History of California, Volume II, Part 85

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers
Number of Pages: 826

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(Walter), 1847, sergt Co. A, N. Y. Vol., at Cedar Springs, Mich., 'S3. Chiron, Choquet (Diego), 1776, mr of the S. Antonio. i. 287, 301. Choris (Lonis), IS16, artist with Kotzebue; author of the Voyage Pittorresque. ii. 281, 372. Christian (Chas), 1847, perhaps of N. Y. Vol. (v. 409), under another name. C. (Chas W. H.), 1848, in charge of S.F. school Dec. Californian. C. (John), 1838, one of the exiles to S. Blas, not known to have returned. iv. IS. C.

(Kail), 1840, mr of the Catalina. iv. 31. C. (W. A.), 1848, purser U.S.N., at S.F. on the Lady Adams. C. (Win. H.), 1847, Co. K, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); brig .- gen. in war of '61-5; at Los Ang. '71; at Utica, N. Y., '74-82; perhaps the Chas and Chas W. H. ment. above. A man of the same name was at S.

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José in '50. Christiancy (James), 1846, Fauntleroy's dragoons (v. 232-47). Christie (H.), 1848, left Honolulu for S. F. C. (John G.), 1847, at S.F. on the Currency Lass from Hon .; at Mont. '48. Chulte, in Sutter's employ '47;

perhaps an Ind. Chumazero (Ignacio), at Sta Cruz 1794. i. 496. Church (Haden W.), 1847, Co. B, Morm. Bat. (v. 469). C. (Wm S.), 1843, Amer. carpenter from Sandwich Isl., who died at the house of Temple at Los Ang. '43, his effects being sold Jan. '44. iv. 400. C. (Wm S.), 1841, mate of the Maryland, who took com. on the return from Mazatlan to Hon. '42. Capt. Peirce says he saw him at S.F. in '49; else he would appear same as preced- ing. Churchman (T.), 1848, worked for Sutter on his mill from May. Chute, 1847, convicted of manslaughter at S. José. v. 663.

Cibrian (Blas), soldier of S.F. comp. '27-33; his wife was Paula Mesa, living at Mont. '36, age 28, child. Francisco b. '23, María de la Cruz '27, José Prudencio '30, Jose Blas '32, Refugio '34, Jose Estanislao '36. C. (Cármen), wife of Cornelio Bernal, resid. at S.F. mission from '3S and earlier to '67 and later. C. (Eusebio), at S. José '41, age 41; at S.F. mission '46; witness

in Santillan case.

C. (Francisco), soldier of S.F. comp. '39-43. iv. 667; at

S. José '50. C. (Gabriel), at S.F. '55, age 36. C. (Leocadio), soldier and

settler of 1791-1800. i. 499, 416. C. (Maria Rosa Pacheco de), widow, at S. José '41, age '44, child. Isidro b. '22, Ignacio '24, Eusebia '27, Florencio '30, José Manuel '32, Carlos '33, Encarnacion '40. C. (Pablo), settler at S. F. 1791-1800. i. 716. . Ciel, 1838, doubtful name at Sta. B. Cimental, (Cris.), reg. at Mont. 1805. ii. 156. Cins, see 'Zinns.' Ciprés (Marcelino), 1795, Span. friar who served at S. Antonio and S. Luis Ob. till his death in 1810. Biog. ii. 14S; ment. i. 576, 689; ii. 23, 28, 50, 147, 151-2, 159-60, 191. Cipriano, Ind. associate of Estanislao '29. iii. 110; perhaps the same who died in '78 in the region of N. Almaden at the age of 100 or more.

Clamp (Richard), 1847, Co. A, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); at Chinese Camp, Cal. '71-82. Clap (Curtis), 1840, mr. of the Alciope; sup. of the Califor- nia '42-3; a Boston and Sandw. Isl. trader. iv. 100, 564. Clapin (Joseph), 1846, corp. Co. C, Ist U.S. dragoons (v. 336). Clapp (Chas D.), 1847, Co. D, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); died in Australia after '50. Clar (Juan), 1836, Span. of Minorca; translator and keeper of the archives, well known in S.F. '49-84; said to have visited Cal. as early as '36 as prof. of mathematics on a man-of-war, and again with Com. Jones in '42. He died at S.F. '84. Clare (Wm), 1847, Co. F, 3d U. S. artill. (v. 518); an Engl. who joined the comp. at Valparaiso; served as clerk in Col Mason's office, but like most of his comrades deserted for the mines in '48. Said to have inherited a fortune later and to have settled down at Liverpool.

Clark, 1836, mr of Ionic. iv. 104. C., 1845, in Sutter's army. iv. 486.

C., 1847, mr of the Vesper. v. 580. C., 1847, 'Father Clark,' said to have celebrated his 49th birthday at S. Diego, in '72, 25 years and 6 mo. after his arrival. S. D. World. C., 1847, left Hon. for S.F. on the Eveline. C. (Albert), 1847; Co. E, Morm. Bat. (v. 469). C. (Daniel), 1848, Irish immig. to Or. of earlier years, who came to the Cal. mines '48-50, going back to Or., where he has been a well-known citizen. Hist. Or., i. 46S.

C. (Daniel P.), 1847, Co. B, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); owner of S.F. lot. v. 680; at S. Diego from '71, where he died '79. C. (E. St Clair), 1847, sec. U. S. Co- lumbus. C. (Francis), 1843, doubtful immig. of the Hastings party. iv. 390. C. (Francis C.), 1847, Co. D, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); shot on Merced Riv. '53.

Clark (Francis D.), 1847, Co. D, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); nat. of N. Y .; a miner in '4S-9; in '49-55 trader, ferryman, and justice of the peace in S. Joaquin; N. Y. city trader '55-60; major and mil. sec. in the war of '61-5; and later a business man of N. Y. city. Clark has been sec. and one of the most active members of the N. Y. society of Cal. Pioneers; and has particu- larly interested himself in keeping awake memories of pioneer times by the publication of rolls of surviving comrades of '47 in '71 and '74; and finally by The First Regiment of N. Y. Volunteers, bringing the record down to 'S3. See v. 503, et seq. That work also contains the author's portrait. His Pioneer of' '47 is a somewhat minute narrative of his experience in '47-55. I have

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followed his record of the N. Y. Vol. with a few corrections and additions. C. (Geo.), 1847, Co. E, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). C. (Geo. S.), 1847, Co. B, Morm. Bat. (v. 469). C. (H.), 1847. sup. of the Eveline. C. (John), 1847, Co. G, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); an Irishman, drowned at S. F. '54. C. (Jolm Case), 1843, said to have visited the coast on a man-of-war. iv. 400; miner from '49; at Red Bluff a few years from '57; at S. Diego from '69 to his death in '73. C. (John N.), 1847, Co. I, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); bro. of Francis C .; miner and painter, at Stockton '71-4; died in Fresno Co. '79. C. (Joseph), 1847, Co. A, Morm. Bat. (v. 469). C. (Lorenzo), 1847, lieut Co. A, Morm. Bat. v. 477; tanner in Utah 'S1. C. (M.), 1848, passp. from Honolulu. C. (Nicholas), 1846, at Sutter's Fort; one of the 2d Donner relief. v. 540; portrait in Mc- Glashan, 184; living in '79. C. (Obed), 1822-3, mr of the Gideon. ii. 474, 492. C. (Ransom), 1844, perhaps of Frémont's party. iv. 437; at S. José '50. C. (Riley P.), 1847, Co. A, Morm. Bat. (v. 409); reënl. at Los Ang. C.

(Smith Douglas), 1845, Engl. with a passp. for Sonora. C. (Sophia P.), 1846, one of the Mormon col. v. 576; prob. Mrs King at Ogden '84. C. (Terence), 1848? an early settler at Sonora. C. (Wm), 1823-6, mr of the Thos Now- lan. ii. 492, 519; iii. 149.

Clark (Wm Squire), 1846, nat. of Md, b. in 1807, grandson of Abraham C. signer of the declaration of independence; educated in Ohio; a business man in the south and west; and an overland immig. of '46 (v. 526). He came di- rectly to S.F., and served apparently under Marston in the Sta Clara campaign. Obtaining a lot at what was named for him Clark's Point-which lot is still owned by him 40 years later-he built a warehouse and a wharf, driving the first piles in the bay. In '47-8 he was not only one of the most prominent business men in town, becoming the owner of dozens of city lots, but he was a member of the council, president of publie meetings, and otherwise active in public affairs. v. 648, 650, 652-4, 656, 678, 680, 685. I know of no foundation for Gen. Sherman's statement that Clark was a Mormon. v. 547. In '4S he was a successful miner, but soon returned to S.F., where his land investments made him eventually a millionnaire. He married Alice A. Duncan in '68, and in '70 went to live at S. José, where he still is in 'S5, with a son, Wm S., Jr, and 4 daughters. He wrote his Recollections for my use in 'S3, and in an interview gave me many details of old San Francisco. C. (W.W.), 1847, mr of a whaler. Classen (John C.), 1848, Pion. Soc. roll. Claudio, 1837, leader of hostile Ind. S. Diego. iii. 614. Clausen (Wm), 1847, musician Co. D, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). Clavell, 1844, officer on H.B.M.S. Modeste. Clawson (John R.),

1847, Co. D, Morm. Bat. (v. 469); reënl. at Los. Ang. Claviter (Edward), 1848, passp. from Honolulu; resid. of Mt Eden, Alameda Co. '49-78; at Ala- meda from '78 to his death in 'S4.

Clayton (Charles), 1848, nat. of Engl., who came to the U.S. in '42 and crossed the plains to Or. in '47, coming to Cal. in April '48 on the Henry. After a year in the mines he opened a store at Sta Clara, where he also held local offices. From '53 he become a prominent commission merchant in S.F., filling also with credit the offices of supervisor, member of the legislature, sur- veyor of the port, and member of congress. He married Hannah Morgan in '54; and still resides in S.F. in 'S5, age 60. Clements, 1845, at S. F., N. Helv., and again at S.F. with a family; seems to have gone east with Clyman in '46. iv. 526, 578. Name also written Clemence, Clement, and Clemons. Wm Clemons is named in one list as a member of the Stevens party of '44, and was perhaps the same, though he may have gone first to Or. Clements (Lam- beth B.), 1847, of N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); comp. not known; lot at S.F. '47; at S.F. '54; at Soquel '74. Cleveland (Richard J.), 1803, owner and Ist officer of the Lelia Byrd; involved in smuggling exploits; author of a Narrative. ii. 10-14, 21, 102-3. Clifford (Cornelius), 1847, Co. B, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); d. at S. Juan B. after 1850. C. (J.), 1848, passp. from Honolulu. C. (O. G.), 1848, ditto. Clift (James), 1847, Co. C, Morm. Bat. (v. 469): reënl. at Los Ang. C. (Robert), 1847, lieut Co. C, Morm. Bat. v. 477; lieut of the reenl. comp. v. 495; alcalde of S. Diego '47-S. v. 491, 618-19. Clipper, doubtful name-of a corporal killed at S. Pascual. Cloud (J. H.), 1847, major

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and paymaster U.S.A., who came with the Morm. Bat. v. 483, 440; killed at Sutter's Fort Aug. 3d by a fall from his horse. Clough (Win), 1837, named in Larkin's accounts.

Clyman (Janies), 1845, Virginian who, after an adventurous career as sur- veyor and trapper in the great west, came overland to Or. in '44, and to Cal. the next year as a leader in the MeMahon-Clyman party. v. 572-4, 587. He travelled over the country as far as Monterey; spent the winter hunting in the Napa and other valleys. v. 17; and in the spring of '46-after a union with Frémont's comp. had been declined. v. 23-returned to the states over- land, meeting the Donner and other parties on the way. v. 526. He came back to Cal. in later years, and lived at Napa till his death in 'S1, at the age of 84. Colonel Clyman's Note-book, a MS. diary of his wanderings of '44-6, is one of the most complete and important records of its class in my library. Clyman's Diary is an abridgment of the same, with a few documentary additions. Clymer, 1842, with Com. Jones at Los Ang. iv. 321.

Coates (Geo.), 1846, served in the Cal. Bat. (v. 35S), enlisting at S. Juan Oct .; prob. same as the following. C. (James), 1843, Amer. shoemaker, farmer, tanner, and overl. immig. from Or. in the Hastings party. iv. 390. Naturalized '44, then living at Mont .; in '45 a lieut in Sutter's force, at one time a prisoner. iv. 486, 500; in '46 perhaps in the Cal. Bat. as above; in '47 lot-owner at S.F., tanner at N. Helv., and finally moving to a house on Amer. River. I have no later record than March '48, when Coates was seriously in- jured by a fall from his horse, being also robbed of $300. Cobb, 1840, on the Don Quixote from Hon. iv. 103. C. (Chas), 1848, owner of S.F. lots; same name in S.F. directory of '52.

Cochran (Thos), 1845, nat. of N.C., who crossed the plains to Or. '43, and came to Cal. in the McMahon-Clyman party. iv. 572, 574, 587. Named at N. Helv. several times in '45-8; in '49 built a hotel, the Ist building at Cache- ville; an eccentric man, who in '51 suddenly departed for Australia. Cocket (C.), 1848, passp. from Honolulu. Cocks (Henry), 1846, English marine on the U. S. Da'e, who after his disch. in '48 lived at Mont. and married a daughter of Francisco García, moving in '53 to the S. Bernabé rancho, or Cock's station, of which he was the claimant. iv. 655, 679. In '66 he went with the telegraph exped. to Alaska and Siberia; had an appointment on the Tule River Ind. reservation; accomp. Wheeler's explor. exped. on the Colo- rado; and in '75 was living near his old place in Mont. Co., where he still is, I think, in '85. Coe (John J.), 1817, Co. F, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). Coeur (François), 1846, with Kearny's force. v. 337.

Coffelt (Geo.), 1846, teamster Co. C, Ist U.S. dragoons (v. 336). Coffe- meyer (Edward), 1846, sailor at N. Helv. '47-8; member of Ist and 4th Don- ner relief. v. 538, 541. Coffin (Ephraim), 1841, of U.S. ex. exped .; died in Cal. iv. 279. C. (Henry), 1844, Amer. sailor of the Monmouth, aided by the consul.

C. (Ivory), 1846, seaman or marine on the Savannah; wounded at the S. Gabriel Jan. 9, '47. v. 395. C. (James), 1835, mr of the Peor es Nada. C. (J. W.), 1847, on a whaler; came back in '50; of S. F. firm C. & Hendry; d. before '85, leaving a son and daughter. C. (L.), 1848, at S. F. on the Lady

Adams from Callao. C. (Wm), 1826, nr of the Franklin. iii. 147. C. (Wm), 1847, Co. B, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). C., 1847, mr of the Charles Drew. Coghlan

(James), 1848, sailor on the Elizabeth. Cogswell, 1845, at N. Helv. Dec. Colin (Moritz), 1847, musician N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). C. (Philip), 1847, Co. D, N. Y. Vol.

Colbath (Lemuel), 1846, mate of the Euphemia '46-8; a New Englander. Colbert (John), 1834, Engl. shipwright, age 26; naturalized '39; still at S. F. '40. iii. 412. Cole (James B.), 1847, Co. D, Morm. Bat .; at Springville, Utah, 'S2. C. (John), 1826, sailor on the Rover. C. (Thomas), 1833, Engl. sailor whose name often appears in Larkin's accounts of '33-49. iii. 409. Acc. to John Price, in S. Luis Ob. Co. Hist., 63, he deserted from the Kent, but I have no record of that vessel before '36. Cole was one of Graham's riflemen of '36-8. (iii. 457); arrested but not exiled '40. iv. 17; grantee of lands in Salinas Val. '42-4. iv. 636; in '44 flogged by the Calif. for revealing to Micheltorena

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the place where certain powder and lead had been buried, so says Swan; in '45-6 often employed to carry despatches, v. 29, 235, also signing the call to foreigners at S. José, iv. 599, and accomp. Lieut Revere on a hunting trip. Mentioned by Revere, Sherman, and Colton, the latter namning him as a man who stole a horse. His name appears on the assessment rolls of '50; and acc. to Taylor's List, he died at Mont. in '58. Coleman (Geo.), 1827, at Sta B. and S. Buen. '27-8. ii. 580; iii. 94, 176. C. (Michael), 1845, overl. immig. of Grigsby-Ide party; bonds given by Wm Benitz Nov. 21st; prob. went to Or. in '46. iv. 526, 578. C. (Thos), 1847, carpenter on the U. S. Preble. Colespedriguez (Bruno), 1829, mr of the Rosalia. iii. 148.

Colgan (James A.), 1847, Co. G, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). Colima (Tomás San- chez), at Los Ang. '43; juez de campo '44. iv. 633; cl. for Sta Gertrudis '53. iv. 629, 635. Collie (Alex.), 1826-7, surg. of H. B. M. S. Blossom; made a trip from S. F. to Mont. and back by land. iii. 121. Colligan, 1847, attempts murder at Sta Cruz. S. F. Star, Nov. 20th; perhaps 'Callaghan.' C. (Wm), 1846, sailor of the navy; at Mont. in July; went south with the Cal. Bat .; in '75 and later a broker and politician of N. Y. City. Collins (John), 1847, boatswain of the Cyane. C. (Napoleon), 1847, lot-owner at S.F .; perhaps the C. who was wrecked in the bay and rescued by the Tasso's boat. Alta, Feb. 17, '67. C. (Peter), 1842, in the Sta Cruz redwoods. iv. 341; in '43 kept a bar at Mont .; killed at Pacheco Pass about '54. C. (Robert H.), 1847,

Co. D, Morm. Bat. (v. 469); in '82 at Huntingdon, Utah. C'olombet (Clem- ent), 1844, Frenchman who kept a hotel at S. José '49. iv. 453; made a for- tune in the mines, lost later and regained; married a daughter of Thos Kell; in '60 at Warm Springs, Alameda Co., age 43; living at S. Jose '81. Colton (Chas E.), 1847, servant to an officer in Morm. Bat. (v. 469). C. (Patrick), 1847, Co. F, 3d U. S. artill. (v. 518). C. (Philander), 1847, Co. B, Morm. Bat .; a mason who made bricks and worked on Ist brick house at S. Diego.

Colton (Walter), 1846, chaplain U.S.N., who came on the Congress, and was alcalde at Mont. in '46-8; also judge of the admiralty; an earnest, kind- hearted, and sensible man, whose official and private record in Cal. was a most excellent one. In partnership with Robert Semple, he edited and pub- lished the Californian, the Ist Cal. newspaper, in '46-7, making a visit to the mines in the autumn of '48, and causing the erection of a school-house at Mont., named for him Colton Hall. His Deck and Port, and Three Years in Cal., published in '50, are journals of his experience and observations, full of inter- est, and justly regarded as standard works on the annals of '46-8. He went east early in '49, but I have no record of his later career. v. 254, 288-93, 433, 603, 637-8, 653. Columbo (A.), 1847, Amer. farmer at S. Buen. Colwell (J.), 1843, doubtful name of an immig. iv. 578.

Combs (Abram), 1847, one of the Mormon col. with wife and 3 child. v. 546; in Utah '84, his wife being dead. Comelero (Pedro), 1836, Italian cook from Lima at Los Ang. Comfort (Geo. F.), 1838, mr of the Ayacucho. iv. 101. Comstock (Cortey), 1847, Co. G, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499).

Conanse (José), 1791-1800, visiting friar at S. Diego. i. 655. Concha (Juan), 1791, lient in Malaspina's exped. i. 490. Conde (Pedro), ISIS, lieut, com. of one of Bouchard's vessels. ii. 226-7. Condels, 1845, doubtful name of an Amer. at Brancif., age 24. Condit (Jeptha), 1847, Co. C, Morm. Bat. (v. 469); reënl. at Los Ang. Conduian (Alex.), 1845, doubtful name of a Frenchman at Brancif., age 23. Conejo (Casimiro), 1798, i. 606. Conley

(James H.), 1847, carpenter on the Dale. Conley (Marston F.), 1847, per- haps of N. Y. Vol. under another name. Conn (John), 1843, doubtful mem- ber of the Chiles-Walker party. iv. 393; in '52 claimant of a Napa Co. rancho. Connell (John), 1847, Co. I, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); died at sea bet. Or. and Cal. '82. Connell (John), 1847, sergt Co. G, N. Y. Vol. v. 504; lot-owner S. F. v. 685. Connelly (Michael), 1847, Co. B, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); resid. of Stock- ton from '49 to his death in '57. C. (Wm), 1847, Co. B, N. Y. Vol. Conners (John), 1844, said to have arrived in Sta Clara Co. iv. 453; called Conness by Hall. Conner (W.E.), 1848. passp. from Honolulu. Connolly (James HI.), 1846, carpenter on the U.S. Dale. Connor (James), 1845, Delaware Ind. of

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Fremont's comp. '45-7; wounded in the service. iv. 583. Conover (Francis S.), 1847, mid. on the U.S. Independence. Conrad (Henry), 1847, Co. C, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); at N. Helv .; later mayor (?) at Sonoma. Clark. C. (Edward), 1844, on the roll of the Pion. Soc. ; at Riverside 'S1. C. (John P.) 1847, Co. C, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); at S.F. '74; d. before '82. C. (Wm), 1848, keeper of the Colonnade House S.F. v. 683.

Coock (John), 1847, Co. F, 3d artill. (v. 518). Cook (Chas), 1845, N. Yorker who died suddenly at Mont. iv. 587. C. (Geo.), 1844, Amer. natu- ralized this year. iv. 453; ment. by Bryant as owner of a rancho at S. José, '46. C. (Goodwin), 1848, in Sutter's employ. C. (Grove C.), 1841, Ken- tuckian hunter, and overl. immig. in Bartleson party. iv. 270, 275, 279; wan- dering about for a few years; often named in Larkin's accounts from '43; naturalized in '44; at Sutter's fort '45 working on a distillery. His shooting of a Walla Walla chief in July caused much excitement. iv. 544-5; v. 300-1; and in Dec. he was married by Sutter to Rebecca Kelsey, who presently had some reason to regret it. In '46 Cook went to Yerba Buena, and settled more or less at S. José, where he took some slight part in the mil. campaign, was member of the council and junta, v. 664, and in '49 was a man of wealth, subsequently lost. He died at Sta Cruz in '52. He is described as a man whose wit and generosity went far to counterbalance some less desirable qualities. C. (Jackson), 1847, at N. Helv .; apparently Grove Cook, q.v. C. (James), 1830, at work on Cooper's rancho. iii. 180; joined the comp. extranjera at Mont. '32. iii. 221. C. (Jonas), 1846, doubtful name of the Mormon col. v. 547. C. (Manuel), 1830, Amer. who got a carta in Oct. C. (Sam.), 1830, mr of the Danube. iii. 146. C. (Wm), 1843, disabled seaman of the John Jay; aided by consul, and worked on ranchos, but shipped late in '44.

Cooke (Henry D.), 1847, sup. and part owner of the Lambayacana from Valparaiso; also of the Com. Shubrick; lot-owner at S.F .; of firm Ruckle & Co .; a prominent business man of S.F. '49-54; figuring later at Washington in the credit mobilier and other financial operations; a relation of Jay Cooke. C. (Philip St George), 1847, capt Ist U.S. dragoons, who came to Cal. as lieut- col, commanding the Mormon Bat. v. 428, 477, 483-6. He was for a time commandant of the southern district, taking some part in the quarrel with Frémont. v. 437, 440, 445-6; resigned his com. and went east with Gen. Kearny, being a witness at the Fremont court-martial. v. 450, 452, 456, 489. His Journal of the march of the Bat. was published by the govt. v. 483; and was republished with additions by the author-then brevet major-general U. S.A .- in '78 as the Conquest of Cal. and N. Mex., a good narrative of Cooke's experiences and those of his men, but of no value whatever in its assumed character as a complete record of the conquest. He also wrote Scenes and Ad- ventures in the Army. It is noticeable that a part of his journal was lost in Cal., and in Jan. '48 was purchased by Sutter from an Ind. N. Helv. Diary, MS., 164. Coombs (Chas), 1824, cook on the Rover. C. (Catherine), 1847, married at S.F. to C.P.A.Briggs. Star.

Coombs (Nathan), 1843, native of Mass. who came to Or. overland in '42, and to Cal. in the Hastings' party at the age of about 18. v. 390, 400. After working a while for Stephen Smith, iv. 396, he went to Gordon's place on Cache Creek, where he won the heart of Uncle Billy's daughter Isabel, and was nearly killed by a grizzly bear, also asking for naturalization in '44. In '45 he seems to have served in Sutter's force. iv. 486, 501; then married and settled on a Napa Valley rancho purchased of Salv. Vallejo; took no active part in the troubles of '46; and in '48 laid out the town of Napa on his rancho. v. 670. He became wealthy, was active in local politics, served in the legis- lature of '55, was capt. of militia '63, but was best known as a patron of the turf and the owner of blood-stock. Portrait in Napa Co. Hist., 42. He died at his Napa home in '77, leaving a widow, 4 sons -- Win, Nathan, Frank, and Levi-and a daughter, Eva, wife of John M. Coghlan. Coon (Win), 1846, member of the Ist Donner relief. v. 539. C. (Wmn), 1847, sergt Co. D, Morm. Bat. (v. 469).

Cooper, 1831, said to have come from N. Mex. in the Wolfskill party, and

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to have died at Sta B. iii. 387, 405. C. (Charles H.), 1840, Amer. exile to S. Blas, who returned before '42 to urge his claim for damages. iv. 18, 33, 120. C. (Daniel, or David), 1834, Amer. sailor with but one arm, possibly a rela- tion of Capt. J.B. R.Cooper. I have the original Boston passport to Daniel and the Hawaiian passp. to Dav. of '34. He came on the Ayacucho. iv. 412; his name appears often in corresp .; mate of the California in '40; died at S. F. May '41 of apoplexy-which a large quantity of aguardiente had not cured. C. (Fernando M.), 1835, named in Larkin's accounts '36-8. iv. 118; in '38 at Los Ang. signs a certif. as a physician. Prob. the same who in '35 embalmed the body of Gov. Figueroa. iii. 296. C. (Henry), 1836, named in Larkin's accounts '36-43. iv. I18; arrested in '40. iv. 17; called by Morris an Ind. at Sta Cruz; apparently in Sutter's employ '47. C. (J.W.), 1846, Cal. Bat. (v. 358); enlisting at S. Juan in Nov .; perhaps same as following. C. (James), 1846, kept a hotel at Sonoma '48; ment. by Hittell as a rich man near Benicia in '60. C. (James F.), 1847, Co. F, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). C. (John Burwood), 1830, known as ' sailor Jack,' said by some authorities to have come to S.F. as carly as '24-5, or by others on a whaler in '33, or in '36. iii. 409; iv. 118. Juan Coopet, prob. the same, was an artilleryman at S.F. in '30-1; named as English at Mont. in '34; a N. York sailor and calker, age 43, at Mont. in '36 in the artill. barracks; built houses at S.F. '40, '44. v. 683-4; Engl. re- tired artill., age 56, in S.F. padron of '44; at S.F. also '45-6. receiving some votes for collector. v. 295. Thus there may have been two John Coopers at least. John B. settled on a S. Mateo rancho, married a native, and died in '62, leaving a family. His monument at the S. F. mission cemetery is inscribed John Baptist Burwood Cooper, nat. of Engl., age 68; his wife was María Ce- cilia -, d, '53, age 27; children Maria Jesus b. '41, Agapito, Juan B. Ani- ceto, Narciso Nieves, María Julia Dolores, and Juan Lorenzo d. '61, age 10.

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History of California, Volume II, Part 85

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe Publication date: 1885 Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers Number of Pages: 826

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers
Number of Pages: 826