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Cooper (John Bautista Roger), 1823, nat. of the Alderney Isl., who came to Mass. as a boy with his mother, who by a 2d marriage became the mother of Thos O. Larkin. I have his 'protection paper' of 1816, certifying his U. S. citizenship, and describing him as 24 years old, 5 ft 5 in. in height, with light complex., sandy hair, and blue eyes, with a scar on the left arm and nerves of the left hand contracted. From this deformity he was known in Cal. as Don Juan el Manco. He came as master of the Rover from Boston, selling the vessel to Gov. Argüello, and continuing to command her on voyages to China till '26. ii. 492-3, 495, 519-20, 614; iii. 24, 119, 148. From '26 he became a resident of Mont., and there is not a year from '26 to '4S in which his name does not occur in many original records. In '27 he was baptized, his original name of John Roger being transformed into Juan Bautista Roger, married Encarnacion Vallejo, became a rival of Hartnell & Co. in trade, and signed bonds for Jed. Smith. ii. 616; iii. 128, 158-60. In '28 began his legal quarrels with Luis Arguello. ii. 583; iii. 12; in '29 he bought for $2,000 from Joaq. de la Torre the rancho of Bolsa del Potrero y Moro Cojo, or Sagrada Familia. ii. 615; and in '30 was naturalized, being ment. besides in connection with the Solis revolt and the Fitch romance, as well as in commercial records. ii. 609; iii. 71, 83, 142, 145. His business corresp. shows not only that he was always complaining of some injustice, but that he often gave cause of complaint to those who traded with him. In '32 on the roll of the comp. extranjera. iii. 221; in '33 licensed to hunt otter, and granted the Molino rancho, Sonoma. iii. 394, 712; regidor at Mont. '34-5. iii. 673; in '36 living with wife, 2 chil- dren, mother-in-law, and her 3 daughters at Mont., having also cattle and a mill on the Sonoma rancho confirmed to him this year. iii. 429; iv. 116; his mill visited by Edwards '37. iv. 86. In '39 Capt. C. resumed his seafaring life as master of the govt schooner California, making many trips in the next 5 years to the Mex. coast and to the islands, of which I have his original Log of the California. iv. 102, 282, 289, 346, 361, 563-4; in '40 obtained land at S.F. and the Punta de Quintin rancho, iii. 706, 712, v. 683, but was in trouble about $5,250 which the govt had owed him since '26; perhaps the Juan Cooper to whom the Nicasio rancho was granted '44. iv. 672; sick at Acapulco at end of '44; but was back again in '45, only to depart for Peru. where, in '46, he
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was matriculated as 2d piloto. He visited Cal. in '47, and in '48 seems to have been in com. of the Elizabeth, wrecked at Sta B. In '49 he commanded the Ereline on a voy. to China; but soon quit the sea; was harbor-master at Mont. in '51; and was claimant for the Bolsas, Molino, and El Sur ranchos. iii. 679. He continued to live at Mont., much of the time on his rancho, till after 1860; and died at S.F. in '72, in his 80th year. There were few of the old Cal. pio- neers more widely known or better liked than Capt. Cooper, though as a trader he had some peculiarities that, in the earlier years particularly, kept him in hot water with other traders much of the time. Besides hundreds of his letters scattered in dif. archives, his family papers fill several volumes of the Vallejo, Doc. Hist. Cal., which should properly bear his name. In addi- tion to his Log of '39-44, I have also a book of Accounts of '27. His widow still lives, '85, in S.F. His children were Ana Maria Guadalupe b. '29 wife of Herman Wohler, Juan Bant. Guillermo b. '31, Henry B., Francisco G., Amelia (Mrs Molera), George Howard, and Wm Roger who died in '73.
Cooper (J. M.), 1846, gunner on the U.S. Savannah. C. (Luther), 1834, named often in Larkin's accounts '34-7. iii. 412. C. (Martin), 1835, Amer.
at S. Luis Ob .; also on Larkin's books '35-7. iii. 413. C. (Samuel E.), 1846, teamster of Co. C, Ist U. S. dragoons (v. 336). C. (Sarchel), 1846, son of Stephen, miner at Park's Bar '48; d. at Colusa '74. C. (Sidney), 1831, doubtful record of a trapper of Young's party. iii. 388.
Cooper (Stephen), 1846, Kentuckian b. 1797, moved to Mo. 1817, guide and scout in the Sta Fé trade and various Ind. wars, Ind. agent and member of the legislature, who came overl. to Cal. as capt. of a small party, v. 528, with his wife Melinda and 6 children. From Yount's, in Napa Val., he went to S.F., where in Fcb. '47 he presided over a public meeting of citizens dis- satisfied with the composition of the proposed governor's council. Star; v. 433; in the autumn settled at Benicia. v. 672-3; alcalde in '4S. v. 673; judge of Ist instance of the Sonoma district from Aug. '49, having also mined at Park's Bar for a short time. In '54 went to Colusa, where he was justice of the peace for 12 years, and where he still lived in 'S0; went later to Modoc Co., and in '85 lives at Winters, Yolo Co. Portrait in Yolo Co. Hist., 26; biog. sketch from Cooper's own statement by 'F. S.'in Colusa Sun June 17, '71. Mrs. C. died in '72 at the age of 71. Of the two sons, Sarchel died about '74, and Thos B. lives in Modoe Co. '85; the daughters were Francis wife of Rob- ert Semple and later of I. N. Van Winkle, living in Oakland '85, Susan wife of John Wolfskill, Elizabeth wife of Waller Calmes, and Martha wife of Amos Roberts. In '71 Maj. Cooper had G children and 16 grandchildren liv- ing. C. (Wm C.), 1845, overl. immig. of the Grigsby-Ide party; prob. went to Or. in '46. iv. 526, 578.
Cope (Wm), 1846, seaman of the Savannah, wounded at the S. Gabriel, Jan. '47. v. 393; perhaps 'Coxe.' Copeland (Alex.), 1843, Amer. immig. from Or. in the Hastings party; got a carta in Nov., calling himself a clerk, and was employed by Stephen Smith at Bodega. iv. 390, 396; early in '46 at Sut- ter's Fort; prob. identical with the following. C. (Andrew), 1846, lieut Co. B, Cal. Bat. v. 361; Cal. claim of $82 (v. 462); A. M. Copeland voted at S. José '50. Copenger (Chas), 1847, Co. G, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). Copey (John), 1832, doubtful ment. at S. F.
Coppinger (John), 1835, prob. deserter from a British vessel at S.F. iii. 413; said to have been a lieut in the British army or navy; generally called Engl., but Amer. acc. to his naturalization papers, while Quigley makes him a nat. of Cork and near relative of a Bishop Coppinger, and in a S.F. padron he appears as a Dublin sawyer. On Larkin's books from '36; in '36-8 lient of Graham's foreign comp. in Alvarado's service. iii. 458-9, 491; naturalized '39 and juez at Corte Madera. iii. 703; arrested but not exiled in '40, being also the grantee of Canada de Raimundo in S. Mateo. iii. 711; iv. 17. From '41 he seems to have lived on the rancho, being included in S.F. padrones, one of the defensores of the patria, 30 years old in '42 and 35 in '44; aided Michel- torena in '45. iv. 487; seems to have taken no part in the troubles of '46 ex- cept that Weber accused him of giving inform. that led to his, W.'s, arrest. I
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find no record of him later except an unintelligible one in S. Mateo Co. Ilist., 4, that during the war he was carried as a prisoner to Mex. where he died. His widow was María Luisa Soto, who before '52 married a man named Greer, and was a claimant of the rancho, living at Mayfield in late years.
Coray (Wm), 1847, sergt Co. B, Morm. Bat. v. 477, 496. Corcoran, or Corgan (Geo. A.), Co. D, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); at Chicago 'S2. C. (Martin), 1844, nat. of Nova Scotia, who came from Honolulu as seaman on the U.S. Levant. iv. 433. In '46 he came baek, on the Savannah probably, and was one of Bartlett's party captured by Sanchez (v. 379), prob. the only survivor of that party; disch. from the navy in N. Y .; ret. to Cal. '49 and went to the mines. From '51 he was engaged in many kinds of business, chiefly that of hotel-keeper, at S. F., Alviso, S. José, and Sta Clara, being R. R. agent, tax collector, and county treasurer. In '85, at the age of 61, wharfinger at S. F.
Cordero, killed at S. Buen. '38. iii. 554. C., a leader in disturbance at
Los Ang. '45. iv. 523. C. (Ambrosio), soldier of S.F. comp. at Sonoma '41- 2. C. (Clemente), Sta B. soldier before '37. C. (Fermin), settler at Brancif. 1797; regidor 1802. i. 569, 639; ii. 156. C. (Francisco), at Sta B. '37, wife Petra Pico, 1 child. C. (José), soldier of S.F. eomp. '34-42. C. (Juan), at Sta B. '37, wife Antonia Valenzuela and 7 child. C. (Mariano), Ist marriage S.F., to Juana Pinto 1776. i. 296. C. (Miguel), at Sta B. before '37, wife Antonia Jimeno and 5 children; maj. at Sta Ines '40-3. iii. 646-8, 063-4; at Sta B. '50. C. (Pedro), at Sta B. '37, wife Dolores Quijada and 4 child .; juez de paz '39-40. iii. 654-5; grantee of Canada de Salsipuedes '44. iv. 642.
Córdoba (Alberto de), 1796, Span. lieut of engineers sent to Cal. to inspect coast defences, and superintend the founding of Branciforte, 1796-S; author of an Informe. i. 497, 541-2, 545, 565-70, 652, 682, 700, 719. I have other engineering reports by him before his visit to Cal.
Cordua (Theodore), 1842, German trader and farmer from Honolulu on the California, after corresp. with Sutter, whom he had known before. iv. 229, 341. In '43 settled on Feather River near the site of the later Marysville, where Dr Sandels found him a fat, jolly, whist-loving man, popular with everybody. He had a straw hut at first, soon replaced by an adobe structure, the place being named New Mecklenburg, but better known as Cordua's ran- cho. In '44 he was naturalized and got the Honcut rancho. iv. 671; had a lighter, the Yuba, running on the river, often visiting the settlements, and his nanie often appeared in various commercial and other records of the time. Larkin described him in '45 as a man of 52 years, with property, respectability, and local influence; enlisted in Sntter's force, but wisely left it on the march south; often named in the N. Helv. Diary '45-8; took no part in the conflict of '46-7. In '48-9 sold his land and cattle for $30,000 and opened a store in the mines, where he is said to have lost his wealth; still in the Sac. Val. '54; but broken in health as well as property, he is said by Gilbert to have returned to the Sand. Isl., where he died.
Corey, 1846, mr of the Isaac Howland. v. 57S. C. (P.), IS48, passp. from Honolulu. Corne (L. P.), 1840, sailor on the California. Cornelio (D.), 1828, mr of the Minerva. iii. 148. Corning (Otto), 1847, Co. G, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). Cornwall (Pierre B.), 1848, nat. of N. Y. who came overland and made a large fortune in trade at Sacramento '48-9 as member of the firm Priest, Lee, & Co .; from '59 a resident and prominent business man of S.F., being at one time president of the Soc. of Cal. Pioneers. Still living in S.F., I think, in '85. Cornwell (Geo. N.), Co. H, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); nat. of N. Y., who on his discharge, after a brief experience in the mines, settled at Napa, where as trader, farmer, owner in quicksilver mines, postmaster, member of the legislature, supervisor, deputy sheriff, and politician, he has always been a prominent man. He married Anna J. West of N. H. in '54, and in '72, when he furnished me a MS. Sketch of My Life, they had 3 children, Fannie L., Clara, and Norris, 3 having died. Claimant of rancho. iv. 674. Still living at Napa in '82, and I think in '85. Corona (José), com. de policía S. Diego '36 iii. 616. C. (José M.), at Los Ang. '46. C (Juan B.), com. policía (?) at S. Diego '36. iii. 613.
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Coronel (Antonio Francisco), 1834, son of Ignacio, with whom he came to Cal. at the age of 17. His Ist public service seems to have been as sergt of artill. in support of Carlos Carrillo in '38; in '41 applicant for a lot at S. Juan Cap. iv. 620; in '43 jnez de paz at Los Ang., and interventor at the transfer of S. Fernando. iv. 633, 639; in '45 comisionado of the junta to treat with Micheltorena, and elector of Los Ang., declining the sub-prefecture. iv. 497, 540, 633; grantee of Sierra de los Verdugos '46. v. 628; also taking part as capt. in all the southern military operations against the U.S. in '46-7, start- ing at one time for Mex. with a flag taken from Mervine at S. Pedro, and narrowly escaping capture by Kearny's men on the way. v. 331-2. In '48 he was a successful miner; and in later years held many local positions, though giving chief attention to his vineyard and to agricultural interests; county assessor '50 et seq .; mayor in '53; member of the council '54-67; state treas- urer '67-71. A man of wealth and influence, still residing at his Los Ang. vineyard and orange orchard in '85. In '77 he dictated for my use his Cosus de California, or recollections of early events, a MS. of 265 pp., and one of the best narratives of its class in my collection. He also gave me a valuable col. of Doc. Hist. Cal. from his family archives. C. (Guillermo), 1842-5, sub-lieut in the batallon fijo. iv. 289. C. (Ignacio), 1834, Mex. teacher who with his family came in the H. & P. colony. iii. 263. In Mex. Don Ignacio had been a soldier from 1810 in the Span. army, being made corporal of cav- alry in '14, a sergt of the Cholula realistas urbanas in '18, and prob. in '22 was retired with the rank of alférez; at least, he got all the necessary certificates, including one that he had served the cause of independence and had ceded all his back pay to the national treasury. Coronel. Doc., MS. The failure of the colony was a bitter disappointment, as his appointment of teacher at Solano at $1,000 per year brought in no funds, and he was even ordered to be sent to Mex. for complicity in the supposed revolt of '35, but did not go. iii. 287, 291. In '36 he was living at Corralitos rancho, Mont. dist., age 41, wife Francisca Romero, child. Josefa b. '16, Antonio '18, Micaela '21, Soledad '26, and Manuel '32. iii. 677. The same year he was named as comisionado to secularize S. Miguel. iii. 685; iv. 46; and in '37 he went to Los Ang., taking com. at S. Gabriel, and aiding Carrillo in the campaign of Las Flores. iii. 520, 522, 558. In '38-9 he taught a school at Los Ang., having also a little store, and serving as sec. of the ayunt. iii. 631, 635-6; also sec. in '44-7. iv. 633-4; v. 625-6; grantee of La Cañada '43 and of Cajon de los Negros '46. iv. 635; v. 627, ministro suplente of the tribunal sup. '45. iv. 532; receptor at S. Pedro '46. v. 264, 625. He died at Los Ang. in '62. C. (Juan Ant.), 1769, arriero in the Ist exped. i. 135.
Correa (José M.), 1842, sub-lieut of the batallon fijo '42-5. iv. 289, 407. Cortés (Anastasio), com. de policía at S. José; killed by José J. Castro '39; but named as sub-lieut of artill. at Mont. '45. iv. 731, 652. C. (Felipe), inválido at Sta B. '32, wife María de Jesus Lara. C. (Fernando), Mex. convict of '25. iii. 16. C. (Juan Lope), 1796, Span. friar who served at S. Gabriel and Sta B., retiring in 1805. Biog. ii. 120-1; ment. i. 577, 588-90, 594, 664, 672; ii. 159-60. Cortis (Henry), 1848, passp. from Honolulu.
Corville, 1847, at Sutter's Fort and New Mecklenburg. Corvan (Toribio Gomez de), 1602, com. of one of Vizcaino's vessels. i. 98, 102. Corwin (Mrs Fanny M.), 1846, of the Mormon colony. v. 546; remained in Cal .; prob. at S.F. 'S5. Cory (Benj.), 1847, nat of Ohio, b. in '22, a physician who went to Or. '47 and came to Cal. on the Henry in Nov .; settled at S. José, but went to the mines in '48. A rumor that he had found new placers on the Mo- quelumne induced 500 men to quit the old diggings and follow his trail, so wrote Schallenberger in Ang. Member of Ist legislature '49-50; memb. of S. José council '50-4; married Sarah Ann Braly '53; trustee of normal school from '72; county physician 'S1. Still living at S. Jose in '82 with S children. Cosío (Blas), 1820, mr of the S. F. de Paula. ii. 293. C. (José María), sec. of the gov. '34; ayud. de plaza at Mont. and fiscal '36. iii. 672, 687. Costa (Bernabal), 1836, Ital. sailor at Los Ang. from Lima, age 36. Costan, 1774, surg. on the Santiago. i. 228. Costansó (Miguel), 1769, Span. alférez
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and engineer who accomp. the Ist exped. to Cal. as cosmographer, and whose Diario IHistórico was pub. in Mex. 1776. He was later very prominent in his profession, and I have some of his original reports relating to proposed de- fences in Cal. 1794-5, as well as to the fortifications of V. Cruz and drainage of Mex .; still living in 1811, being then a mariscal de campo. i. 128, 131, 136, 140-1, 147-51, 154-5, 168, 171-2, 534-5, 632, 615, 624, and list of auth .; Hist. Mex. iv. 134. Coster (Antonio), at Sonoma '44, age 16.
Cot (Antonio José), 1820, Span. trader from Lima, partner of Juan Ign. Mancisidor, visiting the coast apparently in '20; in '22 brought his family from Lima; named in various commercial records from '23. ii. 493. In '28 he was required to quit Cal. as a Span. supposed to be unfriendly to Mex., and after some delays to arrange his business affairs-perhaps departing and re- turning meanwhile-he sailed with wife and 3 child. in '30. iii. 51, 99. He came back, however, in '35-6; is ment. in mission accounts of '40. iii. 620, 637; and became a permanent resident at Los Ang., prominent in commercial affairs in '46-7, being the purchaser of S. Luis Rey, and having a claim for supplies furnished the U.S. v. 435, 464, 467, 561, 620-1. He died at Sta B. about '60. His wife was Mariana Estevanez of Liina. C. (Daniel), at Sta B. before '37, wife Bruna Garcia, 2 child.
Cota, see list, in vol. i. p. 735, of those of this name before 1800; infor- mation about this family is very fragmentary. C., corporal at Sta Ines '24. ii. 528. C. (Antonia María), cl. of Tepusquet, widow of Tomás Olivera, iii. 656. C. (Benito), at Los Ang. '46. C. (Francisco), soldier at Sta B. before '37; com. and admin. at Sta Ines '37-41. iii. 603-4; grantee of Sta Rosa ran- cho '39. iii. 656; juez at Sta Ines '41, '48. iv. 646-8; v. 633; still at Sta B. '50. Hlis widow and cl. for the rancho '32 was Maria Jesus Olivera. C. (Francisco Atanasio), elector at Sta B. '28. ii. 572; iii. 44. C. (Guillermo), corp. of the escolta at S. Fern. 1806-10. ii. 92, 115, 192; comisionado of Los Ang. '10-17. ii. 110, 208, 349-50; sergt of Sta B. comp. from '11. ii. 361, 572; at S. Fern. '32. ii. 570; comis. at Los Ang. '23-5. ii. 559-61; alcalde '27-9. ii. 550-1; age 70 in '39, still at Los Ang. C. (Joaquin), engaged in revolt at Sta B. '29. iii. 78; wife Ventura Ortega. C. (José Manuel), settler at Los Ang. '15; regidor '32. ii. 349, 635; iii. 638; at La Ballona '39, age 37. C. (José María), at Sta B. '32, wife Antonia Dominguez, 2 child. C. (Josefa), widow of A. M. Nieto, grantee of Sta Gertrudis rancho '34; at Los Ang. '48. C. (Juan), at Los Ang. '46. C. (Leonardo), alférez of defensores '45. iv. 539; regidor of Los Ang. '45-6. iv. 633; v. 625; grantee of Rio de las Animas '45. v. 627; and operating against the U. S. in S. Diego region as capt. v. 325,
342, 331-2. C. (Manuel), soldier of Sta B. comp. before 1800, and corp. of the Sta Ines escolta '28. ii. 459, 582; in '32 at Sta B., wife Maria Ant. Valen- zuela, 4 child .; admin. Sta B. mission '38-9. iii. 656-8. In '39 a lieut. iii. 583; ment. in '47. v. 617; father and son of the same name; see also José Manuel. C. (Marcos), at Los Ang. '46. C. (Maria Isabel), wife of Dolores Pico; d. '69. C. (Mariano), soldier of Sta B. comp. before 1790; inval. 1819, when he was killed by Ind. at S. Buen. ii. 333. C. (Martin), named in '36. iii. 401. C. (Miguel), at Sta B. before '37, wife Manuela Ortega, 2 children; arrested in '41. iv. 642. C. (Pablo Antonio), soldier of 1769-74; corp. at S. Antonio '78-9; sergt in com. at S. Buen. 'S2-7; alférez from 'SS; died at Sta B. 1800, age 56. Biog. i. 665; ment. i. 425, 463, 466, 477, 553, 639, list auth .; ii. 28. His wife was Rosa María Lugo; a son Manuel Ant. was b. 1779; a daughter María de los Angeles was the wife of Joaq. de la Torre. C. (Pa- cífico), son of Valentin, at Sta B. '48 in con. with the 'cañon perdido.' v. 5SS. C. (Raimundo and Ramon), at Los Ang. '46.
C. (Roque), soldier before 1780; settler at Los Ang. 1790. i. 347, 461. C. (Simon), sec. of alcalde at Soledad '26. ii. 623. C. (Valentin), son of Manuel, juez aux. Sta B. '33. iii. 654; capt. of militia and later of Sta B. comp. '36-9, supporting Alvarado. iii. 474, 553, 583, 651; grantce of Rio Sta Clara rancho '37. iii. 635; in charge of Sta Inės '42. iv. 646; in '46 resigns mil. rank; sub-prefect of Sta B. iv. 538; v. 33, 49. His wife was Luz Gonzalez.
Coulter (John), 1834, visitor, perhaps; at any rate, author of a trashy book HIST. CAL., VOL. II. 49
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of Adventures describing a visit. iii. 411. C. (Thomas), 1831, Engl. visitor and scientist, who joined the comp. extranjera in '32, and published valuable Notes on Upper C'al. I have his letter of '33 from Guanajuato; also a note due him sent for collection in '38. iii. 221, 406-8. Coupe (Geo.), 1848, passp. from Honolulu. Courteau (Philibert), 1844, perhaps with Frémont in Ist and 2d exped. '44, '45-7; at N. Helv. '48. iv. 437, 583. Named as ' Philibert' in Cal. Bat. '46-7. (v. 358). Coustner (And. J.), 1846, Co. C, Ist dragoons (v. 336). Contan (Gustavus J.), 1847, Co. H, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499).
Coutts (Cave Johnson), 1848, nat. of Tenn. and gradnate of West Point in '43. After serving in the Mex. war he came to Cal. from Coahuila with Graham's battalion as lieut of the Ist U.S. dragoons. v. 522. He subsequently went with his comp. to the frontier on boundary-survey service; but in '51 resigned his conmission, married Isidora Bandini, and settled at S. Diego, where he served as county judge. In '54 he moved to the Guajome rancho, a wedding gift of Abel Stearns to Doña Isidora; and there he spent the rest of his life, becoming rich in lands and live-stock, always popular and respected, though as bitter in his enmities as warm in his friendships, making Guajome a centre of the famed hospitality of southern Cal. Claimant also for Soledad rancho. iii. 612. He gave me in '74 a copy of his Diary of the overland march and carly experience in Cal., besides rendering other valuable aid. Col Coutts died in '74 or '75, when he was 54 years of age. His widow still lived on the rancho in 'S2, having 8 surviving children. Perhaps the name should be writ- ten 'Conts.' A good biog. sketch in S. Bern. Co. Hist., 196-7. Couzens (John H.), 1847, had a lot and slaughter-house at S.F .; kept sheep on Yerba Buena Isl .; owned a lot at Benicia. v. 672, 685; he went to Honolulu and re- turned in '48.
Covarrubias (José María), 1834, nat. of France, naturalized citizen of Mex., who came in the H. & P. col., intending to be a teacher. iii. 263, 412. In '36-7 com. for secularization of Sta Inés. iii. 663-4; sec. of the dip. '37 and in '39; a partizan of Carrillo in the contest of '38. iii. 549, 536, 569, 580; in '39 par- tido elector at Sta B., and sec. of the prefecture at Mont. iii. 590, 675; took part in arrest of foreigners '40, and accomp. the exiles to S. Blas, going to Mex., where he rec'd a cross of honor for services in that city during the dis- turbances of July; returned in '40. iv. 11, 13, 15, 23, 30, 102. He was grantee of Castac rancho in '43. iv. 034; in '44 sec. of the assembly and alcalde of Sta B. iv. 410, 642; in '45 succeeded Bandini as sec. of Gov. Pico, and was lessee of Sta Inés. iv. 490, 519, 523, 531, 553, 558, 647; sent as comisionado to Mex. in '46, also grantee of Sta Ines. v. 32, 210, 561, 632; at Sta Inés '48. v. 589, 635; being a justice of the sup. court. In '49 he was a member of the constit. convention, and of the Ist legislature, being 4 times reelected, and county judge of Sta B. in '61. Covarrubias died in '70 at the age of 69, leav- ing a family. His wife was Maria, daughter of Domingo Carrillo; his eldest son, Nicolás, was for a long time sheriff of Sta B. County.
Covell (Hiram), 1834, mr of the By Chance. iii. 381. Covil (John Q. A.), 1847, Co. C, Morm. Bat. (v. 469); reenl. at Los Ang. Covillaud (Charles), 1846, nat. of France, who had lived in La and Mo. for some years; overl. im- mig. to Cal. (v. 526). He is named in the N. Helv. Diary, '47-8, being an overseer at Cordua's rancho, and later prospector on the Yuba; had a trading- post at Cordua's '48-9 in partnership with his brothers-in-law, and in '49-57 the post was at Sacramento. Meanwhile, in '48, C., with others, had bought Cordua's rancho at New Mecklenburg, and here in '50 they laid out a new town, named Marysville in honor of C.'s wife, Mary Murphy, a survivor of the Donner party. Judge Stephen J. Field, the Ist alcalde of Marysville, gives an interesting account of the founding. Remin., 20 et seq. Here C. spent the rest of his life, gaining an enviable reputation for his open-handed liber- ality, and filling some local offices. He died in '67 at the age of 51; his widow died later in the same year.
Cowie (Thomas), 1843, Amer. immig. of the Chiles-Walker party. From Feb. '44, when Walker applied for a pass in his behalf, nothing appears about him till June '46, when he joined the Bears and was killed by the Californians
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