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instead of his father, as above. He died at Maligo in '57. His wife was Guada- lupe Estudillo, who survived him with 2 sons and 2 (or 4) daughters; one of the latter married A. H. Wilcox and another Win B. Coutts.
Arias (Francisco), S. F. settler of 1791-1800. i. 716. A. (Francisco), grantee of ranchos in Mont. district '39, '44. iii. 676; iv. 655; suplente prefcet in '41, being juez at S. Juan '41-3, and regidor at Mont. in '46. iv. 652-3, 661; v. 636. A. (Rafael R.), 1791, contador in Malaspina's exped. i. 490.
Armas (Baltasar), 1602, piloto in Vizcaino's exped. i. 98. F., P., and J. Armas, named as at Honolulu from Cal. in '4S.
Armenta (Cristóbal), sirviente at Sta Clara 1776. i. 306. A. (Joaq.), sold. at S. Diego 1775-6; later at Los Ang. i. 250, 303, 461. A. (José M.),
grantee of Punta de Pinos rancho '33, '44. iii. 678. A. ('Tio'), retired soldier who kept a shop and sometimes a school at Mont. in '11-20. ii. 381-3, 420.
Armijo (Antonio), native of N. Mex., at S. José in '41, age 37; wife María D. Duarte; child., Antonio, Jesus, Félix, Matias. Probably same as the Francisco Armijo who was a S. F. militiaman in '37; and perhaps same as Antonio M. Armijo who settled in the Suisun region in '43, was in trouble '47 for outrages on Ind. v. 569, 610; and died in '50. A. (Francisco), at S. Mateo in '35; al- calde in the contra costa '37. iii. 705; at S. F. '47. Spear, Pap. A. (José F.), grantee of Tolenas rancho '40. iv. 674. A. (Jesus M.), at Sonoma '44, age 18. A. (Juan F.), at Sonoma '44, age 42. A. (Salvador), at Los Ang. '39-46. I have not been able to obtain much definite information about any branch of the Armijo family.
Armon (Chas), 1836, at Mont., named in Larkin's books.
Armstrong (James), 1842, com. of the United States; and of the Savannah in later visits of '44-6. iv. 307-8, 301, 313, 459, 509. A. (John), 1840, Amer. ranchero in the Mont. district; exiled to S. Blas with the Graham party. iv. 18, 120. In '46 he wrote a letter against Larkin, which appeared in a St Louis paper, causing L. to get statements in his own defence from several prominent men. A. (John), in '46 at Monterey, and in '47 employed on Larkin's Sac. rancho. Possibly same as preceding. Arnand, 1848, mr of the Con de Valpa- raiso from Honolulu for S. F.
Arnaz (José), 1841, Span. supercargo of the Clara in Virmond's employ. iv. 102; and later in Aguirre's Joven Guipuzcoana. In '44 he opened a store at Los Ang., suffering much from depredations of the cholos. iv. 364; and in '45 leased the mission estate of S. Buen., which in '46 he purchased, as he claimed, but was not permitted to retain possession. iv. 553, 558, 561, 645; v. 400, 632, 643, 665. He still retained considerable property, however; and I found him in '74 living at his Sta Ana rancho near S. Buen., a genial gentleman of 54 years, who then and later gave me 100 pages of his interesting Recuerdos on the life and customs of the traders and rancheros in early times. Probably living in '85. In '47 he married Mercedes Avila, who died in '67, leaving several children. His 2d wife was a daughter of Juan Camarrillo. Arnold (Robert), 1828, Scotch turner, age 20, at Mont. '28-9.
Arrieta (Sebastian), 1820, Span. intendente, com. of the royal order of Isabel the catholic, who came fromn Peru with the king's license to live in Cal. with a pension of $3,000; but died at S. Juan B. in '21, age 54.
Arrillaga (José Joaquin), 1793, Span. capt. and lieut-gov. of the Cals at Loreto '83-92; gov. ad int. '93-4 at Mont .; lieut-col and lieut-gov. at L. '94-9; gov. ad int. 1800-4; gov. of Alta Cal. from 1804-coming to Mont. in 1806-to 1814, when he died at Soledad at the age of 64. Arrillaga was an efficient and honest officer, of most excellent private character, and a model governor so far as the performance of routine duties was concerned. See biog. in ii. 204-7; i. list of auth .; also mention in i. 471, 482, 484, 4SS, 501-29, 531- 6, 574, 602, 611, 631, 637-8, 658, 661, 663, 671, 729; ii. 2-204 passim, 269, 301-5, 386-7, 416-17, 566. Arriola (José F.), blacksmith instructor in 1792- 5. i. 615. A. (Maria), wife of J. V. Lawrence. ii. 496. A. (Rafael), settler at Los Ang. from 1797. i. 606; ii. 350.
Arroita (Francisco José), 1786, Span. friar at Purísima, who left Cal. in '96. See biog. notice, i. 675; ment. i. 388, 423, 425, 459, 575-7. Arroyo, 1795. i.
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253. A. (Ign.), exile of 1842. iv. 653. A. (Joaquin), grantee of Tucho '46.
v. 637. A. (José), 1792-5. i. 615. A. (José Man.). i. 250-3. A. (José Isidro); at Mont. '36, age 53, nat. of S.F .; wife Isabel; child. Ignacio, Cata- rina, Joaquina, Concepcion, María P. A. (Victor), 1820-39. ii. 382; iii. 587
Arroyo de la Cuesta (Felipe), 1SOS, Span. friar, serving chiefly at San Juan B .; d. at Sta Inés in '40. Noted for learning as well as piety; author of several works on Ind. lang. See biog. in iii. 662; list of auth. i .; ment. in ii. 140, 154, 159-60, 284, 316, 338, 394, 492, 526, 655; iv. 63. See also 'Cuesta.' Arteaga (Ignacio), 1777-80, Span. com. of explor. and transport ships. i. 296, 323, 329.
Arther (James P.), 1829, German mate of the Brooklyn in '29-30. iii. 138- 9, 146, 179. Master of Bryant & Sturgis' Boston ship California on 4 or 5 voy- ages to Cal. in '34-46. iii. 381; iv. 101, 564. Mr of Thos Perkins in '47. v. 511, 580. Often called James D. Arthur, but I have many of his autograph letters. A skilful mariner, though close-fisted and not very popular on the coast. Said by Thomes to be still living in Mass. '84.
Aruz (Domingo), settler at Los Ang. 1790-1810; not allowed to devote all his prop. to masses for his soul. i. 460; ii. 167. A. (José), elector and memb. of the dip. at Mont. '22-4. ii. 454, 462, 513, 536, 616. Arzaga (Manuel), sec. of ayunt. at Los Ang. '34-5; sec. of vigilantes '36. iii. 418, 631, 635, 638.
Ascension (Antonio), 1602, friar with Vizcaino. i. 98. I have his autograph. Ashley (Geo. H.), 184S, native of Mass .; memb. of S. Joaquin Co. pioneers '84 (?). Ashmead (Geo.), 1846, Co. C, Ist U. S. dragoons; killed at S. Pascual. v. 346. Ashton (A. B.), 1846, clerk on the Dale. A. (Geo. H.), 1847, Co.
D, N. Y. Vol .; killed by Ind. in S. Joaq. Val. in '47. Asken (Wm), 1840, Engl. pilot of the Ninfa; at Mont. '41. Aspiroz (Salvador), 1814, teacher with Gov. Sola. ii. 426. Quarrel with Guerra '17. ii. 382. Asuncion (Fr. An-
dres), 1602, with Vizcaino. i. 98. Atanasio, Ind. executed at Mont. '31. iii. 190. Atensio (Gregorio), at Los Ang. '46. v. 308; also Ign. Atensio.
Atherton (Faxon Dean), 1836, native of Mass., who as a boy went to Valpa- raiso; memb. of a firm engaged in the hide and tallow trade. Visited Cal. in '36-7, and later kept up a corresp. with Larkin and others. I have many of his letters on personal, political, and business affairs, sometimes signed Feliz D. Atherton. Went to Honolulu and Boston in '38-9, but returned in '41. iv. 91, 103, 117-18, 141. Said to have sent descriptions of the coast to Wash., and to have had a corresp. with Webster about Cal. Visited Cal. again in '49-50 to make investments, and became a resident in '59. Besides being the owner of a large estate in San Mateo Co., he was prominent in building railroads, banking, and various financial enterprises. Died at Fair Oaks in '77, leaving a widow-native of Chile, still living in 'S5-and 7 children. Three of his daughters married respectively Wm Macondray, Maj. Rathbone, U. S. A., and Edmunds of Valparaiso.
Atherton (Geo. D.), 1847, Co. D, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499-518). A. (Robert), 1847, brother of Faxon D., who came with a letter of introd. to Vallejo, 'para probar su fortuna en Cal .; ' and was employed as a clerk by Larkin. A. (Wm), 1845, mr of Parrott's Star of the West. iv. 568. A. (Wm), 1846, Mormon of the Brooklyn colony, with wife. v. 546. Lot at S. F. '47; also at N. Helv .; in the mines '4S. In later times a pressman on the Oakland Transcript.
Atillan (Pierre), 1841, French sailor married to a native at Mont. Cox- swain of the custom-house boat, and tax collector. Attacked and mutilated by the cholos in '44; got a pension from the Mex. govt till '47, when Gov. Mason was not able to continue it; and Pierre was supported till his death by charity. iv. 279, 339, 364, 414, 615, 653.
Atkins, 1846, mr of the Jeanette. Atkinson, 1848, a physician at Sac. according to Burnett. Atkinson (Chas A.), 1847, Co. D, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499 - 518). Called a 'judge' at S. José '77; d. at Mariposa in '82. A. (James or John), 1843, Amer., who after an adventurous career in Texas and Mex. came to Cal. accord. to newspaper sketches at a date varying '40 to '46, but appar- ently with the Chiles-Walker party of '43. iv. 392, 399. Known as Old Wheat for his reputed reliability; at Mont. in '45; served with Stockton in '46-7; long a resident of Los Ang .; in '71 pensioned as a veteran of 1812; died in the (S.
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Joaq .? ) county hospital in '74 at the age of about 80. Atnay, IS13, kanaka sailor arrested at Sta B. ii. 275. Atterville (James), 1840, doubtful name in Farnham's list. iv. 17. Aubens (N.), 1848, pass. from Honolulu.
Aulick (J. H.), 1841, com. of the U. S. Yorktown, at Mout. and S. F. iv. 38, 570. Later a commodore. Auntroy (John), 1840, arrested at Los
Ang. in the Graham affair. iv. 14. Aurelio, 1797, ucoph. who killed his wife. i. 659. Aurweller (John), 1847, Co. C, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); at S. F. '82; called also Auwaerter.
Austin, 1822, mr of the Panther. ii. 474. Austin, 1847, mid. on U. S.
Independence. A. (David), 1846, Fauntleroy's dragoons (v. 232-47). A. (Henry), 1838, Canadian carpenter, naturalized in '41, when he was at S. José. iv. 119. A. (Horace G.), IS46, on roll of Pion. Soc .; error in iv. 587. A. (Joseph C.), 1848, on roll of Pion. Soc. A. (Julius C.), 1846, Mormon on the Brooklyn, with wife and 3 children. v. 546. Ment. as a lawyer at S. Bernardino in 'S1; also as in Utalı, '84. A. (J. Wemys), 1848, of Findley, Jolinson & Co. at S. F. Still at S. F. '54. A. (Wm), 1826, mr of the Mercury. iii. 14S.
Avalos (Joaquin), tanner-instructor 1792-5. i. 615. Averett (Elisha), 1847, in com. of a party of Morin. Bat. on the return. v. 493. Avery, 1842, lieut with Com. Jones. iv. 308. A. (Elihu), 1844, boy on a whaler at S. F .; mr of Legal Tender, '82, accord. to a newsp. sketch. Avieta (José Ant.), 1834, with a party from N. Mex. iii. 396.
Avila (Anastasio), son of Cornelio; settler at Los Ang. 1799. iii. 349; re- gilor in 1810, '19, alcalde in '20-1. ii. 110, 337, 350-1, 354, 559; grantee of Ta- janta in '43. iv. 635. A. (Antonio), 1825, Mex. convict sent to Cal. for robberies and murder in Puebla. In the Solis revolt of '29, and in the Zamo- rano régime of '32 he aided the govt, in the hope of getting a release; but had to remain and serve out his time till about '38. iii. 16, 76, 83-4, 230, 669. Another Ant. A. in '37-9 apparently. iii. 504, 639.
Avila (Antonio Ignacio), 1783, son of Cornelio; native of Sonora, who settled at Los Ang .; in IS04 married Rosa Ruiz at Sta B .; in '20-1 regidor; grantee of Sanzal Redondo in '22 and '37; juez de campo most of the time in '35-48; and always prominent in the pursuit of Ind. horse-thieves. ii. 349-51, 333, 559, 566, 664; iii. 396, 565, 626, 632-7. He died in '58, aged 74. A. (Cornelio), 1783, settler Los Ang. from Sonora, with his wife Isabel Urqui- des and 8 children. i. 663 A. (Bruno), son of Cornelio; settler at Los Ang. '15; later claimant of Aguage del Centinela. ii. 349-50; iv. 634. A. (En- rique), prob. son of Anastasio; 2d alcalde at Los Ang. '47; claimant for Ta- janta rancho. iv. 635; v. 626. A. (Francisco), a 'hard case' at S. F. and S. José 1783-1800. i. 350, 484, 640, 716. A. (Francisco), drowned in the Tulares 1796. i. 661. A. (Francisco), son of Cornelio; in Los Ang. region 1304; alcalde in '10; applicant for dif. ranchos, and grantee of Cienegas in '23, '31. He had probably been a sold. at Sta B. ii. 110, 116, 172, 349-50, 354,. 563, 664; iii. 633. A. (Francisco), resid. of S. José '41, age 44; wife, María Ant. Alviso; child., Francisco, Encarnacion, Geronima, and Viviana. A. (Fran.), resid. of Brancif. '45, age 40. A. (Guadalupe). i. 175. A. (Ja- mario), prob. son of Francisco; regidor of Los Ang. '34-9; claimant for Ciene- gas. iii. 633-6. A. (José), at Los Ang. '39-46. A. (José), settler at S. F. 1791-1800. i. 606, 716. A. (Joaquin), 1842, sub-lieut of the batallon. iv. 289. A. (José Joaquin), surgeon of the Cal. forces 1774-83. His wife died at S. F. in '79. Prov. St. Pap., v. 57-8.
Avila (José María), son of Cornelio. Alcalde of Los Ang .. in '25. In the battle of '31 he killed Capt. Pacheco, and was himself killed. See biog. iii. 206-9; ment. ii. 559; iii. 196, 200. A. (José de Sta Ana), son of Corne- lio; maj. at Sta B. 1801-6. ii. 120; mar. Maria Josefa Osuna. A. (José de los Santos), sec. of ayunt. at Brancif. '34. iii. 696. A. (J. S.), colegial at Sta Inés '44. iv. 426.
Avila (Juan), son of Ant. Ign: eye-witness of the fight near Los Ang. in '31. iii. 208; grantee of Miguel rancho '42. iv. 635; juez de campo at Los Ang. '44; juez at S. Juan Cap. '46. iv. 633; v. 623; in '47 carried a flag of truce for Stockton to the people of Los Ang. v. 396. He married Soledad Yorba; one
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daughter married M. A. Forster, and another Paul Pryor. Don Juan was a man of excellent repute, who avoided political complications, but had good powers of observation and memory. At S. Juan Cap. in '77 he gave me his recollections-Notas Californianas-of early times, including valuable testi- mony on several matters.
Ávila (Miguel), son of José Sta Ana; b. at Sta B. in 1796; educ. at S. F .; served as copyist at Mont. In '16 he enlisted in the Mont. comp .; and in "24 was corporal of the escolta at S. Luis Ob., having a quarrel with the padre. ii. 516-17, 619; síndico at Mont. and alf. of militia '35-6. iii. 447, 474, 673-4. In '26 he had married María Inocenta, daughter of Dolores Pico; and in '36 lived at Mont. with 5 child., Rafaela, Jesus Domingo, Francisco de Paula, José Ant. R., Josefa de los Ang. Ment. in '37, '41. iii, 501; iv. 653; grantee of S. Miguelito in '42, '46, and Laguna in '45. iv. 637, 642, 656. Also ment. in '45-8. iv. 491; v. 321, 639. Alcalde of S. Luis Ob. in '49. He had a fond- ness for preserving documents, but most of his collection was burned with his house. Died in '74, leaving his S. Miguelito rancho to his widow and children. Doña María Inocenta gave me not only her own recollections on old-time Cosas de Cal., ii. 242, 427, but also the remnant of Don Miguel's Doc. Hist. Cal., containing several important papers. A. (Pedro), juez de campo at Los Ang. '44. iv. 633.
Avis (Wm P.), 1842, Boston man from Honolulu, with letters from Peirce & Brewer, to go into business as a commission merchant.
Ayala (Cármen), at Sta B. '45. iv. 642. A. (Crisógono), ranchero at Sta B. '37-50; grantee of Sta Ana; maj. of S. Buen. in '42-4. iii. 656; iv. 644-5. His wife was Barbara Vanegas, and they had 5 children. A. (Ger- vasio), juez de policía at Sta B. '48. v. 631. His wife was Rafaela Moraga, 1 child before '37. A. (Joaquin), owner of land near Sta Ines. v. 632. A. (José), inválido at Sta B. '32; wife Juana Félix; child., Maria, Rafael, Juan, Prudencio, Antonio. A. (José M.), soldier at Sta B. '32; wife Emedia Valencia. A. (Juan B.), 1775, lieut and com. of S. Carlos; explorer of S.
F. bay. i. 241, 245-7. A. (Juan Man.), 1778, com. of Santiago. i. 328. A. (Juan Nepomuceno), 1834, Mex. clerk, age 20, who came with the H. & P. colony. iii. 263; took part in the revolt against Alvarado in '37. iii. 523-5.
Ayala (Juan Pablo), sergt of Sta B. comp. '35. iii. 650; lieut '38-9. iii. 583, 651. Admin. S. Luis Ob. '39-40. iii. 683; acting com. Sta B. '45; iv. 641; capt. of defensores and 2d juez '46. v. 140, 631; proposed revolt in '48. v. 586. A. (Pablo), admin. S. F. Solano '37-8. iii. 720-1. A. (Wm), 1832-3,
mr of the Roxana. iii. 384. Ayals (Manuel M.), 1837, Span. physician in Alameda Co. '76, said to have come in '37 (?). Alam. Hist. Atlas.
Ayer (Franklin H.), 1848, Amer. carpenter who arr. on the Sabine in May from Boston at S. F., and went to the Mormon Isl. mines. Ment. by Gov. Mason as having furnished gold specimens for Wash. In '52 an advertisement for him from his bro. in China and parents in Somerville, Mass., appears in the Alta. In '72 he wrote me a letter on his Personal Adventures, from Gray- son, Stanislaus Co. A letter to that address in 'S2 brought no reply. Ayot (Alexis), 1844, perhaps came to Cal. with Frémont. iv. 437.
Ayres (Geo. Wash.), 1812-13, mr of the Mercury, captured at Sta B. ii. 268-70, 295, 304, 362. In '20 he was interested with Abel Stearns in obtain- ing lands in the Sac. Val. for a settlement, but prob. did not revisit Cal. Dept. Rec., MS., viii. 38. A. (R. B.), 1847, lieut Co. F, 3d U. S. artillery (v. 518). Azcona, lieut on the Morelos '34. iii. 269.
Babcock (Benj. E.), 1848, on the roll of Pion. Soc., died before 'S1. B. (J.), 1848, sup. of the Mary. Bacey (James), 1831, one of Young's trappers; perhaps did not come to Cal. iii. 388. Bachelor (Fred.), 1841, Amer. cooper of the Workman-Rowland party from N. Mex .; went east in '42, iv. 278, but ret. to Cal. in later years, living at Noon's raneho, where he died in '76.
Bachelot (Alexis), 1832, French missionary prefect of the Sand. Isl. in ex- ile; served at S. Gabriel in '32-7; ret. to the Isl. in '37; died '38 on a voy. to the South Sea Isl. iii. 317-18, 364, 384, 408, 643; iv. 102. Bacon (J.), 1846,
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Co. B, Cal. Bat., artillery (v. 358). Badeau (Francois), 1844, one of Fre- mont's Canadians. iv. 437.
Baden (James Collins), 1847, Co. F, 3d artill. (v. 51S); clerk and copyist for the comp., commandant, and dept. to '51, not deserting like most of his comrades; later a teacher; d. at Watsonville '68, aged 50. He was a son of a colonel in U. S. service, and b. at Baltimore. Ment. by Gen. Sherman, Mem., as his clerk: obituary in Sta Cruz Sentinel, Sept. '68. Bader (Christopher), 1847, Co. B, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); a miner at Coloma and elsewhere '48-52; set- tled later in Butte Co., and lived for many years at Cherokee, where he was in 'S2, but died before 'S5, leaving a widow and 9 children, most of them grown. One of the sons, H. F. Bader, writes me from Cherokee April 'S5. Badger (Wm G. B.), 1848, pass. on the Sabine from Boston; at the Mormon Isl. mines. Ba- dillo (Francisco), 1825, Mex. convict who continued his lawless career in Cal .; wife Rafaela García, 4 child .; lynched in '60 with one of his sons. iii. 16, 549, 632. Baewdsxig (?), mr of the Nikolai in '40. iv. 105. Bagley (Alden S.), 1848, part owner of the Coloma mill in Dec.
Bailey (Addison), 1847, Co. C, Morm. Bat. (v. 469), reenlist. at L. Ang. B. (James), 1847, Co. A, Morm. Bat .; made bricks at S.F. B. (Jefferson), 1847, Co. C, Morm. Bat., perhaps same as the Jeff. B. who had a farm in Sta Clara Co. '50-74. B. (Theodorus), 1847, lieut, com. of the U. S. Lex- ington; rear-admiral in the war of '61-5. v. 578. Portrait in the Century, April 'S5. B. (Wm J.), 1834, Engl. sailor at Mont., age 25; drove cattle to Or. '37; perhaps the Wm Bailey exiled in '40. iv. 18, 85, 412. Baillie (Thomas), 1844, com. of the Engl. Modeste. iv. 567. Bailon (Pascual), 1782, corporal killed on the Colorado. i. 364. Bails (Jonas), 1836, Amer. tailor at Los Ang. from N. Mex., age 29.
Baker, 1845-6, mr of the Montezuma. B., 1848, of the firm S. H. Williams & Co. at S. F. B. (Andy), 1846, Co. G, Cal. Bat. (v. 35S); at Stockton with Weber '47-8; also employed as a builder in '47, at Mont. in '47; called also Antonio B .; ment. at N. Helv. '48; very likely the 'Antonio' employed by Larkin at S. F. B. (Isaac Munroe), 1846, nat. of Md, b. in '20; marine on the U. S. Dale '46-9; one of Marston's men in the Sanchez campaign (v. 379). Being disch. in N. Y. he came to S. F. in '50-65; in the east '65-8; owner of a place at La Honda, Sta Cruz mts, from '64, but in the grocery business at S. F., '75-85. Married Mary A. Smith '75, has 3 children '85. In an interview he gave many items about S. F. in '46-7. B. (John), 1846, Co. C, Ist U.S. dragoons (v. 336). B. (John F.), 1848. Passport from Honolulu. B. (Wm), 1845; Amer. sailor at Mont. Balderrama (Jose), 1798. i. 606, 733. Should be written Valderrama. Baldomero, grantee of Corral de Padilla '36. iii. 677.
Baldridge (Wm), 1843, Tenn. mill-wright, b. in '11, resid. of Mo. from '20; overl. immig. in the Walker-Chiles party. iv. 392, 399. After working at his trade in different places, in '45 he settled on a Napa rancho as a partner of Chiles; in '46 a member of the Bear organization, v. iii. 179, 189, and later served as lieut of Co. C, Cal. Bat. v. 361, 434. Then he resumed his trade for a time, and I have a contract signed by him in '47 to build a saw-mill for Salv. Vallejo. From '52 Baldridge lived on his rancho at Oakville, always command- ing the respect of his neighbors. His Days of"'46, written in '77, is an interest- ing part of my collection; and in the testimony given by him at various times for newspapers and books there is to be noted exceptional accuracy. Never married. Still living in '81, and I think in 'S5. A good sketch of his life, and portrait, in Napa Co. Hist., 387, 20.
Baldwin (Alfred), 1846, native of N. Y .; overl. immig. to Or. in '45 and in '46 to Cal. v. 546. Served at S. José under Watmough, and went sonth with the Cal. Bat. (v. 35S). Resid. of Sta Cruz '47-85. His wife was Fannie Willard, whom he married in '66. B. (Charles H.), 1846, passed mid. on the U.S. Congress, left by Stockton in com. of a guard at Mont. '46-7, until the coming of the artill. comp. v. 290, 519; lieut in war of '61-5, and com. of a gunboat in the Pacific; later an admiral in com. of North Pac. station at Mare Isl. : in Cal. '83, as was also a son. B. (James M.), 1814, Engl. sailor left at Mont. by the Isaac Todd. ii. 272. £ B. (James H.), 1847; Co. B, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499).
PIONEER REGISTER AND INDEX.
B. (John), 1841, at Los Ang. from the Juan Jose, but required to depart. B. (Josiah L.), 1847, Co. I, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); d. at S. José '50. B. (Timothy), 1347, Co. E, N. Y. Vol.
Bale (Edward Turner), 1837, Engl. surgeon, who landed from a vessel at Mont., age 29. ii. 117-18. For 5 or 6 years he practised medicine at Mont., being in '40-3 surg. of the Cal. forces by Gen. Vallejo's appointment, and hav- ing married María Ignacia Soberanes. Bale was a man of good education, but always more or less in trouble on account of his debts and personal quarrels. In '40 he opened a liquor-shop in a room hired of Larkin for a drug-store, and was arrested in the resulting complications with the authorities. I have many original documents written by and about him; but have no intention of cata- loguing his troubles. In '41 he was naturalized and got a grant of the Carne Humana rancho in Napa valley, where he went in '43, though his family lived for a time at S. F. with John Fuller. iv. 669, 671; v. 678-9. In '44, hav- ing been whipped by Salv. Vallejo, he attempted to shoot the latter, was put in jail, and narrowly saved his life. iv. 444-5, 678; the rumored intention of the Kelseys and other foreigners to rescue the doctor also caused much excite- inent. In '46 he built a saw-mill, and in '47-8 did a large business in lumber, the increased value of his land making him a rich man; but he died '49 or '50, leaving a widow-still living in '85-2 sons and 4 daughters. His son Edward was commissioned in '64 capt. of Co. D, Ist Bat. Nat. Cal. cavalry; and in '71 was in business at Napa. Bale (Wm), 1831, Engl. carpenter at Los Ang. in '36, age 29. iii. 405. Possibly Wm 'Bailey,' q.v.
Ball (Franklin), 1847, Co. E, N. Y.Vol. (v. 499); blacksmith at Sta Cruz in Nov. Ballard (John), 1847, Co. C, N. Y. Vol. Ballenback (Wm), 1846, marine on the Dale, acting as baker at S. F. in '47; in the mines later.
Ballesteros (Carlos), killed at Chino rancho '46. v. 313. B. (Felipe) and B. (Francisco), at L. Ang. '46. B. (Juan), regidor at L. Ang. '23, '32, '38; grantee of Resa del Castillo rancho '31. ii. 559; iii. 633-6. He was prob. Juan Ant., son of J. de Dios. B. (Juan de Dios), corp. of the Sta B. comp. 1787; com. of escolta at S. Ant., S. Lnis Ob., and S. Juan B. 1791-7. Also named at L. Ang. 1796, 1819. His wife was Teresa Sepúlveda, and his sons Juan An- tonio, b. '87, and Fran. Javier Ant., b. '97. Before 'S6 he had been a sergt, but was reduced to the ranks for desertion. i. 557, 718; ii. 349, 354.
Ballhaus (Fred.), 1846, German immig. (v. 526), with Hoppe and Harlan; in Cal. Bat. (v. 35S), at the Natividad fight, and in Co. B artill. in the south; worked at S. F. and N. Hclv. '47-8; in the mines much of the time '48-C0; married Katrina Franck '53; to Frazer River '58; from '61 at S. F., brewer, vegetable gardener, and man of property; still living in '85, age 69, with wife and 3 children. He has kept a diary, and tells no end of interesting details of his Cal. experiences. Baltasar, 1824, Ind. executed at Purísima. Balteco (John), 1846, Fauntleroy's dragoons (v. 232). Balygin, 1808, mr of the Niko- lai. ii. 80.
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