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the Sachem, taking back as wife Marcelina Estudillo, the Ist Cal. woman to visit the ' hub,' who seems never to have returned to C'al. iii. 24, 62, 118, 148. His next trip was on the Brookline in '20-30; and his last on the l'oxana '32, when be remained on the coast as agent of Bryant & Sturgis's ships till '35, getting a carta in '33. iii. 137-8, 146, 331. 1Ie died in Mass. '41. He was a most popular trader, famous for the zeal with which he drove his bargains iu broken Spanish. His most common nickname was Cuatro Ojos, by reason of his spectacles; but his name was also translated into Tormenta, 'a gale;' and he was sometimes called Cambalache, or 'barter.' Galente (Rafael), 1847, lot at S.F. Gali (Francisco), 1584, Span. voyager down the Cal. coast. i. 94-6. Galiano (Dionisio), 1792, Span. com. of the Sutil and Mexicana in an explor. exped. to Cal. and the N.W. Coast; killed at Trafalgar. i. 490. 506-9; see also Ilist. N. W. Coast, i.
Galindo (Bautista), soldier at S. F. '37; at S. José '41, age 27, wife Alvisa (?) Moreno. G. (Crisóstomo), at S. José '41, age 67, wife Jacola Bernal, child. Francisco b. '24, Antonio '26, José '29, Agustin '31, Juan '39. His daughter Ana Maria married J. A. Forbes; and the family home was at Milpitas; grantec and cl. of S. José mission land. v. 665. The full name was Juan C. See also José Jesus and Juan. G. (Eusebio), b. at S.F. 1802; sol- dier in S.F. comp. '28-9; ment. in '40. iv. 23; juez de paz at Sta Clara '45. iv. GS3. Still at Sta Clara in '77, when he gave me some historical Apuntes. G. (Francisco), son of Crisóstomo or José Jesus; in Alameda Co. '78. G. (Francisco), Span. not required to quit Cal. in '30. iii. 52. G. (José), sol- dier of S.F. comp. '37-43. iv. 667. G. (José), soldier of S.F. comp. '38-9. G. (José Ant.), grantee of Laguna de la Merced and Sauzalito '35. iii. 712-13; corp. S.F. militia '37; killed Jose Peralta at S. F. in '38. G. (José de Jesus), died at Milpitas in '77, at the reputed age of 106; his son Francisco was then a resid. of Oakland; and his daughter Juana was the wife of José M. Alviso and later of José Uridias, still living in '77. José Jesus may have been Crisos- tomo, q.v., whose age in '77 would have been 103. G. (Juan), corporal in
S.T. comp. '19-29; very likely Juan C'risostomo, q. v. G. (Leandro), regidor at S. José '22. ii. 604; militiaman and clector at S.F. '37. iii. 705; lot at S. F. mission '40. iv. 706; in '42 at S.F., age 55, wife Dominga Alaman, child. Seferino b. '30, Maria '33, Antonio '35, Francisco '38, Gregoria '39, Genaro '40, and Mariano '41; militia corporal '44; jucz de campo and grantee of a lot '46. v. 618, 684. G. (Manuel), 1825, Span. officer on the Constante, iii. 26. G. (Nasario), son of Leandro; soldier, corp., and sergt of S.F. comp. '32-43. iii. 567, 667, 678; in '53 near mission S. José, age 40. G. (Nicolás), settler at S.F. 1791-1800. i. 716. G. (Rafael), soldier of S.F. comp. 1797-1800. i.
556; also '34-7. perhaps another man. Galista (José Ant.), Mex. clerk at Mont. '36, age 50, wife Andrea Jimeno, child. Dario b. '22 at Mont., Valen- tin '24, Domitila '27, José '29, Felipe '31, Maria G. '33, José Ant. '36.
Gallagher (John), 1847, C'o. B, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); an Irish farmer in So- noma Co. '71-83, when he was at Bodega. Gallant (Victor), 1845, Co. E,
Cal. Bat. (v. 358), enlist. at Sonoma, Oct. Gallardo (Anastasio), Mex. con- vict '29-35. G. (Félix), at Los Ang. '36. iii. 491; and '46. v. 312: 2 of tho name in '46. G. (José Ant.), a settler at Braucif. 1797. i. 569. G. (Juan), soldier killed by Ind. at the Colorado 1781. 1. 350-62. G. (Juan), Mex. shoemaker, and leader in the Apalátegui revolt of '35. iii. 282-6; still at Los Ang. to '46, when he was alcalde. iii. 504, 564; v. 50, 143, 625-6; claimant in
G. (Rafael), at Los Ang. from '36; juez de paz '43.
'52 for land granted '38.
(1. (Simon), at Los Ang. 48. Gallego (Car- iv. 633; regidor '47. v. 626. los), settler on the Colorado, killed I781. i. 350-62. (., trader forbidden to
hold raffles 1798. i. 6.12. ( :. (Pablo), at Sonoma '44, age 35. Gallegos, drowned at Sta B. '30. ii. 576. Galusha (Elon A.), 1847, Co. F. N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); d. at Rochester, N. Y., before '83. Galway (James), 1847 (?), said to have come with his parents at the age of 5; pago in the convention of '49; with Walker in Nie .; lieut in war of '61-5; editor of Sta Cruz Journal; d. in 70. Sta Clara News, Sept. 24, 70.
Gamble (Wmn), ISII, a young naturalist sent out from Phil. by Nuttall to
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collect specimens; came from N. Mex. in the Workman party. iv. 278-9. Being financially crippled, he was employed by Com. Jones in '42 as clerk on the Cyane, and perhaps went away on that vessel; in '44 at Callao; said by Given to have ret. to Cal. abont '49. G. (Wm M.), 1845, mid. on the U. S. Portsmouth. Gamon (Jose M.), 1844, inr of the Trinidad. iv. 569. G. (Thos), 1826, at Mont. Gándara (Pedro), apparently a clerk of Pedrorena '40-1. Gann (Nicholas), 1847, overl. immig. with wife Ruth, to whom, in camp at Stockton, Oct., was born the Ist child in S. Joaq., named Wm; at Gilroy '79-82. Gannon (Thos), 1847, Co. F, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); d. Sta B. '55. Gansevoort (Stanwix), 1845, mid. on U.S. Portsmouth.
Gantt (John), 1843, member of the Chiles-Walker immig. party. iv. 392- 4, 400. In earlier times said to have been an officer in the U.S. army. Capt. G. commanded Sutter's force in Micheltorena's service '44-5; and after the campaign made a contract to attack Ind. horse-thieves for a share of the re- covered animals. iv. 480, 485-6, 506-7, 516-17, 543. In Sept. '46 Bryant found him ill at Dr Marslı's rancho, and it is likely that sickness prevented his taking part in the troubles of '46-7. In '47 he wrote from Sonoma asking an appointment as sub-Ind. agent, and from Yount's place in Napa, proposing to build a saw-mill on his 'mountain tract; ' in '48 of firm G. & Hannah at Napa; in '49 mining on Feather River; died in Napa Val. later in '49.
Garaycoechea (José), at S. F. 1795. i. 700. Garcés (Francisco T. H.), 1774, Span. friar of Querétaro college, and missionary in Sonora froni '68; with Anza in his exped. to Cal. 1774-6; the Ist to explore the Tulare valley and the route from Mojave to S. Gabriel; later missionary at the Colorado pueblos, where he was killed by the Ind. in 1781. i. 221-3, 258-62, 273-8, 354-67, 573. and list of auth. ii. 43-4.
García (Anastasio), a desperado who killed Joaq. de la Torre and several other men in the Sta B. region '55. G. (Anselmo), at S. José '47. G. (Antonio), at Los Ang. '46. G. (Bernardino), son of Francisco, age 19 in '41, when he enlisted in the S.F. comp. at Sonoma. iv. 667. He was the des- perado, 'Four-fingered Jack,' who killed Cowie and Fowler in '46. v. 161-2; also ment. at Natividad. v. 370; Cal. claim of $1,375; I think he was hanged in later years. G. (Bibiana Romero de), widow at J. Jose '41, age 21, child. José Ant. b. '34, Francisco '36. G. (Bruno), settler at Los Ang. 1796. ii. 350. G. (Carlos), ditto 1813. G. (Cármen), Cal. claim $2,152 (v. 462).
Garcia (Diego), 1787, Span. friar, who served chiefly at S.F. and retired in '97. Biog. i. 713; ment. i. 388, 474, 498-500, 573, 577. G. (Dionisio), Mex. sold. at Mont. '36, age 37; owner of S. F. lots '39-46. v. 676, 682. G. (Eugenio), soldier at Sta B. '32. G. (Fanstino), at Mont. '47. G. (Felipe), Span. sold. of the Mont. comp. before 1780; had a garden at Mont. about 1815. ii. 209; his wife was Petra Lugo (or Rincon), and they had 20 children. G. (Felipe Santiago), regidor at Los Ang. 1789-90. i. 461; perhaps same as preceding. G. (Felipe Santiago), son of preceding, b. at Mont. 1782; in '35, '46, jnez de campo. iii. 674; v. 637; in '36 at Mont., wife Jacinta Fernandez, child. José de Jesus b. '22, Antonia '25, Manuel Estevan '27, Encarnacion '29. In '54 he gave Taylor, Discov. and Founders, ii. 25, his recollections; Cal. claim in '46 of $1,042 (v. 462); still living after '60. G. (Felipe), in Los Ang. region '46, age 25. G. (Francisco), maj. at Sta B. 1811-1820. ii. 364. G. (Francisco), Span. invalido of Sta B. comp. in '28-9, age 60. iii. 51. G. (Francisco), soldier of S. F. '34-5. G. (Francisco), Mex. at Mont. '36, age 34, wife Josefa Gonzalez, child. Bernabé b. '23, Pedro '25, José '26, Epitacio '28, Lugarda '30, Bonifacia '31, Maria Jesus '33, Micacla '34; grantee of ranchos in Mont. and Sta Clara '42, '45. iv. 655, 673; jucz at S. Feliciano '45- 6; iv. 625, 634, 637. Cal. claims of $14,625 and $2, 170 in '46-7. (v. 462); still in Mont. Co. '50. G. (Francisco), at Los Ang '46. G. (Francisco), one of the Jack Powers gang hanged near S. Luis Ob, about '33; ment. in '46. v. 162; perhaps confounded with Bernardino. G. (Gabriel), at the S. Pascual fight '46. v. 352; a soldier at Sta B. before '37. G. (Ililarion), maj. at S. Diego '30. ii. 549; alférez at Sta B. '39-46. iii. 583; iv. 642; v. 35.
García (Inocente), son of Felipe, b. at Los Ang. 1791; soldier in Mont.
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comp. from IS07, serving in the escolta of S. Miguel and Soledad; from '13 trader and soap-maker; maj. of S. Juan B. '22-3. ii. 624; ment. at Mont. '2S- 30. ii. 612; iii. 41; took part in Alvarado's revolt of '36, and in Ind. exped. of '37-9. iii. 457, 460, 469; iv. 75; admin. of S. Miguel '37-45. iii. 555, 587, 685; iv. 659; arrested by Fremont '46. v. 375-6. He went to the mines in '48; and for years supposed himself to be owner of a rancho near S. Luis Ob., but lost it. His wife was Maria del Carmen Ramirez, and there were many chil- dren. In '78 living at S. Luis in poverty, strong in body and mind, though SS years old, and of good repute. He gave me his Hechos Históricos, a MS. full of interesting details of the old soldier's life and observations. ii. 232, 338-9, 386. In 'S5 I have not heard of his death. G. (Jacinto), soldier at S.F.
'27-40. G. (Jesus), at Los Ang. '46. G. (Joaq.), sent to Mex. '30. ifi. 85. García (José), 1800, Span. friar who served at S. Luis Rey, and retired in 180S. Biog. ii. 108; ment. i. 577; ii. 139-60. G. (José), settler at Los Ang. G. (José), sent as prisoner 1808. ii. 350. G. (José), soldier at S.F. '28-33. to Sonora '37. iii. 638. G. (José), came in '36 from S. Amer .; flogged for forgery at Mont. '37: clerk at S. José '41-2. iv. 684-5; ment. in '46. v. 321; said to have been killed at Natividad. v. 372. G. (José Ant.), Ist death at
Sta Clara. i. 306. G. (José Ant. ), petitioner for lands for N. Mex. colony '43. iv. 572, 635, 637. G. (José Dolores), ment. at Sta B. '48, in con. with the Cañon Perdido. v. 58S. G. (José E.), son of José María, worked at Sta B. for Capt. Robbins '45; served under Carrillo and Flores '46. v. 400; took part in hiding the cannon in '48; and in '78 gave me his Episodios. G. (José Manuel), lots at S.F. '39. G. (José Maria), nat. of Sonora, of Span. parent- age; síndico at Sta B. '31-2. iii. 653, 212; maj. and admin. of Sta B. '34-6. iii. 346, 353, 657-8; alcalde in '34. iii. 634. His wife was Maria Ant. Ayala. G. (José Miguel), militiaman at S.F. '37; at S. José '41, age 21, wife Rafaela Miranda, child. Guadalupe b. '39. G. (José Norberto), murdered at S. Juan B. '44. iv. 662. G. (Juan), soldier at S. F. 1797-1800. i. 536. G. (Juan), soldier at Mont. '36, age 26. G. (Juan and Juan Jose), at Los Ang. '46. G. (Juan B.), soldier of S. F. comp. '34-42. G. (Julian), at Los Ang. '46; S. Luis Ob. '58. G. (Luis), at Brancif. '30. ii. 627; at S. José '41, age 28. (. (Luz), comisionado at Brancif. '15. ii. 390; inválido '28, wife Rosalia Vaz- quez, child. Rufino, Antonio, José María.
García (M.), grantee of S. Miguel rancho '46. v. 637. G. (Manuel), 1822, mr of the S.F. de Paula. ii. 457, 474. G. (Manuel), at Los Ang. '46. G. (Marcelino), 1844, one of the Bat. fijo. iv. 289, 405; in '77 at Salinas City, where he gave me his Apunte sobre Micheltorena. G. (Matias and Miguel), at Los Ang. '46. G. (Maximo), soldier of the piquete de Hidalgo at Mont. 36, age 43. G. (Miguel), grantee of S. Miguel '46. G. (Norberto), at Sa- linas '36, age 35, wife Maria Victoria Gomez, child. María Francita b. '20, Rita '23, Josć '25, Juan Jose '28, Guadalupe '31, Teodora '34. G. (Pascual), soldier at Sta B. before :37. G. (Pascual), at La Brea '36, age 49, wife Juli- ana Sanchez. G. (Pedro), 1842, lient of the batallon fijo. iv. 259. G.
(Pedro Gonzalez), armorer and instructor 1792-5. i. 615, 684. G. (Rafael), soldier of S. F. comp. '23-33; at S. Rafael '24. ii. 598; grantee of Tamales and Baulinas '36. iii. 713; grantee of land in Mendocino '44. iv. 672; raid on the Ind. '45. iv. 541, 679. He died in '66 in Marin Co., age 75. (. (Rafael), at Los Ang. '46; soldier at Sta B. '32. G. (Ramon), at S. José '41, age 27. G. (Reyes), in piquete de Hidalgo at Mont. '36. (. (Rosalio), son of Felipe: went to Chili to avoid mil. service. G. (Salvador), Span. sailor of the Afsia; rem. in Cal. iii. 51-2. G. (Tomás), soldier at Sta B. before '37. G. (Tri- fion), grantee of Atascadero '42. iv. 653.
García Diego (Francisco), 1833, Mex. friar of the Zacatecanos, who served at Sta Clara to '35, being prefeet of the northern missions, and in '41 came back as bishop of Cal., dying in '46. Biog. v. 632 3; ment. iii. 318-24, 328- 36, 338, 347-8, 351-2, 726; iv. 63-5, 195-6, 219, 332-8, 372-4, 424-7. 519, 534, 565, 619, 640. Gard (Chas and John), IS4S, at Mont. Gardner (Geo. W.), 1844, mr of the Nantucket. iv. 567. G. (Wyman), 1840, at Mont. (1). G., 1848, worked for John Williams on Butte Cr. Garcolo (Valentin), lieut
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in Cal. '45 (?). Garfias (Manuel), 1842, Mex. lieut in the batallon fijo '42-5. iv. 289; grantee of S. Pascual '43. iv. 635; rem. in C'al., and took part in the war against the U.S. '46-7, going to Mex. with Flores. iv. 513; v. 41, 49, 316, 391, 407. He came back to Cal., and was county treasurer of Los Ang. '50-1; in later years U.S. consul at Mazatlan, where he still lived, perhaps, in '77. (. (Salvador), Span. at S. José '41, age 41, wife Crecencia Cibrian, child. Sal- Vador b. 21, Ascension '36, José Jesus, '34, Felicidad '29, Encarnacion '30, C'armen '38, Josefa '40. Garibay (Gertrudis), accused of murder at Mont. '34. iii. 673. Garner (Philip), 1847, Co. B, Morm. Bat. (v. 469). G. (R.), 1848, landed at Sta B. (?). G. (Wm A.), 1847, ditto, made bricks and dug a well at S. Diego.
Garner (Wm Robert), 1824, nat. of London, b. in 1803, who deserted from an English whaler at Sta B., the date being often given as '26. ii. 526. In '29 he was refused naturalization; in '31 married a daughter of Manuel Butron; in '32 joined the comp. extranjera at Mont. iii. 221. He was a lumberman, and appears on Larkin's books from '33; in '36-7 was a lieut of Graham's comp. in Alvarado's service. iii. 458-9, 512; and in '39 was naturalized, then living at S. Juan B. His part in the Graham affair of '40 is recorded in iv. 5- 6, 10, 12, 21, 27, he being the man who revealed the plot of Graham and his associates. It is not quite clear whether he simply acted in good faith as a Mex. citizen, was prompted by hostility to G., or was entrapped by Castro into confession for self-protection. Continuing his lumber business for a few years, in '44-8 he kept a boarding-house at Mont., being also at times clerk, policeman, translator, auctioneer, and alcalde's sec., besides serving appar- ently in the campaign against Micheltorena. iv. 495; v. 637. IIe went to the mines with Colton, and with his sons made several mining trips, and then moved to S. Luis Ob., from which point, in '49, he made an exped. against the Ind. of the interior and was killed with 6 of his men. His son José C., b. about '32, in a letter of '75, gave me some information about his father; also to the S. José Pion. of '78, when he lived at S. José, as he does still, perhaps, in '85. In their anger at the affair of '40, Graham and his friends accused Gar- ner not only of treachery in that matter, but of having been an Australian convict, murderer, and desperado; but in the absence of proofs, it is well to judge the man's character by his Cal. record, which is in every respect better than that of his accusers. He is said to have been of a good family, and was an intelligent man of some education. Garnica del 'Castillo,' q. v.
Garra, Ind. chief at Pauma '46. v. 567-8. Garraleta (Antonio), clerk at Sta B. mission '39. iii. 657. G. (José Ant.), lieut of the frontier comp., sometimes visiting S. Diego; killed in '41 by his wife. iv. 619. Garrick (Peter), 1834, Engl. carpenter at Mont. in Spear's service; written Garruk and Garrenk. Garriger (Solomon), 1846, Co. E, Cal. Bat. (v. 358), enlisting at N. Helv. Oct. Garter (David), 1848, doubtful name. Garne (Wm), 1834, nat. of Sto Domingo, from Hon .; cooper at Los Ang. '36. iii. 412.
Gasquet (Louis), 1845, French consul at Mont. '45-7. iv. 385, 587, 590; v. 34, CO. 292-3, 364. Gastelum (Francisco J.), at Los Ang. '39-45. Gaten (H.), IS46, Co. B, artill., Cal. Bat. (v. 358). Gautier (Julian), 1843, d. at Los Ang .; his widow at Sonoma, Dec. Gavitt (John), 1847, lot at S. F. Gay (Geo.), 1832, Engl. deserter from a whaler. iii. 408; went to Or. in '35, and came back in '37 in the cattle exped. iv. 85; see Ilist. Or., i. 98.
Geddes (Paul), sce Green (Talbot H.). Gehringer (Andrew), 1847, Co. II, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); miner in '48-50; Sta Clara farmer '51-63; in '63-83 ucar Concord, Contra Costa. Geiger (Wm), 1841, N. Y. teacher, age 24, who came from IIon. on the Thos Perkins. iv. 104, 569; later in the year at N. Hely. Gelabert (Wm), 1846, Span. in U.S.N .; settled later at Stockton, where he died in '82, leaving a wife and 3 children. Gelston (Roland), 1847, mr of the Whiton, and a S. F. merchant of G. & Co. in '47-9; owner of town lot and building; in '53 claimant for lands in Sac. and S.F. v. 581, 676, 678, CS3. Gendreau (Francois), 1844, Canadian in Sutter's employ '45-8; com. of an Ind. comp. in '46. iv. 453; v. 360. He, or his son Joseph, was in the 2d Donner relief '47. v. 540. His wife was a Walla Walla Ind., and their child
GENDREAU-GILBERT.
was buried at S. José Mission in Dee. '44. His name is often written Gundran, Gendron, Geandrean, and even Jondro. Genks, 1846, named at N. Hclv. Genling (Joaquin), doubtful name of a juez in Mont. dist. iv. 653. Gennon (John), 1847, named by Lancey as a member of Co. F, 3d U.S. artill. Genoa y Aguirre (Fermin), 1517-18, sup. of the Hermosa Mexicana. ii. 282-3, 424. George (J.), 1848, from llon. on the Julian.
Gerardo (Rafael), maj. at Sta B. 1793-4. ii. 120. Gerke (Henry), 1847, German immig. at N. Hely. and S.F. in Oct. v. 556; lot-owner at S. F. '47-8. v. G.G; later a well-known vineyardist in Tehama Co., where he still lived in 'SO. German (Antonio), juez de campo at La Brea and grantee of Juristac, iii. 674, 676, 711-12, being 50 years old in '36, wife Maria de la Luz Pena, cl:iltl. Antonio b. '18, Juan '20, Jose '22, Luis '24. In early times he had been a soldier at Sta B. G. (Cayetano), at Los Ang. '40; cl. for the rancho in '33. (. (Faustino), brother of Antonio, at Mont. '20. ii. 612; juez de campo '31, 35. iii. 672, 674; grantee with Ant. of Juristae '35. iii. 712; in '36 at La Brea, age 48, wife María Ant. Garcia, age 40. Faustino, like his brother, lost all his land under the manipulations of Amer. sharpers, and died in poverty at S. Juan in 'S3, at the age of 95, leaving his widow, aged 87, but no chil- dren. G. (John), 1847, Co. F, 3d U.S. artill. (v. 518). G. (Juan), vecino
of S. Diego, killed in '26. ii. 549. G. (José de los Santos), son of Antonio, b. at Sta B. '23; in '78 at Tres Pinos, S. Benito Co., engaged in raising cattle with his brother Luis C. German. The two gave mne their recollections of Cal- ifornian Sucesos, which, on several points, have proved valuable material for history. iv. 339, 463; v. 167. G. (Manuel), soldier at Sta B. before '37; at Los Ang. '30-4S. Geronimo, Ind. alcalde at Soledad '26. ii. 623. Gierva- sio (José), soldier of S. F. comp. '37-42. Gessen, 1815, a German in the south. iv. 490. Gettinger (Peter), 1847, Co. F, 3d U. S. artill. (v. 518). Geurron (J.A.), 1846, Co. G, Cal. Bat. (v. 358). Gholston (Wm C.), 1846, Co. K, Ist dragoons; killed at S. Pascual. v. 346.
Gibbins, 1840, at Mont. Gibbon (L.), 1841, mid. on U. S. St Louis. Gibbs (John), 1843, overl. immig. of the Grigsby-Ide party. iv. 579, 587; of committee repres. the immig. before Castro. iv. 60G; prob. of the Bears. v. 110: settled in Napa; at N. Helv. Nov. '47. G., 1845, Amer. at Brancif., age 40. Gibson, 1842, purser with Com. Jones. iv. 30S. G. (Horatio (ates), 1847-8 (?), lieut in 3d U.S. artill .; at S. Diego, S.F., and other points in Cal. to '61; colonel in war of '61-5; in '77 in com. of Fort Wardsworth, N. Y .; president of castern assoc. of pioneers. I find no original record of such an officer before '49. G. (Joseph), 1831, Amer. trapper and tailor of 'Ha- quinsor' (Arkansas!), from N. Mex. with Jackson or Wolfskill. iii. 387. 405; at Los Ang. and S. Pedro '34-6; 44 years old in '36 and single. G. (Marion), 1845, Amer. farmer from Or. in the MeMI .- Clyman party. iv. 572, 587; in the mines with Job Dye '48; died at a date not recorded. G. (Samuel), 1845, Amer. immig. from Or., prob. in the MeMI .- Clyman party, and possibly iden- tical with the preceding. iv. 578, 587. He took a prominent part in the pro- ceedings of the Bears, being sergt. v. 110, 153, 163-4, 168; went south with Fremont, remaining with Gillespie at Los Ang. and S. Diego, ranking as copt. in the Cal. Bat., wounded at S. Pascual, and serving under Stockton in the final campaign. v. 326-7, 340, 313-7, 360, 385, 434. In '48 ho mined on Feather River in partnership with C. P. Swift, and was drowned in the winter of '48-9. Bidwell. G. (Tho.), 1847, Co. C, Morm. Bat. (v. 469).
Gifford (James), 1846, applicant for timber-land near S. Diego. Gift (Geo. W.), ISIS, nat. of Tenn .; mid. on the U.S. St Mary; luft navy in '52; banker at Sac. from '55; lient in confed. navy from 'Gl; newspaper man at S. Hafael nnd Napa till his death in '79, leaving a wife and 4 children. Gil y Taboada (Lnis), 1801, Mex. friar of S. Fern. college, who served at many mi sions, being founder of S. Rafael, und died at S. Luis Ob. '33. Biog. ili. 650-1, ment. il. 29, 121, 131, 135, 137, 159, 329-30. 337, 351, 355, 364, 366, 357, 304, 425, 562, 618, 623, 625, 627, 655. Gilbert (Albert), 1830, from N. Mex. to buy cattle; in trouble with the authorities; went to Ilon, on the Volunteer in '32.
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Gilbert (Edward), 1847, N. Y. printer, and lieut Co. H, N.Y. Vol. v. 504. He made a census of S.F. and wrote an article on the town published in the Star. v. 647, 656; was a candidate for alcalde, and declined the collectorship. V. 575, 652, 659; but seems to have acted as Collector Folsom's deputy. He took a prominent part from '48 in public affairs; was editor of the Alta from its beginning in Jan. '49. v. 659; was a member of the constit. convention; and in Nov. '49 was elected as the Ist congressman from Cal. One of his edi- torial articles drew out a letter which led him to challenge Gen. Jas W. Denver, by whom he was killed in a duel near Sac. in '52 at the age of 33. He was regarded as a man of unusual ability and promise. G., 1848, at Mont .; of firm Newell, Brady, & G. G. (James), 1845, at N. Helv. in Sut- ter's service '45-6. G. (John), 1847, Co. D, Morm. Bat. (v. 469). G. (Wmn), 1846, said to have been steward on the U.S. Savannah; at Stoekton "79.
Gilchrist (Edward), 1846, surgeon on the C'ongress and Cyune; justice of the peace at Mont. ; acted as surg. of the Cal. Bat. v. 231, 361, 637-8. Gil- dea (Wm B.), 1845, Amer. physician who came overl. in the Swascy-Todd party; died at N. Helv. Jan. '46. iv. 576, 580, 587. Gili (Bartolomé), 1721, Span. friar, who served chiefly at S. Antonio and retired in '94. Biog. i. 689; inent. i. 496, 500, 523-4, 576, 597. Gill (James), 1846, Co. F, Cal. Bat. (v. 358); enlisting at S. Juan Oct .; lot at S.F. '47.
Gillespie (Archibald H.), 1846, nat. of Penn. and lieut. of marines U.S.N., who was sent in Oct. '45 from Wash. to Cal. as a bearer of a duplicate of sceret instructions to Larkin, with whom he was to cooperate, as was Fre- mont, in carrying out those instructions. He crossed Mex., destroying his official despatch after committing its contents to memory, and arrived at Mont. in April '46 on the Cyane via Honolulu, thence proceeding to the Oregon frontier to overtake Frémont. v. 24-9, 200, 636, 644. The original of his des- patch is now in my possession, and also the copy written by him from niem- cry at Mont. Frémont claims to have received a very different despatch, and there is a bare possibility that Gillespie deceived him. In the various events of May-July, G. took an active part, being made adjutant of the Cal. Bat. at i.s Ist organization. v. 79-80, 101-2, 127, 177, 184, 247, 252-3. Going south in July, he was left at Los Ang. in com. of the garrison, and by his unwise policy caused the people to revolt and drive him out in Oet. v. 286, 306-15, 319. Joining Stockton at S. Diego, he was sent with a reenforcement to meet Kearny, and was wounded in the fight at S. Pascual in Dec. v. 328-9, 310, 343-7. Ranking as major of the battalion, G. commanded a division of Stock- ton's army, and was again wounded at the S. Gabriel in Jan. '47. v. 360, 386, 391-5. Declining the secretaryship of state under Fremont, he was relieved from duty in Cal., and reported to Com. Biddle in May. v. 433, 437, 440, 445, 450. He went cast overland with Stockton, and testified for Fremont at the court-martial; also in the Cal. claims investigation. v. 453-6. He seems to have returned overland to Cal. in '48, and to have spent much of his later life liere, though for some years previous to '61 he was in Mex., perhaps as sec. of legation. He was never prominent after '49, having to a certain extent 'lost his grip ' in the battle of life. He died at S.F. in '73, at the age of 60.
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