.
1880-'86. J. W. Hinton.
1887-'89. W. W. Seaman.
1857.
1857.
E. Bettis, appointed, vice Barton, murdered.
1860-'63. John W. Shore.
1864-'71.
Thos. D. Mott.
1872-'84.
A. W. Potts.
1885-'89.
Charles H. Dunsmoor.
County Treasurer.
1850-'51. Mannel Garfias.
1852-'53.
Francis Mellus.
1856-'59.
H. N. Alexander.
1860-'65.
M. Kremer.
1866-'69. J. Huber, Jr.
1870-'75.
T. E. Rowan.
1876-'77.
F. P. F. Temple.
1878-'79.
E. Hewitt.
1880-'83. Milton Lindley.
1883-'88.
J. W. Broaded.
1889.
J. Banbury.
County Recorder.
1850-'51. Ignacio del Valle.
1852-'73. County Clerk (ex-officio).
1874-'75.
J. W. Gillette.
1876-'79.
Charles E. Miles.
1883-'84. M. P. Cntler.
1885-'86. James Fisher.
1887-'88.
Z. Decker.
1889. D. W. Field.
Superintendent of Schools.
1850-'75. Sheriff (ex-officio).
1876-'79. M. Kremer.
1880-'82. William B. Cullen.
1883-'84. Asa Ellis.
1885-'87.
El Hammond.
1887.
J. A. Crawford, appointed, vice Hammond absconded.
1888.
Omri Bullis, appointed, vice Craw- ford resigned.
1889. Robert S. Platt.
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HISTORY OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
County Attorney.
1880-'82. J. W. Venable.
1883-'86. R. Bilderrain.
1852-'53.
Lewis Granger.
1854-'80.
District Attorney (ex-officio).
County Surveyor.
District Attorney.
1850-'51. J. R. Conway.
1850-'51.
William C. Ferrell.
1852-'57. H. Hancock.
1852.
Isaac S. K. Ogier.
1858-'59. William Moore.
1853.
K. H. Dimmick.
1860-'61. E. Hadley.
1854.
Benjamin S. Eaton.
1862. William Moorc.
1855-'57.
C. E. Thom.
1862. J. G. McDonald, vice Moore re- signed.
1860-'61.
E. J. C. Kewen.
1863. W. M. Leighton.
1862-'63.
Ezra Drown.
1864-'69.
George Hanson.
1864-'67.
Volney E. Howard.
1870-'73.
F. Lecouvreur.
1868-'69.
A. B. Chapman.
1874-'75.
L. Seebold.
1870-'73.
C. E. Thom.
1876-'77.
T. J. Ellis.
1874-'75.
Volney E. Howard.
1878-'79.
John E. Jackson.
1876-'77. 1878-'79.
C. E. Thom.
1883-'84. J. E. Jackson.
1880-'82.
Thomas B. Brown.
1885-'86. E. T. Wright.
1883-'84.
S. M. White.
1885-'86. G. M. Holton.
1887.
G. S. Patton.
1887-'88.
J. R. Dupuy, appointed, vice Patton resigned.
1889.
F. P. Kelly.
1852.
Rafael Guirado.
1853.
J. S. Mallard.
1850-'75.
County Clerk (ex-officio).
1856.
Q. A. Snead.
1876-'79.
A. E. Sepúlveda.
1858.
A. Cook.
1880-'82.
B. A. Yorba.
1883-'84.
A. E. Sepúlveda.
1885-'88.
A. A. Montaño.
1889.
D. W. Hamlin.
1866-'67.
J. L. Smith.
1868-'69.
·V. Gelcich.
1850-'56.
A. F. Coronel.
1874-775.
N. P. Richardson.
1857-'58. Juan Sepúlveda.
1876-'77.
J. Kurtz.
1859-'61. W. W. Maxy.
1861.
G. W. Gift, vice Maxy resigned. J. McManus.
1880-'84. H. Nadean.
1885-'86. A. McFarland.
1887-'89.
J. M. Meredith.
1866-'67. J. Q. A. Stanley.
1868-'69. M. F. Coronel.
1870-'75. D. Botiller.
1876-'79. A. W. Ryan.
* Died in June, 1876, A. E. Sepúlveda appionted to fill vacancy.
County Coroner.
1850-'51.
Alplieus P. Hodges .*
County Auditor.
1854-'55.
T. Mayes.
1876.
C. W. Gould .*
1857.
J. B. Winston.+
1859. Henry R. Myles.
1860-'61. H. P. Swain.
1862-'65. J. S. Griffin.
County Assessor.
1870-'73.
J. Kurtz.
1878-'79. J. Hannon.
1862.
1863-'65. G. L. Mix.
1887-'88. John Goldsworthy.
1889.
HI. T. Stafford.
Rodney Hudson.
1880-'82.
E. T. Wright.
1858-'59.
Ezra Drown.
1850-'51. Benjamin Hays.
1887-'91. C. C. Mason.
*At the firat county election held April 1, 1850, Charles B. ('ullen was elected; hnt failing to qualify, Alphena P. Hodges was appointed by the Court of Sessiona to fill the vacancy. A queation arising aa to the legality of said appointment, the Legislature waa petitioned by the Court (1851) to pass a law legalizing the same, and all acte per- formed thereunder, which was done. +Succeeded by A. Cook, February 14, 1857.
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BIOGRAPHICAL.
UDGE O. H. ALLEN, a pioneer of 1849, now residing with his daughter in the south- ern part of Downey, is a native of Nelson County, Kentucky, born May 25, 1805, and is the son of Colonel James and Mary (Reed) Allen. His paternal grandfather was born in Ireland, and on the mother's side the genealogy goes back to the English. Colonel James Allen was a farmer in Nelson County, Kentucky, till his death in 1851. In his family were seven children, the subject of this notice being the second. In addition to a common-school edu- cation he also attended St. Joseph College in Bardstown, Kentucky. He was a law student under Benjamin Harding, and was admitted to the bar in Washington County, Kentucky, in 1824. From here he moved to Monticello, Mississippi, where he practiced law; he later went to Texas, and in 1832 established and edited the first newspaper in the State, the Advocate of the People's Rights. In this paper he published he celebrated letters which led to the arrest of Stephen F. Austin, the grantee of the Mexican Government. The next paper he edited was the Western Spy, published at Bedford, Indiana. In 1836 he moved to Missouri, where he prac- ticed law until 1849. Judge Allen was mar- ried in 1835 to Jane Kenton, of Kentucky, a niece of Simon Kenton, an associate of Daniel Boone in the early settlement of Kentucky. By her Mr. Allen had one son, Thompson K. She
died in 1848, and the following year Mr. Allen came to California, by the popular route over- land with the ox team. After a journey of six months he landed in the Sacramento Valley, at a place called Lawson. For several years he engaged in mining and in practicing law, subse- quently moving to San José, where he continued his law practice and was mayor of the city for the year 1852. There, in 1853, he married Angelina A. Neely, who was born near Spring- field, Missouri. Leaving San José, he moved to Columbia, Tuolumne County, where a daugh- ter, Rosina, was born. He next moved to Al- pine County, and practiced his profession there two years, after which he located in Los Angeles County, where he ranked among the prominent lawyers until ten years ago, and was also for two years justice of the peace in the " City of the Angels." Judge Allen has had a varied expe- rience. He was a soldier in the Mexican war, enlisted under Colonel Price at - Fort Leaven- worth, Missouri, in 1846, and was mustered out at Santa Fé. At one time he was ordered by Governor Boggs, of Missouri, to raise a regi- ment to go to the " far West" to quell the Mor- inons, being elected Colonel of his regiment. He commanded as Brigadier-General the militia of Northeastern Missouri, to enforce the collec- tion of State revenue due from the people on disputed land between Iowa and Missouri. Since 1825 Mr. Allen has been a member of the
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Masonic fraternity, and is also a member of the Southern. Methodist Episcopal Church. Judge Allen's second wife died in April, 1874. By this marriage one child was born-Rosina, now the wife of James Quill, one of the most suc- cessful fruit growers in this part of the county. With his faithful daughter, the subject of this sketch is now spending the evening of his life. James Quill owns thirty-seven acres of land where he resides, one mile south of Downey, and is devoting it to the cultivation of fruit, oranges and grapes principally. He also owns sixty acres of land one mile and a half sonth of Downey. On this place the principal products are fruit and alfalfa. A vineyard of thirty acres yielded himn a gross profit of $3,000 in one year. February 22, 1882, Mr. Quill was united in marriage with Miss Rosina Allen. They have been blessed with an interesting family of four children: Oliver James, Charles Allen, Joseph Armstrong and Angelina. Judge Allen died about ten days after the data was obtained for this sketch.
EV. JOHN C. ARDIS, deceased, was born in Greene County, Georgia, Angust 31, 1823. His parents were John and Martha (Stalins) Ardis, the father a native of Beach Island and of German origin, and the mother of Scotch-Irish descent. He moved with his parents to Russell County, Alabama, when about sixteen years of age; graduated at Emory College at Oxford, Georgia, in 1846, and was licensed to preach by John W. Starr, in 1847. In 1848 he married Miss Fannie A. Harris, a daughter of Briton D. Harris, a native of Geor- gia and a member of the State Legislature for several years. Her mother's name was Sarah A. (nee Walton), a native of Alabama. The subject of this sketch was principal of the Fe- male Academy at Salem, Alabama, for ten con- seentive years, and was also Grand Lecturer of the Masonic fraternity of Alabama. In 1859 he moved to Union County, Arkansas, and had
charge of the El Dorado Female Academy for eight years, until his health failed and he was compelled to give np teaching. He was or- dained deacon by Bishop Andrew, of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, Sonth, in 1856, and was ordained elder by Bishop Paine, in 1860. In the winter of 1867-'68, he set ont for the far West, and arrived in Los Angeles County in July, 1868, where he bought him a home of fifty-five acres of land, and devoted the most of the remaining part of his life to farming and beautifying his home. On December 24, 1877, he quietly fell asleep; his death was a triumph- ant one. He was a man given to much labor in the ministry until the latter part of his life, when his health failed. He was buried by the Masonic fraternity. The following are the names of the children of John C. and Fannie A. (Harris) Ardis: John D., Isaac L., Sallie A., wife of A. S. Gray, a merchant of Downey, California; Lida T., wife of W. B. Crawford, deceased; she is now engaged in teaching in the public school of Downey; Julius H., who gradn- ated at Emory College, Oxford, Georgia, and is now a law student under Haygood & Douglas, of Atlanta, Georgia; Fannie A., wife of James N. Pemberton, Principal of the public school of Alameda District, and a member of the board of education of Los Angeles County; Willie M. and Julia. The latter two being minors, are still at home. John D. Ardis, the eldest, is the administrator of the estate, and is now carrying on the interests of the farm.
DA HILLIS ADDIS was born in Leaven- worth City, Kansas. Her people, who had been slave-owners, had fled from Lawrence, Kansas, about the time of her parents' marriage, to escape from the persecutions of the faction headed by "Jim" Lane. Her father, Alfred Shea Addis, was of blood-kin to the Addis and Emmet families of well-known record, and her maternal grandfather, twice removed, was that illiterate but loyal and sterling backwoodsinan,
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James Harrod, who entered Kentucky with Daniel Boone, and who, according to the school histories, "built the first log-cabin within the present limits of Kentucky." Miss Addis says the favorite admonition of her mother's mother, when she or her brother did any thing wrong, was: " Your Grandfather Harrod would not have done that!" Mr. Addis moved with his family, after some time spent in Mexico, to Los Angeles, in 1872. Miss Addis graduated from our High School and passed her exami- nation, and commenced teaching in this city when quite young. Her knowledge of the Spanish language enabled her to do good work in the schools where that was the vernacular of many of the pupils. Miss Addis early showed her literary aptitude both in poetry and prose. Her delineations of Spanish types of character in her stories in the San Francisco Argonaut, and other journals, which have been widely copied; her terse and often dramatic presenta- tion and analysis of the action of the persons and episodes she describes; her picturing of Mexican traits and customs in various American newspapers, since her residence during the last three or four years in the City of Mexico; and finally her discovery of the lost art of luster- ing "Iridescent Pottery," as described by her and by Mr. W. C. Prime, in Harper's Magazine for August, 1889, have combined to give her a national reputation. Her kindly appreciation of Mexican character, her talents and her personal worth have given her the entre to some of the best families in Mexico. Miss Addis's friends believe she has a brilliant future before her.
HI. ADAMS AND G. F. ADAMS com- pose the dental firm of Adams Brothers, whose offices are at No. 23 South Spring street. They are natives of Michigan, but for a number of years before coming to California their home was in Peoria, Illinois, where G. F. Adams studied dentistry with one of the lead- ing practitioners of that city. In 1882 he
came to California and, locating in Los Angeles, began the practice of dentistry. His brother, who had preceded him several years to the Pacific Coast, became associated with him as a partner under the above firm title. Their busi- ness career has been one of uninterrupted pros- perity as the reward of enterprise and studious application. Both being skilled operative den- tists, they have a large clientage in that branch, while in mechanical dentistry they do the lead- ing business in the city, employing several as sistants. They make a specialty of treating diseased teeth, and of extracting when they cannot be saved. The Adams Brothers are ex- tensively known and have earned a proud repu- tation in and outside of the profession for their excellent work in this branch of dentistry. The aggregate earnings of their office runs from $800 to $1,300 a month. The elder brother, S. H. Adams, came to California in 1875. He is thirty-eight, and G. F. Adamns is twenty-five years old. Their parents still reside in Peoria, Illinois, where they have lived for the past fifteen years.
EV. SAMUEL M. ADAMS, of Downey, was born near the city of Montgomery, Alabama, Angust 8, 1827, and is the son of Abram and Nancy (Morgan) Adams. Her father, Dr. Lemnel Morgan, was born and edn- cated in Wales, and died in Florida. Francis Adams, the paternal grandfather of Samuel Adams, was a son of Abram Adams, and came to America about the year 1768. He was of Scotch-Irish origin and a pioneer of South Carolina. The father of the subject of this sketch moved from Alabama to Mississippi in 1834, and there educated his children. There Samuel was licensed to preach, in 1856, and joined the Alabama Conference in the fall of that year, at once taking work and continuing in active ministerial work in that conference till he came to California. In 1861, in Greene County, Alabama, the marriage ceremony was
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celebrated between him and Miss Meekie Will- iams, of Greene County, Alabama, the daughter of Benjamin and Edna (Hitt) Williams. Her parents were members of the old Scotch-Irish colony, with the parents of Sainnel Adams, in Carolina. In 1850 Mr. Adams came to Califor- nia as a gold-seeker, but after four years he re- turned to his home in the East. His citizenship in this county dates from the year 1868 when he landed with his family. He first purchased a small farm of forty-seven acres near Savannah, where he lived for ten years. This he afterward sold, and in 1881 he bought fifty acres where he now lives. Since coming to this county, and indeed all his life, his great aim has been to preach the gospel and save souls. Rev. Mr. Adams is an able instructor in intellectual as well as in spiritual things, having served as principal of Los Nietos Institute for two years. At present he sustains a superannuated relation to the conference, but preaches frequently, and in his leisure hours is engaged in taking care of his fruit orchard and garden. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have reared a family of eight children: Maud, now the wife of E. P. Dismukes; Sue Smith, wife of Frank Goodall; Mary, Bee, Samuel, Laura S., Madge and Gracc.
ON JUAN BANDINI was prominent, both as a citizen of Los Angeles and of San Diego. His second wife, Doña Re- fugio Bandini, is still a resident of this city. Mrs. Colonel Baker, Mrs. Charles R. Johnson and Mrs. Dr. Winston are daughters of Don Juan. Juan, Jr., and Arturo Bandini are his sons.
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ON MANUEL REQUENA was a native of Yucatan. He came to Los Angeles many years ago, and, being a well edn- cated man, he became a very influential and nseful citizen. We lived on the east side of Los Angeles street and north of the street
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