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504; owner of S. F. lot. J. (Wm S.), 1847, Co. D, N.Y.Vol. (v. 499); later a prominent citizen of Monterey Co., holding several county offices; claimant for El Pleito. iv. 655; cashier of the Salinas City bank '82. He is also said to have lived in '48-9 and '75 at Stockton. .
Johnston (Abraham R.), IS46, capt Co. C, Ist U.S. dragoons, who came with Kearny from N. Mex., and was killed at S. Pascual. v. 336, 343-4; author of a published Journal of the march. J. (Wm J.), 1847, Co. C, Morm. Bat. (v. 469); in Sutter's employ in '47-8, and at the Coloma mill when gold was discovered. Johnstone (A.), 1847, at S.F. from Hon. on the Currency Lass; went back on the Columbia. J. (Charles), 1834, Dane in the Mont. dist '34-7. iii. 412. Larkin's Accts. Jonas, 1840, doubtful name in Farnham's list of arrested foreigners.
Jones, 1841, com. of H. B. M. S. Curacoa. iv. 38, 564. J., 1841, mr of the Llama. iv. 567. J., 1846, orderly sergt Cal. Bat. Lancey. J., 1846, sailor of the Savannah; in the mines '48. J., 1847, mr of the Confedera- cion. v. 577.
Jones (A. F.), 1846, came to S. José with wife and 3 children. Hall; per- hans the J. ment. in the mines from S. José '48. J. (Albert G.), 1844, Amer. who got naturalization papers. iv. 453. J. (C.), 1848, passp. from Hon. J. (Carlos), 1847, Co. F, 3d U.S. artill. (v. 518). J. (Chas E.), 1847, in S.F. list of letters. J. (David H.), 1847, Co. B, Morm. Bat. (v. 469). J. (E.), 1846, purser's clerk on the Warren; at Mont. '48.
Jones (Elbert P.), 1846, Kentuckian lawyer and overl. immig. who prac- tised law in S.F., was the Ist editor of the Star in '47, kept the Portsmouth House, was member and sec. of the town council, took an active part in polit- ical wrangles, became the owner of many city lots, and I think gave his name to Jones St. v. 645, 648-53, 657-8, 676, 678, 680, 685. He married Sarah Kittleman of the Mormon colony in '47, and lived in S.F. till after '50, dying at Charleston S.C. in '52. Jones was a man of much talent and versa- tility, not in all respects of model character. J. (Eli), 1847, at Hon. from S.F. on the Currency Lass. J. (H. L.), 1847, blacksmith in Sntter's employ '47-8; had a family. J. (Harold), 1846, sailor on the U.S. Dale.
Jones (Mrs Isabella), 1846, one of the Mormon col. v. 546; owner of a S.F. lot '47; never went to Utah. J. (James H.), 1842, Amer. farmer naturalized in '44 claiming 2 years' residence, being then a resident of N.Helv., where he still lived apparently in '45-7. iv. 341. J. (John), 1837, trader at S.F. J. (John), 1846, at S. José. Hall. J. (John), 1847, Co. G, N.Y.Vol. (v. 499); d. before '53, when his widow, Sarah-who came with him in '47-married D. McC. Murray. She lived at Healdsburg, where she died in '79.
Jones (John Coffin, Jr), 1830, Boston man and long a merchant at Honolulu, where he was also U.S. consul. He had large transactions with Cal. which he visited nearly every year in '30-S, as mr or sup. of his own vessels, the l'ol- unteer, Louisa, Harriet Blanchard, Avon, Bolívar, Griffon, and Rasselas, finally marrying Manuela, daughter of Carlos Carrillo. iii. 85, 145, 180, 381, 383-4, 461; iv. 101, 104-5, 117, 141. After settling his affairs at the Islands and making a visit east, he came back on the Julia Ann from Panamá in '41 and
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settled at Sta B., though still making visits to Hon. I have many of his original business letters, and others on current events in the south which have much historical value. iv. 291, 333, 523, 563, 566, 610. Early in '46 he sailed with his family on the Admittance for Boston, where he died a few years later. His widow was claimant for Sta Rosa Isl. iv. 643; which Jones with A. B. Thompson had stocked with cattle and sheep; also for La Calera. She is still living in '85, having married, I think, a man named Kittle. J. (Jolin M.), 1846, nat. of Ky and prob. overl. immig .; at S.F. and S. José '48-50; memb. of constit. convention '49.
Jones (Nathaniel), 1846, nat. of Tenn .; overl. immig. with wife and son from Mo. Leaving his family at Chiles' rancho in Napa Val., he served in the Sanchez, or Sta Clara, campaign, and then settled in Contra Costa, where he still lived in '82 with wife and 5 children. Portrait in Contra C. Co. Hist., 264. He served as sheriff, public administrator, and county supervisor. His daughter, Martha A., born in '47, married John Slitz. The son who came with him, at the age of 2 years, was Robinson M., a newspaper man, farmer, teacher, county surveyor, and warehouseman, living at Martinez in '82 with wife, Nettie Renwick, and 3 children. J. (Nathaniel V.), 1847, sergt Co. D, Morm. Bat .; in Kearny's return escort. v. 453, 477, 492. J. (Owen), 1841, at S.F. J. (Peter), 1834-5, Frenchman at Mont. J. (Robert), 1836, named in Mont. accounts. J. (Sam. E.), 1846, son of Zacarias; resident of Mont. Co. '59-70. J. (T.), 1848, passp. from Hon. J. (Thomas), 1840, one of the S. Blas exiles, arrested at Los Ang. iv. 14, 18. J. (Thomas), 1841, Amer. immig. of Bartleson party. iv. 270, 272, 275, 279; in '45 signed the S. José call to foreigners. iv. 599; in '46 applied for land at S. José. J. (T. H. or M.), 1848, at N. Helv. May.
Jones (Thos Ap Catesby), 1842, commodore U.S.N., in com. of the Pac. squadron, taking possession of Mont. See iv. 39, 298-320, 569, 631. 636, 640, 652, 665; v. 579. He was again in com. of the squadron in '48-9. J. (Thomas Jeremiah), 1821, Engl. sawyer, baptized at S. Juan B. in '23, and naturalized in '41, at which time he had a native wife. Jercmialı J., often ment. in records of '39-40, and perhaps one of the arrested foreigners, may have been the same man. ii. 414, 406; iv. 17.
Jones (Walter), 1846, at S. José. Hall. J. (Wm), 1838, doubtful name of an Amer. captured by Mex. pirates and forced to work as a slave in the mines; at Mont. with wife and 2 children in '44, acc. to Geo. Reed, in S.F. Calif., May 22, '47. iv. 119. J. (Wm), 1843, immig. from Or. in the Has- tings party. iv. 390; nothing more known of him unless he is the J. who left N. Hclv. for Or. in '46. v. 526. J. (Wm). 1847, Co. C, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499); at Sonoma '71-4. J. (W.D.), 1847, in U.S.N. '47-54, spending the rest of his life at Vallejo, where he died in '76. J. (Wm Owen), 1816, pilot of the Lydia. ii. 275. J. (Zachariah), 1846, overl. immig. who settled at S. José with wife and 5 children, Margaret, Reuben, Sam. E., and Clark. He kept a hotel in '47, built a saw-mill at Los Gatos '48, and was still living in '60. One of his daughters married Josiah Belden in '49. Jongh (Wm F.D.), 1846, in com. of a gun in Marston's Sta Clara campaign. Jonvera (Louis), 1829, Frenchman. age 28, at S. José April.
Jordan (J.), 1841, carpenter on the U. S. St Louis. J. (Jackson), 1848, owner of S.F. lot; perhaps the same. J. (Louis), 1842, trader at Los Ang. '42-6, being regidor in '45-6. iv. 341, 633-4; v. 625. J. (Mariano), 1846, at Los Ang. J. (Philip), 1847, Co. F, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). Jourdain (Etienne), 1847, at Los Ang .; Fr. consular agent at S.F. '48. v. 614-15. Joy (Man- uel), 1846, Co. F, Cal. Bat. (v. 358); Cal. claim of $20 (v. 462). J. (Wm), 1848, clerk for C. L. Ross at S.F .; still in S.F. '54. Joyce (John), 1846, one of the Mormon col., with wife, Caroline, and 2 daughters, Augusta and Helen F. v. 546. He was a carpenter who got a town lot in '47. v. 68G; went to the mines in '48; was still at S.F. in '50; and in '64 lived at Centreville, Alameda Co., age 42. Possibly there was another Mrs J. and fam., who went to Utah and died before 'S4. J. (Thos), 1848, passp. from Hon. Joynes (J.), 1845, sailmaker on the U.S. Warren.
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Juan (Luis), 1840, reward offered for the discov. of his murderers at S. Diego. Juan (Ricardo), 1845, Frenchman at Branciforte, age 28, wife Maria Cota, child Jesus. Juan Bautista, 1836, Greek fisherman at Mont. Juan de Dios, executed at Mont. '45. Juan Evangelista, neophyte taken to Mex. by P. Serra. i. 321. Juarez (Andrés), soldier of Mont. comp. '36, age 19; juez of valley ranchos '46. v. 637.
Juarez (Cayetano), nat. of Cal .; soldier of S. F. comp. '28-31, corp. '32- 5; but apparently acting as sergt from '33, being majordomo at Solano in '36, and later capt. of militia, engaged in many Ind. cxped. iii. 701-2, 705, 720. In '41 he was grantee of the Tulucay rancho in Napa Val., where he built an adobe house and spent the rest of his life, being alcalde at Sonoma in '45, and grantee of Yukaya (Ukiah) in the same year. iv. 674, 678. In '46 he somewhat distinguished himself by his plans to rescue the Bear prisoners. v. 120; and by a famous swim of some 9 miles to escape capture. In '75 he gave me some rambling Notas. He died at Napa in '83, at the age of about 73. Portrait in Napa Co. Hist. J. (Francisco), at Branciforte '28-30. ii. 627; síndico '36. iii. 697; his wife was Dolores Cota; children in '28, Mateo and
Antonio. J. (Francisco), at S. José '41, age 35, wife Andrea Pinto, child. Narciso b. '29, Juan '31, Maria '32, Jesus '34, Paula '36, Juan de Dios '38, Natividad '40. J. (Joaquin), at Brancif. '30-45, age 60 in '45, wife Pascuala Lorenzana, child. Luis b. '17, Solano '33. ii. 627. J. (José), soldier of S.F. comp. '37-9. J. (José C.), at Brancif. '45, age 26, wife Fernanda Figueroa,
child José. J. (José Manuel), at Brancif. "28; at S. Isidro '3G; at S. José '41, age 39, wife Pascuala Figueroa, children Benjamin b. '29, Gertrudis '30, Andrea, '35, José M., Jr, '36. J. (José María), at Brancif. '30. ii. 627. J. (Marcos), soldier at Mont. '34. iii. 673; at Sonoma '44, age 45. J. (Mateo), at La Brea, Mont., '36, age 23, wife Tomasa Galindo, child Trinidad. J. (Vicente), at S. José '33-41, age 23 in '41; also a soldier in S.F. comp. '37.
Judd (Hiram), 1847, Co. E, Morm. Bat. (v. 469). Judd (Zadock K.), 1847, ditto; in Utah '82. Judson (Henry), 1847, Co. D, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); died Mokelumne Hill '49. Julian, 1845, at N. Helv. iv. 578, 587. He was a French Canadian who settled on a rancho in the upper Sac. Val., and is said by Bidwell to have joined Gillespie and Frémont, and to have been killed by the Ind. in May '46. Julio, neophyte alcalde killed in '13 near Mission S. José. ii. 324-5. Julio César, ex-neophyte of S. Luis Rey, living in '78 with a son and 3 grandchidren at Tres Pinos, S. Benito Co., where he gave me an interesting narrative of old-time Cosas de Indios. Juncosa (Domingo), 1771, Span. friar, nat. of Cataluña, who came on the S. Antonio. He was one of the first missionaries of S. Luis Ob., though not present at the founding, and he served there until 1774, when he retired to his college. Very little ap- pears in the records about this padre; mention in i. 173, 176, 178, 188-9, 196.
Kaan, 1848, at N. Helv. Kal (C.), 1846, doubtful name at Los Ang. Kalohe, 1843, passp. from Hon., with wife. Kamp (Harold), 1847, Co. C, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); at Sonoma '71-82. Kampt, 1846, blacksmith at N. Helv., had a fight with Daylor. Kane (Elias K.), 1848, lieut of dragoons in Graham's battalion from Mex. v. 522; capt. and asst Q. M. at Mont. '50. K. (Peter), 1847, Co. I, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499); died before '82. K. (Wm S.), 1847, at S. Pedro. Kapawa, 1848, passp. from Hon. Kappis (Geo.), 1847, Co. C, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499). Karr (Wm), 1847, Co. F, 3d U.S. artill. (v. 518). Katt (Wm), 1798, Boston sailor at S. Diego. i. 545, 654. Kaufman (Julius), 1837, Co. G, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). Kay (James), 1838, at Mont. Kays (Jolin C.), 1846, at Los Ang .; at Sta B. from '48 to '85; his wife was Josefa Burke. See 'Keyes.'
Keapnell (Fred.), 1847, Co, D, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499). Kearney, 1843, com. of the U.S. Constellation. iv. 564. K. (James), 1847. Co. F. 3d U.S. artill. (v. 518). K. (John), 1846, Co. F, C'al. Bat., enlisting at S. Juan Oct. (v. 358). Kearny (Stephen W.), 1845, nat. of N.J .; licut of 13th U.S. in- fantry from 1812; col Ist dragoons '36-46, stationed much-of the time at Ft Leavenworth. In '46, being put in com. of the exped. to N. Mex., he
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was made brigadier-gen. and sent across the continent to occupy Cal. His march to Cal., defeat at S. Pascual, and final mil. operations of '47 with Stockton are recorded in v. 197, 328, 334-56, 385-99, 473, 483. For his con- troversies with Stockton and Fremont, his rule as mil. gov. from March 1 to May 31, '47, his return east overland, and his prosecution of Fremout, see v. 411-62, 489-90, 543, 564, 645, 460-2. The affair at S. Pascual must he regarded as an inexcusable blunder on Kearny's part, but otherwise his course in Cal. was consistent and dignified in the midst of difficult circumstances, and his military record throughout his whole career was an honorable one, the violent tirades of Benton and other partisans of Stockton and Frémont being for the most part without foundation in justice. He died in '48. His name is borne by one of San Francisco's principal streets. His wife was a step-daughter of Clarke, of Lewis and Clarke exploring fame.
Keeney (Jonathan), 1848, miner from Or., where he still lived in '82. Keeny, 1845, of Grigsby-Ide party. iv. 579; prob. 'Kinney,' q. v. Keffer (J. L.), 1847, commander's clerk on the U.S. Columbus. Kehoe (Joseph H.), 1847, Co. D, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499); d. at Mont. '48. Keith (Wmn), 1833, Amer. physician who had lived some years in Sonora. He came to Cal. prob. with Santiago Johnson and John Forster. iii. 409; and lived at Los Ang. for 3 years as surgeon and trader, going back to Hermosillo in '36. He returned to Cal. in '48, went to the mines, and died at or near Stockton soon after '49. The Sonorense of Oct. 6, '48, contains a very flattering notice of his services in Sonora. Kekuacaca, 1848, passp. from Hon.
Kell (John M.), 1843, mid. U.S.N., who took part in Marston's Sta Clara campaign of '46-7. v. S80. K. (Thomas), 1846, nat. of Engl. and overl. immig. from Mo. In the mines '48-9, and later a resident of S. José or vicin- ity, till his death in '78 at the age of 84. He left 4 or more sons and 2 daugh- ters, the latter being the wives of C. Colomhet and T. Carrol. Kellett, 1837, lieut in com. of H. B. M. S. Starling of Belcher's exped. '37, '39. iv. 106, 142-6; capt. of the Herald in '46. v. 578.
Kelley, 1846, at N. Helv. K. (Geo.), 1847, Co. E, Morm. Bat. (v. 469). K. (Hall J.), 1834, Amcr. enthusiast on the subject of Pacific coast coloniza- tion, who visited Cal. en route to Or .; writer of books, pamphlets, and letters on his favorite subject. See iii. 409-11; iv. 129, 147; also llist. Or. K. (Henry), 1831, Amer. sailor on the Leonor. iii. 405; at Sta B. '36, age 46 and single. K. (James), 1840, in Farnham's list of arrested foreigners. iv. 17. K. (John H.), 1842, sailor in Sutter's employ at Ross; at S. José '44; at N. Helv. '45. iv. 578, 587; prob. one of the Bears in '46. v. 110; in Co. E, Cal. Bat. (v. 358); in the mincs '48-50; last seen by Bidwell '31. K. (Nicholas),
1847, Co. A, Morm. Bat. (v. 469). K. (Wm), 1847, Co. A, Morm. Bat. (v. 469); in Sutter's employ '47-8 as boat-builder and lumherman.
K. (Wm), 1826, mr of the Washington. iii. 149. See also 'Kelly.'
Kelliher (Jeremiah), 1846, Co. C, Ist U.S. dragoons (v. 336). Kellogg (Benjamin F.), 1846, Co. E, Cal. Bat. (v. 358). The K. family seem to have been overl. immig. of this year, but I am unable to distinguish between the members. K. (Frank), 1846, resid. of Napa Co. to '68 and later. K. (F. E.), 1846, overl. immig. from Ill. with a family; Napa Co. official '50, '56; perhaps same as Frank. K. (Fred.), 1845, mid. on U.S. Warren. K. (H.), 1848, named in Mont. accounts.
K. (Irwin), 1846, near St Helena '69; father-in-law of Wm Nash.
Kelly, 1816, mr of the Atala. ii. 282. K., 1824, mr of the Hawaii. ii. 519. K. (James), 1847, musician Co. I, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499). K. (Jolın), 1847, Co. K, ditto; at N. Helv .; owner of S. F. lot. K. (Philip), 1847, Co. I, ditto; died in Calaveras '60. K. (Thomas). 1839, pilot of a Peruv. brig at S.F. K. (Wm H.), 1847, mr of the American whaler Georgian; died '72.
Kelsey (Andrew), 1841, overl. immig. of the Bartleson party. iv. 270, 275, 279; went to Or. in '43 with his brothers, but returned in '44 with the party bearing his name. iv. 390, 444-5. He prob. served under Capt. Gantt in the Micheltorena campaign of '44-5. iv. 486; and took part in the Bear revolt.
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v. 110; perhaps joining the Cal. Bat., though I find no definite record of his name. In '47 he and his brother with others bought live-stock of Salvador Vallejo and obtained the privilege of grazing their cattle near Clear Lake. Andrew and a man named Stone went to live at the place where Kelseyville -so named for him-now stands, thus becoming the Ist settlers of Lake Co. The natives were numerous, and under oppression became hostile; K. and S. were men who scorned to use conciliatory methods with 'Injuns and such varmint;' and they were both killed, as they well deserved to be, in '49; but soon a force was sent to butcher hundreds of the Ind. in vengeance.
Kelsey (Benj.), 1841, brother of Andrew, and one of the Bartleson party, accomp. by his wife, Nancy A., the Ist woman who came to Cal. by the direct overland route. iv. 270, 272, 275, 279. What has been said of Andrew above may be applied to Benj., except what relates to the former's death. iv. 390, 444-5; v. 110, 148. The brothers called Napa Val. their home from '45, and though they worked sometimes at N. Helv. they preferred the adventurous life of hunters. They were rough men, often iu trouble with the authorities. Though one of the owners, Benj. did not live at the Clear Lake establishment, but his treatment of Ind. carried practically as slaves to the mines did much to provoke the killing of his brother. The family lived in Or. again '51-5, later in Texas, and at various points of southern Cal. in '60-78 or later. There were 2 children in '45, and the scalping of a daughter on the way to Texas is mentioned. Ellen K., said to have been born at N.Helv. Aug. 2, '45, may bave been his daughter.
Kelsey (David), 1844, brother (or possibly father) of Andrew and Benj .; came to Or. in '43, and to Cal. in the Kelsey party of '44 with his wife, 3 daughters, and perhaps a son. iv. 444-5. He settled at French Camp, but died at Stockton in '45 of small-pox, from the effects of which disease Mrs K. be- came blind. v. 674. Of the son nothing appcars. A married daughter, Mrs Rebecca Fowler, left her husband and was married by Sutter. in Dec. '45, to Grove Cook. Josephine married Dr C. Grattan, and died at Stockton in '71. America married Geo F. Wyman in '46; and a 4th daughter became the wife of Willard Buzzell. K. (Samuel), 1844, brother of Andrew and Benj., and member of the Kelsey party from Or., having started with Hastings in '43, but turned back on meeting his brothers. iv. 269, 444-5, 453. I have his autog. letter of Sept. 7, '44, at Sonoma, on troubles in which the brothers were in- volved in connection with the Bale affair. He was prominent in the Bear revolt and a signer of the original proclamation of June 14th, in my possession. v. 95, 104, 110, 153; also one of the Cal. claimants (v. 462). Nothing appears about his family or what became of him.
K. (Wm) 1847, boat-builder at N. Helv.
Kemble (Edward C.), 1846, printer who came with the Mormon colony, though possibly not a member of the church. v. 546. He served in Co. G, Cal. Bat. (v. 358); and from April '47 was editor of the S. F. Star, succeeding Jones. v. 657-9. His connection with the Star and its successors, the Star and Californian and Alta California, as editor or proprictor continued to '55, though he was also the founder of the Sac. Placer Times and its editor in April-June '49. He was sec. of the S.F. council in '48, and somewhat promi- nent in local matters. vi. 649, 656; being regarded as a young man of goodl abilities and character. After '55 he went east, and iu the war of '61-5 was connected with the army as paymaster, subsequently spending some years from '67 on the Pacific coast as inspector of Ind. affairs; and being later con- nected with the Associated Press iu N. Y., where he still lives in 'S3, a card from him on 'Early journalism in S.F.' appearing in the Bulletin of Feh. Kempsey (Bartholomev. ), 1848, died in '61. Herald. Kempst (Geo. W.), 1847, Co. I, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499). Kemsey (Thomas), 1846, Co. F, Cal. Bat. (v. 358).
Ken (John M.), 1845, mid. on the U.S. Savannah. Kendall (Alva), 1847, Co. K, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499). Kendrick (John), 1789, mr of the Colum- bia, the Ist Amer. vessel to visit the N. W. coast, sighting the Cal. coast on the way north. He visited Mont. in com. of the Aranzazu in 1794, and in
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'09 was perhaps sup. of the Eliza. i. 445, 523-4, 545. Kennedy (Andy), 1848, said to have come to Cal. with Col Davis. K. (Edm. P.), 1836, com. of the U.S. Peacock. iv. 104-5, 140-1. K. (Edw. P.), 1847, Co. D, N.Y.Vol. (v. 499). K. (James), 183], Irishman who in '35 got a lot at Mont., and in '36 was a clerk for Watson, age 46, and single. iii. 405. Naturalized in '41, when he lived at S. José, and claimed 10 years of residence in Cal .; at Sta Cruz, '42-3. K. (Joseph), 1846, Co. C, Ist U.S. dragoons: fatally wounded at S. Pascnal. v. 346, 345. K. (Wm A.), 1847, Co. G, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499). Kennersly (A. J.), 1847, Co. E, ditto. Kenney (Chas), 1847, watchman at Mont. '47-8. K. (Wm S.), 1847, inspector of hides at S. Pedro; called Guillermo S. Kene. Keno (T.), 1846, one of the Donner relief party (?); had a claim on the Cosumnes; at Stockton in '80. Sac. Co. Hist. Kentz- burg (Adolphus), 1847, Co. C, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499). Kenway (Geo. S.), 1847, from Hon. on the Gen. Kearny, and went back on the Toulon.
Kerby (John), 1844, sailor on the schr California. Kern (Edward M.), 1845, artist of Fremont's exped., and author of a published Journal. From the outbreak of the Bear Revolt he commanded the garrison at N. Helvetia, ranking as lieut in the Cal. Bat. He started east with Stockton in '47, but was left behind ill, and sailed from S. F. in Oct. on the Com. Shubrick; owner of a S. F. lot; Kern river and county are named for him. iv. 583, 585; v. 3, 6, 123, 244, 298-9, 359-60, 450, 453-4, 538, 675. Kerphy, 1847, mr of the Maria Helena. Kerr (Thomas), 1847, owner of S. F. lot.
Keseberg (Louis), 1846, Prussian, member of the Donner party, with wife Philipine, and children Louis and Ada. Both the children perished, the parents surviving. v. 531, 534, 541, 544. K. was the last of the party to be rescued; was forced to subsist on human flesh longer than his companions, among whom he had been unpopular from the first, and by some of whom- but chiefly by Capt. Fallon and his disappointed treasure-seekers of the last relief party-he was charged with robbery and murder. On this man have been concentrated in the public mind all the horror and loathing arising from the events of that terrible winter; he has been pictured as a fiend exulting in his cannibalism. It is fair to state that the charges rest on no tangible evidence, and that K. is entitled to be regarded as an unfortunate victimn. His narrative as given by McGlashan bears every mark of truth, while the statements of his accusers are clearly tainted with exaggeration and false- hood. A portrait is given by McG., p. 220. Keseberg worked for Sutter as supercargo of his launch in '47, and later for Vallejo at Sonoma; went to the mines in 48-9; kept a boarding-house and hotel at Sac .; and was later a brewer at Calistoga and Sac. He made and lost several fortunes, being the vietim of successive reverses by fire and flood. His wife died in '77; and in '80 he was living at Brighton, at the age of 66, in extreme poverty, with two grown-up daughters, both idiots. Two other married daughters survived, and 7 of his children had died. He was a man of intelligence, good educa- tion, and much business ability; and his record in Cal., except as affected by suspicions growing out of the affair of '46, was a good one. In '85 I have not heard of his death.
Ketchum (Thomas E.), 1847, lieut Co. B, N.Y. Vol., leaving N.Y. with recruits after the departure of the regiment. v. 503-4, 511; capt. of Cal. vol- unteers in the war of '61-5; and later brigadier-gen. of militia. A resident of Stockton, '71-82. Kettle, 1848, at S. F. from Tahiti. Kettleman, see Kittleman. Keyes (John), 1843, Irish steward on the Soledad, who had a barber-shop at Mont., but went soon to Los Ang. and Sta B., where he mar- ried a Miss Burke, and still lived in '70; claimant for Cañada de Salsipuedes. iv. 400, 642. Apparently identical with John C. 'Kays,' q. v. K. (Robert C.), 1845, overl. immig. of the Grigsby-Ide party, who went to Or. early in '46, but came back in '47; at Mont. '48; sheriff at S. José '49. v. 526, 576, 579, 587. K. (Mrs), 1846, of the Donner party, but died before reaching the Sierra. She had a son in Or., whom she expected to meet at Ft Hall, and who was possibly Robt C. Keyser (Guy M.), 1847, Co. B, Morm. Bat. (v. 469); in Utah 'S1.
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Keyser (Sebastian), 1840, nat. of the Anstrian Tyrol, a trapper who came overland to Or. with Sutter in '38, and again joined him at N. Hclv., possibly not till '41. The first definite record is a letter of introd. from Sutter to Suñol in Ang. '41. iv. 117, 120, 139. He accompanied Dr Sandels in his val- ley travels of '43, having then selected a raneho adjoining Dickey's; was nat- uralized in '44, getting a grant of the Llano Seco rancho in Butte eo. iv. 671; in '45 settled on Bear River as half owner of Johnson's rancho, serving also in Capt. Gantt's company. iv. 486. In '46 he was probably a Bear Flag man; may have served in the Cal. Bat. (v. 358); had part of his left hand blown off; and married Elizabeth Rhoads, who left him soon, but returned to make him happy in '47. He was one of the 4th Donner relief narty. v. 541; sold his interest in the raneho in '49; and subsequently lived on Daylor's place, running a ferry on the Cosumnes for Daylor and Grimshaw, by the sinking of which craft he was drowned in '50. He left one child and $15,000 in gold- dust. His widow became Mrs Pierce, and was living in Fresno Co. '72. I have a letter of that year, in which she gives information about Keyser. Khlébnikof (Cyril), 1820, agent of the Russ. Amer. Fur Co. at Sitka, who visited Cal. in '20, '25-6, and '30-1. ii. 263, 317-19, 383, 644, 648; iii. 146, 213; iv. 160. Khorstof (Nicholas), 1806, mr of the Juno. ii. 70.
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