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F. Fallet (1847), at N. Helv. Fallon (Daniel), 1826, mr of the Adam. iii.
145. F. (D.), 1846-7, in list of Cal. claims (v. 462). F. (Jeremiah), 1847, owner of S.F. lot; also at S. José.
Fallon (Thomas), 1844, Canadian generally said to have come with Fre- mont, though there is some doubt in the matter. iv. 453; also said by tho county histories to have lived for a time in Butte Co. The carliest original
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records of his presence are in Oct .- Nov. '45, when he was at Braneiforte, age 26. In '46 he took part in enlisting men south of the bay to cooperate with the Bear filibusters. v. 137; and in July, being known as 'captain,' raised the U. S. flag at S. José. v. 245-6. Later in '46-7 he served in Co. F, Cal. Bat., en- listing at S. Juan in Oet. (v. 358); several times named in the N. Helv. Diary '40-7; in the list of Cal. claimants (v. 462); in '48-9 a successful miner; mayor of S. José in '51; absent in Texas '52-4; later a capitalist of S.F. and S. José, where he still lives in '85. His Ist wife, by whom he had 5 children, was, I think, a daughter of Michael Lodge, the Irish pioneer of '22. She obtained a divorce, as did the 2d wife; and in 'S4-5 the amorons old captain had to pay damages in a breach-of-promise suit. F. (Wm O.), 1845, Irish trapper, known as ' Mountaineer,' ' Big,' or 'Le Gros ' Fallon, who came from N. Mex. with a party of which little is known, and in Feb. '45 took part with the Calif. against Micheltorena in the south. iv. 495, 587. In Aug. he was at N. Helv. intending to start soon for the states; carly in '46 he found Fremont's men in the S. Joaq. Val. v. 6; in June joined the Bears in the capture of So- noma, and his signature appears in the original proel. of June 14th in my possession. v. 110, 114. He served prob. in Co. F, Cal. Bat. (v. 33S), and had a C'al. claim of $50 for a mule (v. 462); was a member of the 4th Donner re- lief, and his diary, published in the Star, was the foundation of the absurd charges against Keseburg. v. 541-3. He went east with Gen. Kearny as guide. v. 452; and in the S. F. Calif. of Sept. 2, '48, we read that he had started alone from Ft Hall for Cal., and it was feared he had been killed by Ind.
Falls (Richard J.), 1846, nat. of N. Y .; sergt Co. C, Ist U.S. dragoons, who served under Kearny at S. Pascual, the S. Gabriel, and the Mesa '46-7. v. 347. He remained in Cal. after his disch., living on a Napa farm till '62, when he went east to serve in the war with distinction and wounds for 3 years, ris- ing to the rank of colonel. Returning to Cal. he was in '69 an officer in the custom-house; and in 'S3-5 a sergt of police in S. F. His daughter, Ivy I. Falls, was appointed postmistress at Vallejo in '69. Famin (Ign.), 1847, doubtful name of an Englishman at N. Helv.
Fannier (M.), 1846, doubtful name of the Cal. Bat. (v. 358). Fanning (H.F.), 1847, resid. of Stockton. Tinkham. F. (R.C.), 1846, Co. F, Cal. Bat. (v. 35S); cnlist at S. Jnan, Oct. Farías (José María), settler at Los Ang. '15. ii. 350; still there '39-4S. F. (Santiago), 1827, Scotehman, bapt. at S. Diego; prob. James ' McFerion,' q. v. Farley (Anderson), 1846, Co. F, Cal. Bat. (v. 358); prob. an overl. immig., el. for a Napa rancho '52. F. (Geo.), 1847, Co. B, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); at The Dalles, Or., '82. F., 1846, said by Lancey to have come with Kearny; owner of a S. F. lot '47. F. (John F.), 1847, Co. B, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); died at Portland, Or., '69. Hist. Or., i. 639. F. (John G.), 1847, father of John F., Co. B, N. Y. Vol .; d. S.F. '49. F. (Thos P.), 1847, Co. B, N. Y. Vol .; at Portland, Or., 'S2. Farnesio (Francisco), 1805, priest from Manila, at Mont., sent to Mex. ii. 31, 160.
Farnham (Thos Jefferson), 1840, nat. of Me, who came overl. to Or. in '39, and to Cal. via Honolulu on the Don Quixote, returning east by S. Blas and across Mex., and writing books on Or., Mex., and Cal. as a result. See iii. 680; iv. 2, 4, 6-7, 10, 15-17, 25-8, 93, 103, 117, 120, 156-7, 192, 266. F. was a lawyer of some ability, and a writer of somewhat fertile imagination. His work on Cal. is criticised elsewhere in this work; here it must suffice to say that in all those parts resting on his own observations it is worthless trash, and in all that relates to the Californian people a tissue of falsehoods. He came back to Cal. in '47-perhaps in '46, as he took part in a public meeting at S.F. in June '47, v. 455-and died at S. F. in Sept. '48, age 42. He left a widow and 3 children in N. Y. The former, Eliza W. Farnham, came to Cal. by sea in '50, and in '56 published her California Indoors and Out, a pleasing picture of life on the Pacific coast. She was a woman bent on doing the world as mueli good as possible, and one of her hobbies was the bringing castern girls to Cal. in quest of husbands. She died in '64 at the age of 49. Farns- worth (J.B.), 1839, Engl. at Mont. acc. to newsp. item of '72. F. (J. M.), 1846, doubtful memb. of the Mormon col. v. 547. Farnum, 1848, mr of a
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vessel at Sta Cruz and Mont. Farr (Philip), 1847, Co. G, N.Y.Vol. (v. 499); d. at Duteli Flat '83.
Farwell (Edward Augustus), 1842, Boston printer and sailor who came from Honolulu with Capt. Cooper on the California, perhaps as mate, with letters from Reynolds to Larkin, age 27. iv. 341. In '43 he was naturalized, and in '44 got a grant of the Arroyo Chico rancho, Butte Co. iv. 670; I have a letter of '45 from his brother Joseph R. in Bost. to the U.S. consul asking for information about him. He went east overl. in '45, seeking relief from weak eyes, returning in '48; was for a time in charge of Sutter's launch run- ning on the Sac., and died at S. F. in Jan. '49. F. (James), 1840, doubtful name in Farnham's list of arrested foreigners. iv. 17. Fatoute (Ezra), 1847, Co. B, Morm. Bat. (v. 469); recnl. Faucon (Edward H.), 1835, mr of the Boston ships Alert and Pilgrim '35-7. iii. 381, 383; iv. 105, 141. Wm H. Thomes informs me that Capt. F. is still living in Mass. '85. Fauffer (Jo- hann), 1847, musician of N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); d. Wash. '64. Faulkner (James Y.), 1847, Co. G, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); at S. José '50 and '74; S.F. '71; in Or. '78.
Fauntleroy (Daingerfield), 1844, nat. of Va, b. 1799; capt. of state militia abont 1838; purser U.S.N. from '33; on the Savannah '44-7. iv. 453. The service that has made him best known in Cal. was as capt. of a comp. of vol- unteer dragoons to which was intrusted the preservation of order in the Mont. district July-Sept. '46, F. commanding the garrison of S. Juan B. and making an exped. against hostile Ind. v. 232, 247-8, 254, 293-4. Died at Pensacola navy-yard in '53. His son W.H.F., in interviews and letters of '77, being then in S.F., gave me information about his father's life.
Faura (Jose), 1798, Span. friar who served 12 years as missionary at S. Luis Rey and S. Juan Cap. Biog. ii. 110; ment. i. 564, 577, 654, 637; ii. 110, 159-60. Fanst (John B.), 1847, owner of S.F. lot. v. G85; in May intending to start from Sonoma with a party to explore Trinidad Bay; in March '48 digging wells at Benicia. v. 673; d. at the Yuba mines Ang. 18th. Faus- tino, 1843, leader in a disturbance at Los Ang. iv. 523. Fautrel, 1837, mr of the Nancy. iv. 105. Faxon (Wm. T.), 1840, Amer. trader who came by sea and took charge of Larkin's store at Mont. '41. iv. 120. Ile went to Hon. in '42 but returned in '44, his name frequently occurring in commercial corresp. He left the country on the California in '46, and in a later letter Capt. Ar- ther gave a very unfavorable report of his conduct on the voyage.
Febiger (Gco. Carson), 1846, lient on the Dale, on land service at S.F. F. (John C.), 1846, passed mid. on the Dale; at Wash. '78. Feil (J.), 1837, owner of S.F. lot. iii. 705; doubtful name. Feliciano (Alejo), 1777, sir- viente at S.F. i. 297. Felipe, executed at Sta. B. '24. F. (A.), 1848, passp. from Hon.
Félix, sce list in i. 735-6 of those who came before 1800. Félix (Anas- tasio), at Los Ang. '46. F. (Antonio), at Los Ang. '39, age 28. F. (Anto- nio), soldier at S.F. '44, age 21. F. (Diego), at Mont. '36, age 26, wife María del Rosario, child Andrés; maj. at San Antonio '39. iii. 688; executed for the murder of his wife '40. iii. 676. F. (Dolores), alférez of cavalry at Mont. '45. iv. 652. Still at Mont. '48. F. (Domingo), murdered by his wife and her paramour at Los Ang. '36, a crime that resulted in the Ist Cal. vig- ilance com. iii. 417-19, 631. F. (Domingo), militia sergt at S.F. '37 and later; owner of S.F. lot '43, and grantee of S. Mateo rancho '44. iv. 669, 67], 673, 676, 683; still at S.12. '55, a witness in the Santillan case. F. (Doroteo), settler at Los Ang. 1803. ii. 350. F. (Fernando), regidor at S. José '31. iii. 720; at S. Mateo '33; grantee of Novato '39. iii. 712, and of Sanel '44. iv. 673; age 46 in '44; ment. by Revere. '46. ii. 297. F. (Francisco), settler at Los Ang. 1791. ii. 350. F. (Hipólito), French, at Brancif. '45, age 27. F. (Ignacio), soldier at Sta. B. before '37. F. (Jacoba), el. of S. Fran. rancho. iii. 633. F. (Jesus), anx. alcalde at S. José '36. iii. 636. F. (Jose), settler at Los Ang. '13-19; ii. 349, 354. F. (José), at S.F. and Son. '42-4, age 15- 20. F. (José), juez de campo S. José. v. 662. F. (José Antonio), killed by Ind. about '24. F. (Jose Antonio), at Los Ang. '46. F. (Juan), soldier at Sta. B. '32. F. (Juan), at Los Ang. '39, age 57. F. (Juan), killed by
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Ind. at Refugio '45. iv. 642. F. (Juan José), at Brancif. '28-45, age at latter date 45; wife Antonia Castro, child. Rafaela, Miguel b. '22, Leon '25, Angel '27, Antonio '32, Victoria '31, Josefa '39; juez de paz in '43. ii. 677; iv. 663. F. (Julian), at S. Mateo '35. F. (Leonardo), soldier at S.F. '19-27; arrested
at Mont. '37. iii. 525. F. (Luciano), sentinel at S. Buen. '19. ii. 333; in revolt at Sta B. '29. iii. 78; at the Natividad fight '46; in 49 juez de policía at S. Luis Ob. F. (Luis), soldier at S.F. '44, age 17. F. (Luis), soldier at Sta B. '32-7, wife Secundina Cordero, 3 children. F. (Manuel), in Los Ang.
dist. '46-56. F. (Nicolás), at Los Ang. '46. F. (Rafael), at S. Matco '35; S.F. militia '37; in '41 in S. José dist., age 44, wife Juana Amezquita, child. Ramon b. '28, Urbano '29, Macario '31, Julia '27, Sinforosa '34, Jose d. '40. F. (Rafael), soldier of S.F. comp. '39-42; detailed in '41 to accomp. capt. Castañeda to Mex .; grantee of Pescadero, S. Joaq., '43. iv. 672; ment. in '46. F. (Santiago), at S. Juan Cap. '46, age 30, wife Juana Riola, child. Juan, Andrea, Alonza, and Ascension. F. (Tomás), soldier at Sta B. before '37. F. (Vicente), inválido corp. in charge of Los Ang. as comisionado much of the time 1785-1800. i. 347, 461, 479, 661; owner of the Félix rancho, 1802-16. ii. 111, 185, 353.
F. (Vicente), soldier at Sta B. before '37, wife Filomena Valenzuela; 5 children; in '36 maj. at Buena Esperanza rancho. iii. 077; widower, age 26, child. Casiana, Gerónimo, Juan, and José; grantee of Moro y Cayucos, S. Luis Ob., '42. iv. 655; in trouble with the auth. at S. Luis '47. Perhaps 2 or 3 men of this name.
Fellom (Caius Julius), 1845(?), Danish sailor, brother of Matthew, who came to Cal. in '52 and again in '62, and at S. José in '78 claimed to have touched at Sta B. before '46 on the whaler Waverly. S. J. Pion. Jul. 6, '78. F. (Matthew, or Felipe), 1821 (?), Danish hatter and sailor, who landed from a whaler all the way from '21 to '24 acc. to dif. records. ii. 444, 526-7. He set- tled in the Gilroy region, and married after '34, when his age was 32. Felipe was prob. his baptismal name in Cal .; on Larkin's books '41-7; in '42 making soap at Gilroy's; in '46 juez at S. Juan B. v. 640. He is said to have become rich in lands and cattle, and to have died in '68 or '73. Fellows (C.J.), 1845, doubtful arrival. iv. 587. F. (Hiram W.), 1847, Co. C, Morm. Bat. (v. 469); reënl. Fendero (Jesus), Mex. soldier of the piquete de Hidalgo at Mont. '36, age 29. Fenley (Daniel), 1847, Co. A, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499).
Ferguson, 1846, doubtful memb. of the Mormon Col. v. 547. F. (Adrian), 1835, at S. José; prob. Geo. A., q. v. F. (Daniel), 1824, Irish shoemaker from N. Mex. ii. 526; iii. 156; joined the comp. extranjera at Mont. '32. iii. 221; in '36 a resid. of Los Ang., age 30, with a Cal. wife. He was one of the vigilantes (iii. 430); but failed to secure a lot; and in '39 or earlier came north, his name appearing on Larkin's books in '39-40. He was murdered in Salinas Val. '41 by Arana, the paramour of F.'s wife, Carmen Ruiz. iv. 280, 653. F. (Gco. A.), 1831, Amer. sailor, cooper, and lumberman, who de- serted from the Fanny, working at S. Rafael, S. F. iv. 708-9, Mont. in '33, and S. José from '34. iii. 405; arrested but not exiled in '40. iv. 17; in the contra costa '44; signed the S. José call to foreigners '45. iv. 599; lot at S.F. '47; perhaps had a store at Stockton '48; in '78-83 a resid. of Mayfield. F. (James), 1847, sergt-maj. of Morm. Bat. v. 477, 483; in '58 adj .- gen. Utah; delivered a lecture in Liverpool '55. F. (Jesse), 182S, Amer. trapper of Pattie's party, who remained in Cal., settling at Los Ang .; married a Rendon in '31; named in '36 as a trader, age 36; said to have died in L. Cal. a few years later. ii. 558; iii. 163, 178. F. (J.C.), 1846, overl. immig., named by Bryant; Co. C, Cal. Bat., enlisting at S. Juan in Oct. (v. 358); Joseph F. had a Cal. claim (v. 462); Josiah F. was a witness in the Cal. claims and in the Frémont court-martial. v. 454. These may have been all the same man; but there was also a Ferguson at Sonoma in June before the arrival of the immig. v. 110, 128. Fermor (Edward), 1847, Co. D, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499).
Fernandez (Antonio), regidor of Mont. '27-8. ii. 612. F. (Diego), 1827, Span. trader on the Waverly; teacher at Sta B. '30. ii. 574; wife Brígida Navarro, 2 child .; widower in '36, age 51, 3 child .; maj. at Purísima '42. iv. 648. F. (Dionisio), grantee with his bro. Máximo of land in Butte '46. v.
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675. F. (Francisco), 1825, Span. from the Aquiles; ordered away in '28-30. iii. 51. F. (Gregorio), 1794, Span. friar, who served at S. Luis Ob. and Purísima, retiring 1805. Biog. ii. 123; ment. i. 547, 576, 675, 689; ii. 159-60.
Fernandez (José), 1817, Span. sailor who came from l'eru with Rocquefeuil as a sailor on the Bordelais, and served in the S. F. comp. as soldier and cor- poral in '19-27, going with Arguello in '21 on the exped. to the north. ii. 232, 289, 446. In '28-9, like other Span., he was in some trouble with the Mex? auth. but was allowed to remain. iii. 51-2, 75; in '30 sec. of the ayunt. at S. José. iii. 730; in '39 partido elector. iii. 590, 731; in '44 síndico. iv. 6S5; in '46 juez de paz, capt. of defensores, serving in the south under Castro to Ang., and after U.S. occupation memb. of the council. v. 140, 295, 662, 664; in '49 2d alcalde. In later years he resided at Sta Clara, being a witness in the N. Almaden and many other cases. In '74 he dictated his recollections of early days, a most interesting narrative called Cosas de California. He died a year or two later, over 75 years of age. Capt. F. was a man who always merited the respect and esteem of those who knew him.
Fernandez (José María), 1796, Span. friar, who served at S. F., but was obliged to retire in '97, insane from the effects of a blow on the head. i. 712- 13; also i. 577, 711. F. (Jose Perez), sec 'Perez Fernandez.' F. (José Zenon), 1834, Mex. teacher who came in the H. & l'. col., iii. 263, teaching for a short time at Sta Clara. iii. 728. In '39 he was sec. of the S. José ayunt. and suplente juez de paz. iii. 731; in '40-1 see. of the junta and ad int. of the govt. iii. 604, 193; and grantec of Quito rancho, Sta Clara, in '41. iv. 672; in '42 juez de paz at Mont., administering justice in a way not quite satisfactory to Com. Jones, and going south with Jimeno Casarin as sec. iv. 39, 204, 653, 636; in '44 sce. of the assembly down to his death in Aug. iv. 410. F. (Manuel), 1794, Span. friar who served at Sta Clara and Sta Cruz, retiring in 1798. Biog. i. 49S; ment. i. 576-7, 618, 723. F. (Mariano), artillery corporal at S.D. 1803-6. ii. 102-3. F. (Mariano), of the custom-house guard at Mont.
'45, perhaps the same. F. (Máximo), grantce of rancho in Butte, and S. F.
lot '46. v. 675, 684. F. (Pedro), builder of Ist frame house at S. José '41. iv. 684. F. (Sabás), Mex. corporal sent to Cal. for the Mont. comp. '37; employed at Sonoma as lieut in com. of an Ind. comp. iii. 511; iv. 72. F. (Santiago), soldier of S.F. comp. '41.
Fernandez del Campo (José), 1828, Mex. lient in com. of Cal. artill., sta- tioned at Mont .; arrested by insurgents '29; died in '31. ii. 608, 674; iii. GS, 70, 89, 190, 239. Fernandez de San Vicente (Agustin), 1822, Mex. priest and canónigo, sent to Cal. as commissioner by Iturbide to superintend the change of govt; skillful in politics and intrigue, a bon-vivant and gambler, whose character was not admired by the friars. He departed in '23, and a few' years later was vicar at Sta Fé, N. Mex. ii. 457-70, 483, 496, 550, 591, 597, 631, 043-4, 661; iii. 11. Fernando, neoph. grantce of Rincon del Alisal 44. Fernando, at Soledad '27. ii. 623.
Ferrelo (Bartolomé), 1542, piloto mayor in com. of one of Cabrillo's vessels in the discov. of Cal .; com. of the exped. after Cabrillo's death, continuing the voyage to the north. i. 77-SI. Ferrer (Antonio), 1825, on the Asia. iii. 26. Ferrill (Thos J.), 1846, Fauntleroy's dragoons (v. 232, 247). Fetz- choror (Christian), 1847, musician of N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). Fetzer (John), 1846, Co. C, Ist U.S. dragoons (v. 336).
Fich (Henry), 1846, owner of S.F. lot; prob. Hen. D. 'Fitch,' q. v. Fick- ett (S. HI.), 1847, nat. of N. Y .; memb, of S. Joaq. pioneers 'S4. Fidalgo (Salvador), 1790, Span. naval lieut, com, of the transports and explor. vessels S. Carlos and Princesa, on the Cal. coast and at Nootka 1790-5. i. 411, 500, 509, 513, 517, 524, 523, 535, 543, list. of auth .; also list. N. W. Coast, index. Fiel (W. II.), 1846, Co. C, Ist U.S. dragoons, trans. from C'o. K .; killed at S. Pascual. v. 3.16. Field (B. Oscar), 1847. nat, of Penn., captured as a boy by Ind., and later interpreter and courier for the govt. Said to have come to Cal. '47; in Sac. Val. '13; at S. F. from '50. Died at S.F. '64. Bulletin. F. (Danicl), 1847, Co. F, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). F. (John), 1847, ditto. F. (Sanı- uel), 1845, overl. immig., perhaps of the Grigsby-lde purty. iv. 379.
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Fife (John), 1847, Co. C, Morm. Bat. (v. 469). F. (Peter), 1847, Co. B, ditto. F. (Win), 1841, Scotch otter-hunter in Sta B. region from '45, and prob. several years carlier. iv. 279; v. 317; went to the mines '4S, but resumed his hunting to '5S and later; murdered by a Sonoran at Sta B. in '66. Fifer, sce 'Pfeifer.' Fifield (Ira), 184S, furnished specimens of gold to Gov. Mason; prob. same as following. F. (Levi), 1847, Co. C, Morm. Bat. (v. 469); in Sutter's employ '47-S.
Figuer (Juan), 1772, Span. friar who served at S. Gabriel, San Luis Ob., and S. Diego, dying in 1784. Biog. i. 455; ment. i. 107, 192-3, 196, 272, 290, 316, 388, 457-9, 654, 106-7. Figueroa (Felipe), soldier at Sta B. '32, wife Ignacia Lopez; still at Sta B. in '50. F. (Francisco), 1833, Mex. capt. who came with his brother, the gov., and was appointed contador at Mont. in '34. iii. 236, 240, 378. In '36 he lived at Mont., age 32, wife Maria de Jesus Palo- mares, age 18, son Guadalupe b. '36; in '37 involved in the revolt against AI- varado. iii. 513, 523-6; from '39 in charge of his brother's Alamitos rancho near Los Ang. iii. 633, 637. In '44-6 he was a member of the assembly, being president of that body under Flores' administration, and taking some part against the U.S. iv. 361, 411, 495-6. 521; v. 37-8, 40-50, 264, 321-2. Don Francisco was city treasurer of Los Ang. in '50. F. (Guadalupe), grantee of Corral de Tierra '36.
Figueroa (José), 1833, Mex. brigadier-gen. who had been com. gen. of Son. and Sin., and who was gov. and com. gen. of Cal. from Jan. 14, '33, to his death on Sept. 29, '35. See full account of his arrival, rule, and death, includ- ing his troubles with Híjar, Padres, and Apalátegui, in iii. 234-98, espec. on biog. and character, 234, 296-7; also ment. i. 662; ii. 508, 594; iii. 16, 365, 414, 613, 633, 632, 669-71; acts and policy in mission and Ind. affairs. iii. 318, 321-36, 339-62, 620; commercial and financial affairs, iii. 368-80; the Russians. iv. 161-3. Figueroa is known as the best of California's Mex. gov- ernors, and in many respects merits his reputation. He was an intelligent man, of good intentions and liberal views; not a model in respect of private morality, and not always to be fully trusted; well versed in the arts of mak- ing friends and of gaining popularity by overcoming imaginary obstacles; was fortunate in the circumstances under which he was called to rule the country;
and made no serious mistakes. F. (Manuel), settler at Los Ang. in '79. i. 461. Filibert (Francisco), 1825, Span. from the Aquiles, in list sent to Mcx. '28; perhaps not sent away. iii. 51.
Finch (John), ISSS, Engl. tinker and blacksmith who came to Mont. by sea, age 28. iv. 119. From '40 he lived at S.F., getting a lot, and keeping a saloon and bowling-alley at the cor. of Washington and Kearny streets. v. 683. He was more commonly known as John 'Tinker'; died Aug. 20, '47. Finch, 1847, mr of the Com. Stockton. Findla (James), 1847, overl. immig. and carpenter from Mo., who worked at S.F. and became the owner of many town lots in '47-8. v. 556. Went to the mines in '4S-9; later in the real estate business at S.F., where in '7S he dictated for my use his Statement of Early Events, and where I think he still lives in 'S5. Findlay (John), 1847, Co. E, Morm. Bat. (v. 469). F. (Wm), 1846, lieut and later capt. of Co. A, Cal. Bat. v. 361, 434; went east with Stockton or Kearny in '47. v. 454; at Wash. as a witness Jan. '48; perhaps the Wm Finlay at S. Jose '54 accredited to '45. Annals of S.F., 822.
Fine (J. H.), 1846, nat. of Ky; claimant for Suisun rancho. iv. 674; died at Paso de Robles in "79, age 5S. F. (Quin ?), 1847, blacksmith at Benicia; member of Sonoma council; died in '48. v. 668, 672-3. Fink (Nicholas), 1836, German shoemaker who came to Los Ang. with a Mex. passp. of '35; age 30, and single in '40, when, having a shop in town, he was robbed and murdered, the 3 assassins being executed '41. iv. 118, 280, 629-30.
Finlay (Thomas), 1847, Co. I), Morm. Bat. (v. 469). Finlayson (Duncan), 1833, agent of the H. B. Co., toached at S.F. on the Dryad. iii. 382, 404. Finley (Asa W.), 1846, overl. immig. with wife and 2 children; served under Aram at Sta Clara (v. 378); a farmer at S. José for 17 years; later in Linn Val., Kern Co., where he was in '70, having 2 sons, 3 married daughters, Mrs
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Henry Pascoe, L. A. Beardsley, and J. P. Wilkes in Kern Co., and 2 daugh- ters in Or. Bakersfield Gazette. Finley, 1844, a half-breed assistant of La- framboise. Yolo Co. Ilist. F. (James), 1848, owner of lots at S.F. F. (John), 1847, Co. F, 3d U.S. artill. (v. 51S). I. (John M.), 1848, of firin F., Johnson, & Co., traders at S.F. v. 680. F. (Richard), 1848, miner from Or., where he still lived in 'S2. Finley (S.), 1846, Cal. claim of $15 for a rifle (v. 462). Fippard (Chas), 1833, Engl. carpenter from the Catalina, who asked for a carta in '34, and was still at Mont. '35. iii. 109.
Fish (Wm), 1834, doubtful name in a Los Ang. list. Fisher, or Norris, ISIS, negro of Bouchard's force, who rem. in Cal. There is no definite record of his later career, he being perhaps confounded in such vague allusions as exist with the following. ii. 248, 393. F., or Fisar, 1825, negro from Penn., who came to Sta B. on the Sta Rosa; in '29 at Los Ang., a farmer 35 years old, without religion, but of good conduct. iii. 29; ment. by Coronel, for whom he had worked, in '46-7; and perhaps by Foster in '48-9. It is possi- ble, however, that this F. and the preceding were the same. F., 1846, of Cal. Bat., said to have been attacked by Ind. near Los Ang. in'47. Fremont's Court-martial, 233. F., 1847, mr of the California. v. 576. F., 1848, at Sutter's Fort from the quicksilver mines.
Fisher (Adam), 1843, named by Baldridge as a memb, of the Chiles-Walker immig. party. F. (Danicl), 1845, signer of the S. José call to foreigners. iv. 599. F. (Daniel), 1847, asst quartermaster in Stockton's Bat. Jan. v. 385. F. (F.), 1839, captain ment. in Larkin's accts as being at Mont. Aug. F. (llerman), 1848, German resid. of Sonoma Co. '73-7. Son. Co. Hist. F. (Joseph R.), 1846, one of the Mormon col., who rem. in Cal. v. 546. Fisher (Mary Ann), 1846, ditto; died in the faith at Mission S. José. v. 546. F. (Thomas M1.), 1846, son of Wm, age 4, who settled in Sta Clara Co., married Anna Hanks in '61, and was still living, in 'S1, near Gilroy, with 5 children.
Fisher (Wm), 1845, nat. of Mass. who lived many years at Cape S. Lúcas, L. Cal., marrying Liberata Ceseña, trading on the coast, possibly visiting Upper C'al. carlier, but apparently coming for the Ist time in '45, when he got a S.F. lot, and is mentioned in Larkin's corresp. iv. 587, 669, 684. It was prob. on this visit that he purchased the Alvires, or Laguna Seca, rancho near S. José, for which his heirs were claimants in later years. iii. 712. In '46 he brought his family and settled at Laguna Seca, being also engaged in trade at S. José; it was on his rancho that Frémont encamped. v. 6, 660; in Dec. '46 memb. of council, v. 664, having declined the office of alcalde. v. 662. In '49 he sold his S. José business to Belden, and died in '50. His children were Mary C. wife of D. Murphy, Thos M., Cipriano W. (died), and Uloga Frico(:), as named in Sta Clara C'o. Hist. The widow married Geo. H. Ball of N. Y. I. (Wm), 1825, mr of the Recovery. iii. 14S. F. (Wm), 1830. at Los Anz. ii. 555. Fishpan (?), (John), 1846, Tauntleroy's dragoons (v. 232, 247). Fisk (Daniel), 1844, deserter from the Warren. Fiske (F.), 1841, mid. on the U.S. St Louis.
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