History of California, Volume III, Part 87

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe
Publication date: 1885-1890
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers
Number of Pages: 824

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Gorman (Geo.), 1843, at Mont. G. (John), 1831, Irish. from Hon. with a letter from P. Short. iii. 405; joined the comp. extranjera in '32. iii. 221; got a lot in '35; in '36 at Hartnell's rancho, age 50 and single. Gormly (Mar- tin F.), 1847, Co. F, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); elaimant for a Marin Co. rancho. iv. 674; mr of the Bostonian, and killed by explosion of the Secretary in '54. Goss, 1847, on the Currency Lass from Hon.

Gould, 1848, mr of the Mary Frances. G. (John C.), 1847, Co. C, Morm.

Bat. (v. 469). G. (John R.), 1846, assisted in printing the Mont. Califor- nian. v. 293. G. (Samuel), 1847, Co. C, Morm. Bat. (v. 489). Gouldin, 1847, doubtful name, Alameda Co. '55-78. Goulet (G.), 1845, in Sutter's employ '45-6; and Geo. Goutler had a Cal. claim of $60 for shoeing horses (v. 462). Gourville (Jean), 1836, Fr. laborer at Los Verjeles rancho, age 27. Goycoechea (Felipe), 1783, Mex. lieut and com. of the Sta B. comp. 1784- 1802, being brevet capt. from 1797; habilitado gen. of Cal. in Mex. 1802-5; gov. of L. Cal. 1806-14, where he died at Loreto. A prominent and able offi- cer. Biog. ii. 116-17; ment. i. list of auth., 396, 461-3, 464-6, 484, 501-2, 517, 521-2, 532, 537, 542, 573, 583, 5SS-94, 039; ii. 28, 30, 32-3, 36, 111, 154-6, 186, 1SS, 665, 669.

Grable (Benj.), 1841 (?), nat. of Ohio; d. S. Luis Ob. '76. iv. 279; date of arrival prob. a misprint in Cal. Christ. Adv., Jul. 30, '76. Grady (Thomas), 1846, Co. C, Ist U.S. dragoons (v. 336). Graf (Joseph), 1848, overl. immig. with wife, who settled at Nicolaus; a teamster. Graff (Geo. J.), 1847, Co. E, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); at S.F. '74-82. Grafton (Ed. C.), 1845, mid. on the U.S. Portsmouth; acting lient Co. C, Stockton's bat. '46-7. v. 385. Graham, 18-18, from Or. with Martin; supposed to have been killed by Ind. the same year at Murderers bar. G. (Chas K.), 1847, mid. on the U. S. Columbus; maj .- gen. in war of '61-5; surveyor of port of N. Y. '79. G. (Geo.), 1847, Co. F, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); passp. from Hon. '48.

Graham (Isaac), 1833-5, nat. of Ky, and for many years a trapper in the

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great basin and N.Mex., whence he is generally said to have come to Cal. in '33. iii. 388, 409. I have found no details of his arrival, which was very likely in '34 or '35. In '36 he had a distillery and drinking-place at Natividad, and from the loafers about his place, chiefly deserting sailors, raised a comp. of ' riflemen ' to support Alvarado in his revolution, going south in that cause in '37. See full details in iii. 454-9, 491, 524, GS3. In '38 he was condemned to 8 months in the chain-gang for killing cattle on Gomez' rancho. Mont. Arch .; and in '39 he and Naile tried to organize a comp. to cross the mts castward. In '40, with a dozen of his associates and enough other foreigners to make up the number of 47, G. was sent to S. Blas on a charge of plotting against the govt; but with 18 of the exiles came back the next year. iv. 2-41, 95, 116, 34S. The current versions of this affair, as fully explained elsewhere, have but a slight foundation in truth; the exiles were for the most part foreigners of the worst class, who had come to Cal. in defiance of the laws; and while the definite charges of conspiracy could not be proved, the arrest was only tech- nical, and in the case of a few, an outrage, for which Gov. Alvarado was willing that Mex. should pay damages. Statements that Alvarado broke his promises to G., and that the prisoners were brutally treated, have no better foundation than the absurd ravings of Farnham and the complaints of the victims hungry for damages. After his return, G., with Majors and others, bought the Sayante rancho near Sta Cruz, built a saw-mill, and engaged also to some extent in tanning. His name appears constantly on Larkin's books. He made desperate efforts to get damages from Mex. through the U. S. govt for his exile; it is a popular tradition that he succeeded in getting $36,000, and possibly he did in later years get a small sum, but I find no definite evi- dence to that effect. iv. 40-1. In '43 he offered his support and that of his associates-without their knowledge-to Gov. Micheltorena, who declined at first. iv. 356; but he finally went south with Sutter's force in defense of the gov. in '44-5; iv. 472, 478, 483, 486, 507. In '45 he induced a young Ameri- can woman to live with him, her mother making an effort through Consul Larkin and the alcalde to oblige him to marry, but apparently without suc- cess; though G. claimed that she was his wife, and she so appears in the pa- dron of '45, when G. was 46 years old. I have much of the original corresp. con- nected with the scandal. At this time 20 of (+.'s foreign fellow-citizens signed a petition to the prefect for his expulsion from the community, as a dissolute, lawless, quarrelsome corruptor of the public peace and morals. I think the woman left him in '49, about the time that some of his children by a former marriage came to Cal. The case of Graham vs Roussillon in '46 was the Ist tried by a jury in Cal. v. 289. After the U.S. occupation, G. continued to livo on his Sta Cruz rancho, for which he was the claimant. iv. 656; and died at S. F. in '63 at the age of nearly 70. Two of his daughters, very respectable people, live in Sta Cruz Co. 'S5; and his brother also resided in Cal. for many years. Respecting Graham's character, much is said in my narrative of the events of '40. But for the unmerited praise that has been so profusely accorded him, and his own never-ending abuse of better men, it might be in doubtful taste to dwell on the man's true character. In N. Mex. and on the plains, where he was well known by Nidever, B. D. Wilson, Job Dye, and others, ho had the worst of reputations, amply justified by his career in Cal. At the bes , he was a lond-mouthed, unprincipled, profligate, and reckless man, whose only good qualities seem to have been the personal bravery and prodigal hospital- ity of his class, with undoubted skill as a hunter, and a degree of industry.

Graham (John), 1791, Boston boy of Malaspina's exped. who died at Mont., called Groem. i. 491. G. (Jolin), 1841, lieut on the U.S. St Louis. (+. (L: w- renee l'.), 1848, brevet major 2d U. S. drag., in com. of a dragoon battalion from Mex. arriving at the end of Dee .; mil. com. of the southern dist in 99. v. 522, 618. G. (Wmn), 1841, doubtful name at S. Jose. Bidwell. Grajera (Antonio), Mex. lieut in com. of the S. Diego comp. 1793-9; capt. from '98; conduct far from exemplary; left Cal. Jan. 1800, and died at sea 3 days after sailing. Biog. i. 076; ment. i. 522, 532, 538, 543, 563, 588-94, 630, 631, 653. 656, 730. Gralbatch (Wm), 1825, Engl. sailor and cooper who landed at

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Mont. ii. 609; iii. 29. In '29 he kept a shop with Geo. Allen and applied for naturalization, age 26; a memb. of the comp. extranjera in '32. iii. 221; on Larkin's books from '33. In '36 he lived at S. Isidro rancho, being then single, but married before '40. I find no later record than Oct. '41; generally called Graybatch or Grayback, but I have his autographs. Grambis (Fred.), 1847, chief musician N. Y. Vol. v. 503; d. before '82. Grams (Philip), 1847, Co. K, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); died at Milwaukee, Wis., '80. Granados (Fran.), IS46, aux. de policía. Mont. v. 637. Grant, 1844, off. on H. B. M. S. Modeste. G. (B.), 1845, doubtful name of the Grigsby-Ide immig. party. iv. 579; prob. went to Or. G. (James), 1825, Engl. waterman, age 25, protestant and sin- gle; in Mont. dist. '25-9. iii. 29. G. (Thos), 1832, got a carta. iii. 408.

Graves (Franklin W.), 1846, member of the Donner party from Ill., accom- panied by wife Elizabeth, 3 sons, and 6 daughters. The father, mother, and one son-Franklin W., Jr, age 5-died in the Sierra. v. 528, 530, 534, 537. Eight of the children survived. Jonathan B., age 7, and Elizabeth, Jr, died near Sutter's Fort in '47. v. 530, 534. Wm C. was, in '80-], a blacksmith at Calistoga, and in '84 writes me from Merrimac, Plumas Co .; he also wrote for the newspapers a narrative of Crossing the Plains in '46. v. 530, 534, 536, 541. Eleanor married Wm McDonald in '49, and in 'SI lived at Knight's Val., Sonoma, with 8 children. v. 530, 534. Mary Ann married Ed. Pyle in '47, and J. T. Clarke in '52, and in '81 lived at White River, Tulare, with 5 children. Lovina married John Cyrus in '56, and in '81 lived near Calistoga with 5 children. Nancy married R. W. Williamson in '55, and in 'SI lived at Los Gatos, also with 5 children. A married daughter, also a survivor, was Mrs 'Fosdick,' q.v. G. (Hiram), 1848, at S.F. acc. to his later testimony.

Gray (Andrew F. V.), 1846, lient on the U.S. Congress; com. of the force sent by Stockton to Kearny's relief at S. Pascual; served as S.'s aide in the final campaign of '47; went east overland with despatches; and testified at the Fremont court-martial in Wash. v. 328, 350, 385, 420, 456. G. (Alonzo), 1847, Co. D, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499). G. (E.), 1847, mr of the Antonita. v. 576. G. (E. L.), 1846, from Hon. on the Euphemia; perhaps same as preceding. G. (G. R.), 1841, lieut on the U.S. St Louis. G. (G.L.), 1847, at Hon. from Cal. twice, Ist on the Currency Lass, 2d on the Gen. Kearny. G. (James A.), 1847, Co. D, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); nat. of Penn .; and memb. of Ist Cal. legisl. '49-50; resid. at Salinas City '82. G. (John B.), 1847, came from Va with letters from Fauntleroy and Minor to Larkin; at N.Helv. '48, interested in mines. G. (L. C.), 1847, trader on the coast '47-8 from Honolulu on the Gen. Kearny, Louise, and Undine; owner of S.F. lot. v. 679; at Benicia '49- 50, and perhaps the S. C. Gray whose lecture in Benicia is published in the Solano Co. ITist., 146; still living, I think, in 'S5. G. (Robt), 1788, mr of the Washington, sighting the Cal. coast on his way north. i. 445, 499; see Hist. N. W. Coast. G. (Wm), 1837, lumberman and militiaman at Sonoma. G. (Wn D.), 1847, Co. K, N.Y.Vol. (v. 499).

Grayson (Andrew J.), 1846, nat. of La, and overl. immig .- being at the start in com. of a small party-with wife and child, living for a time in the Upper Sac. Val. v. 528. Active in raising men for the Cal. Bat., in which he ranked as lieut; but remained in the north, and took part in the campaign against Sanchez. v. 359, 361, 383. Mrs G. seems to have remained at Sonoma, where she is named as a witness in Jan. '47. In '47-8 G. obtained lots at Be- nicia and S.F., where he kept a little stationery shop in the City Hotel. v. 672, 680; also acting as Capt. Folsom's agent at Corte Madera, Marin Co., and soon founding-on paper-the town of Graysonville on the S. Joaq. Riv. In these days, though a gambler and associate of Lippincott, MeDougal, and other like characters, he was regarded as a man of good abilities and char- acter. In '50 he settled at S. José and gave his attention to the study of orni- thology, in which branch, and as an artist, he became widely known to scien- tific men in all parts of the world. In '57 he went with his wife to Mex., and died at Mazatlan in '69 at the age of 50. His descrip. and paintings of Pac. coast birds have as yet, unfortunately, remained unpublished. Ifis widow returned to Cal., married Dr G. B. Crane, and was still living at St Helena

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in '77, as she is, I think, in 'S5. G. (Ned), IS46, at S. José '54. Annals of S.F., S22; perhaps the preceding or his son.

Green (Alfred A.), 1847, Co. B, N. Y. Vol. v. 513, 610; a nat. of New Bruns- wick, who after a brief experience in the mines became a somewhat promi- nent lawyer at S.F., being at one time memb. of the legislature, and well known in connection with the pueblo land question, Santillan claim, and vigi- lance committee. In 'S he gave me a narrative of the Adventures of a '47er, containing many interesting details of early S.F. annals; still living in S.F. '82, and I think in 'S5. There is some confusion in the records between him and H.A. Green, at Sonoma in '47-S. G. (Alonzo), 1848 (?), doubtful date of a Sonora settler. G. (Cambridge), 1832, one of Young's trappers, who killed a man named Anderson, and is said to have been imprisoned at Los Ang .; also had a brother in the same party. iii. 38S. G. (Daniel S. or C.), 1846, surgeon on the U. S. Dale; in confed. service '61-5. G. (Ephraim), 1847, Co. B, Morm. Bat. (v. 469); at Sutter's and in the mines '4S. G. (Francis), 1836, Amer. age 40, in a Los Ang. list; perhaps at Sta Cruz '39. G. (Geo. W.), 1829, on the Brookline. iii. 138-9; living in Mass. '72. G. (Harry), 1848, named by Glover as a Mormon who went to Utah '49. G. (Henry A.), 1844 (?), a lumberman and builder-possibly the G. at Sta Cruz '39-named in various records of '44-6 at Mont. and Sta Cruz. iv. 455; Cal. claim of $76 (v. 462). In '47 he was at Sonoma, being a member of the town council, v. 668, and employed in preparing material, under a contract with Larkin, for houses which were crected at Benicia in '48. v. 671-3. There was a Mrs G., perhaps his wife, at Sonoma in '47. G. (H.F.A.), 1848, at Mont., acc. to consulate arch. G. (Hugh W.), 1847, purser on the U. S. Independence. G. (Jacob), 1846, Swiss trapper at N. IIelv. '46-7; Cal. claim $25 (v. 462); ment. by Ward in '48. G. (J.L.), 1848, owner of a S.F. lot. G. (James), 1847, doubtful member of N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); at S.F. '74. G. (James), 1831, perhaps of Young's party. iii. 3SS. G. (James M.), 1845, nat. of Conn., who came on a whaler. iv. 587; long a resid. of Hon., and mr of vessels running to Cal .; memb. of firm C. A. Williams & Co .; also ship-chandler at S. F .; died in Stockton insane asylum '68. Newspapers. G. (John), 1847, Co. C, Morm. Bat. (v. 469). G. (John D.), 1847, resid. at Sta Cruz, ace. to the county hist. G. (Judson), 1846, overl. immig. with Steph. Cooper. (Lewis), 1846 (?), at Los Ang. '59-76. G. (Michael), 1846, Co. C, Ist U.S. dragoons (v. 336). G. (T.C.), 1847, at N. Helv.

Green (Talbot H.), 1841, nat. of Penn., and overl. immig. of the Bartleson party. iv. 268, 270, 275, 279. Early in '42 he entered Larkin's service at Mont. as clerk; and in May '43 made a contract to carry on L.'s business for one year for $400 and 5 per cent of the profits. This arrangement was contin- ued to the end of '45, and in Jan. '46 G. made a contract for 3 years to take the business, with $10,000 worth of goods, for one third of the profits. v. 53- 6. I have much of his business corresp. In '44 he got a renewal of his pass- port, possibly naturalization; in '46 served on the Ist jury, v. 289, and was grantce of land near Mont. v. 637; and in '46-7 was collector of the port, having also a Cal. claim of $10,855, and obtaining a lot at S.F. v. 289, 433, 467, 570, 572. He made a trip to Mazatlan, and contributed items for the Californian. In '48 visited the mines. From Jan. '49 he was a member of the S.F. firm of Mellus & Howard, a prosperous and popular man of business, mem . ber of the town council, and taking an active part in political affairs. He married the widow Montgomery, of the Stevens immig. party of '44, by whom he had a son, in 'S5 state librarian at Sac., his mother, now Mrs Wallis, being a resident of Mayfield. In '51 Green, being then a prominent candidate for mayor, was recognized and denounced as Paul Geddes of Peun., a default- ing bank clerk, who had left n wife and children in the east. There is no agreement about the circumstances of the discovery. The charge proved true, but G. protested his innocence, and went east via Panamá for the avowed purpose of clearing his reputation, being escorted to the boat by a large com- pany of prominent citizens. There are several confused versions of his later life. I have his letter to Larkin in '53, in which he expresses shame and pen-

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itence for the deception he had practised; says he has lost $3,200 from his trunk, and is 'penniless and destitute, with spirits broken and energy gone;' begs L., 'for God's sake,' to send him his share of the proceeds of the Cal. claims and other debts; confesses that he has deceived Thompson; but intends to buy a small farm in Tenn. Some day he will send a full history of his life. In '54 he visited Cal. and was seen by Wm F. White-whose Grey's Picture of' Pion. Times, 124-31, contains a good account of G.'s life-and in '55 he writes to Larkin from N. Y. that he had settled with Mr H. (Howard ?); that Mr B. (Brannan) had settled the Penn. affair; and that he is about to start for Tenn. He is understood to have rejoined his Ist wife and to be still living in '85. In the S. J. Pion. of Apr. 21, '77, it is stated that G. had been for some time asst sec. of the U.S. senate, and that he visited Cal. in '76. Lient Maddox accused Green of dishonorable conduct in '46-7, and there are some slight indications that his Penn. defalcation was not his only transgression; but his Cal. record, as a whole, was excellent.

Green (Theodore P.), 1846, lieut on the U.S. Congress. G. (Wm), 1840, one of the S. Blas cxiles, arrested in the south. iv. 14, IS. G. (Wm G), 1847, Co. C, N.Y.Vol. (v. 499); d. S. Rafael '71. Greenman (J. D.), 1848, passp. from Honolulu. Greenock, 1846, ment. by Revere as the frontier settler on a journey from Napa Val. to Clear Lake. I think there may be some connection between this name and 'Guenoc,' that of a Lake Co. rancho granted in '45 to Geo. 'Rock.' Gnenoc is still the name in use.

Greenwood (Caleb), 1844, trapper and mountaincer, who, with his two sons, Britain and John, by a Crow wife, guided the Stevens immig. party across the plains; and performed like service for other parties in '43-6, being sent to Ft HIall to divert the Or. immig. to Cal. They served in Sntter's force '45; Bryant met the old man in Lake Co. '46, when he claimed to be 83 years old; Britain was with the 2d Donner relief of '47, and lived in Mendocino Co. 'S1; S. S. Greenwood, apparently one of the 3, is said to have been a nat. of Nova Scotia, to have come with Frémont, and to have been justice of the peace and assessor at Sac., where he died in '78. John served in Co. E, Cal. Bat. (v. 358), and had a trading-post in Greenwood Val. '48. It is impossible to distinguish between the 3, or to locate any one of them at any definite time. iv. 443, 453-4, 486, 539, 575, 579.

Gregory (John), 1844, Engl. in Cal. '44-6; came back in '55; in Sonoma Co. '61-SO with wife and 3 child. Son. Co. Ilist., 691. G. (Robert), 1846, C'o. K, Ist U.S. drag., killed at S. Pascual. v. 346. G. (Thos), 1848, at S. F. from Honolulu. Gregson (James), 1845, Engl. who came to Phil. as a boy, and overl. to Cal. in the Grigsby-Ide party, with his wife, Elizabeth Marshall, and her two brothers, mother, and sister. v. 579, 587. In '45-8 he worked as a blacksmith for Sutter, serving in the Sac. garrison during the Bear revolt. v. 79; and later in Co. B, Cal. Bat. (v. 358), being perhaps at the Natividad fight, and taking part in the southern campaign of '46-7. Returning, he re- sumed work for Sutter, got a lot at S.F. v. 685, and was at work at the fa- mous mill when gold was discovered. Mrs G. is mentioned in '47 as passenger on the Ist steamboat to Sac. v. 579. In '50-80 he lived in Green Val., Sonoma Co., with 9 children. His daughter, Annie, b. Sept. 3, '46, married Robert Reid of S. Lnis Ob .; another, Mary Ellen, b. '48, married McChristian. Prob. still alive in 'S5. I have a MS. Statement from him. Portrait in Son. Co. Ilist., 509. G. (Wm), 1834, Amer., age 29, in Spear's service at Mont. Gremnell, 1848, in list of letters, S.F. Grems, 1821, mr of the Sigloe (?), at Sta B. ii.

440. Grey (Wm), 1837, in S. F. militia. G. (Louisa (.), 1848, wife of W. L.G., d. Stockton '79, age 31; named as Ist Amer. child born in Sonoma.

Grien (Carl), 1844, blacksmith a> Mont. Griffin, 1847, from Honolulu on the Euphemia; in '48 mr of the Ariel. v. 576. G. (John S.), 1846, asst surg. U. S. A. from '40, prob. nat. of Ky, who came with Kearny from N. Mex., being present in the fights of S. Pascual, S. Gabriel, and the Mesa. v. 336 7, 385. llis Journal of '46-7 is one of the best authorities extant, and is supplemented by his original Doc. Ilist. Cal. in my collection. He was sta- tioned at S.D. and Los Ang. in charge of the mil. hospital; visited the mincs

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on leave of absence in '49, became interested with Vallejo and Frisbie in Napa lands, and was stationed at Benicia till '52, when he was transferred to the south; went east in '53, and in '54 resigned and settled at Los Ang., where he has since resided and practiced medicine down to '85. G. (MI.), 1817, at S. F. from Honolulu. G. (Peter K.), 1844, Amer. at Mont., getting a pass for a year. G. (Sam. P.), 1846, mid. on the U.S. Savannah; serving in garrison at S. José, v. 378, where he applied for land.

Griffith (Calvin C.), 1845, nat. of N.C., who came with his parents in the (irigsby-Ide party. iv. 579, 587. He served with the Bears, v. 110, and in the Cal. Bat. (v. 358), later becoming a miner and farmer. In 'SI he lived at Ruth- erford, Napa Co., with his wife, Lydia Lensibaugh, mar. in '53, and 7 children. G. (F.G.), 1846, in Cal. Bat., and named in a list of Bears; perhaps a brother of Calvin. G. (James A.), 1845, overl. immig. of Grigsby-Ide party, with wife, Elizabeth R., and one or more sons. Bonds given by Yount Nov. 19th. iv. 579, 587. The family settled in Napa Val .; Cal. claim of $1,000 for repair- ing barracks (v. 462); died in Sonoma 'GS. G. (Jonathan), 1846, one of the Morm. Col. with wife and 2 children. v. 546; lot at S.F. '47; Mrs G. and son at Mont. '48. G. did not go to Utah. G. (Thomas), 1846, doubtful name of a Bear; possibly a son of James A. G. (Joseph), doubtful name of a trapper in S. Joaq. Val. in very early times. Mont. Co. Hist., 29.

Grigsby (Franklin F.), 1845, Co. E, Cal. Bat. '46-7 (v. 35S); prob. a son of John and immig. of '45. G. (Granville W.), 1845, ditto. G. (Jolın), 1843, nat. of Tenn., came to Cal. from Mo. in the immig. party that bears his name, with his family. iv. 578-81, 587. He was one of the most active in fomenting the Bear revolt of '46; was for a few hours leader at Sonoma on June 14th; com. the guard that took the prisoners to N. Helv. ; and after the U. S. occup. was in com. of the Sonoma garrison, being capt. of Co. B, Cal. Bat. v. 110, 114-19, 164, 168, 175, 184, 242-3, 296, 298. After the reorganization of the battalion in Nov. Capt. G. com. Co. E, in the southern campaign. v. 338-61. He had a Cal. claim (v. 462); and in '47 is mentioned in connection with political affairs at Sonoma. v. 433, 609. He settled in Napa, where he continued to live till about '72, when he went to Texas, and died in Mo. '76, at the age of 70. There is a strange lack of information about him and his family after '46. Two of the name, perhaps his sons, have been mentioned; his daughter was the wife of Wm Edgington; and he had a brother Jesse in Cal. I have copies of a small col. of Grigsby Papers furnished by the Sonoma Pion. Soc. Grijalva (Juan l'ablo), 1776, Mex. sergt with Anza's exped .; served at S.F. '76-86; alf. of S. Diego comp. 'S6-96; retired as lieut '96-1806, the date of his death. His daughters married Ant. Yorba and Pedro Peralta. Biog. ii. 104; ment. i. 258, 262-76, 286-7, 296-7, 359, 362, 452, 472-3, 547, 553, 647, 652-3, 663; ii. 57. G. (Luciano), at Los Ang. in '33.

Grimes (Eliab), 1838, nat. of Mass .; lient on a privateer in the war of 1812; later for 20 years a well-known merchant of Honolulu, of firm E. & H. Grimes. iv. 141. In '38 he visited Cal. on the Rasselas, of which he was owner, and went to Boston. iv. 105, 117, 119. Ilis next visit was on the sehr California in '42, at which time he selected a rancho in the Sac. Val., which, after he had returned from a trip to Hon. on the Fama, was granted to him in '44. iv. 672. From this time Capt. G. may be regarded as a permanent resid. of S. F., though he made another trip to Hon. on the Don Quixote in '47. Ho had a lot and house, was a well-known trader, and was a memb, of the legisl. council in '47. v. 433, 653, 678, 680. G. & Sinclair had a Cal. claim for horses (v. 402). For some years he made 'Kent Hall' his home while in town, and kept there a case of extra fine liquors, which nothing would induce the okl man to open for convivial purposes but a story that could arouse his interest; hence there was a continual rivalry in yarn-spinning among the younger mer- chants. As a boat was going up the Sac., after the gold excitement, the occu- pants were asked who was left at S. F., and 'nobody but old Grimes' was the reply; but ' old Grimes' died in Oct. 48, at the age of 69. G. (Hiram), 1847, nephew and partner of Eliab at Honolulu; partner of Wm. H. Davis in '45- 6; came to Cal. in Feb. '47 on the Don Quixote; and again on the Euphemis

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in July with his wife and child. Often named in S.F. annals of '48-9; claim- ant for several ranchos. iv. 672-3; still in Cal. '54. G. (A. J. and B.), 1847- 8, doubtful mention; prob. confounded with the preceding.

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History of California, Volume III, Part 87

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe Publication date: 1885-1890 Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers Number of Pages: 824

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe
Publication date: 1885-1890
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers
Number of Pages: 824