History of California, Volume IV, Part 84

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers
Number of Pages: 820

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Navarrete (Bernardo), 1833, Mex. lieut, attached to Ment. comp .; went to Mex. on the downfall of Gutierrez in '36. iii. 467, 240, 442, 463-6. 671. N. (José Antonio), 1819, Mex. capt. of the S. Blas infantry comp. in Cal. '19 -22, and in '20 com. of the pest at Mont. ii. 607-8, 252, 254-5, 265, 379, 422, 451, 461, 463, 609, 675. N. (Ramon), soldier of the S.F. cemp. '21-3; at Mont. $26. ii. 612. Navarro (José Ant.), mestizo settler of Los Ang. 1786- 1800. i. 345, 348-9, 484, 640. N. (Guillerme), alférez in '39. iii. 583; at Sta B. carlier, wife Dionisia Dominguez, 4 child .; at Les Ang. '46. N. (Teodore), soldier of the S.P. comp. '28-34; at Los Ang. '46. Nay (José), 1832, get a passp. at Los Ang. Nazario, Ind. cook at S. Diege. ii. 345.

Neail (John), 1847, owner of let at S.F. Neal, 184S, miner at Adams' Bar. N. (John), 1545, at Sutter's Fort often in '45-7, several times arriving from the bay and Sonoma with reports of impending hestilities by the Californians. iv. 578, 587; v. 128, 170. As he came frem Sonoma June 20th, he may have been one of the original Bears. He was an Irish sailor, a rough character, who lived in Colnsa Co. till about '56, when-or earlier, as Bidwell thinks-he killed a man in some dispute about a deg or a mining claim, and escaped frem the country. N. (John C.), 1841, otter-hunter at Sta B. net locally famous

for paying his debts. N. (Jeshna A.), 1847, nat. of N. H. who came as a sailer; was a clerk at S.F. '48; went to the mines '49. A resid. ef Alameda Ce. '50-78, marrying a Bernal and living at Pleasanton.

Neal (Samuel), 1844, nat. ef Pa-er of Holstein in one original record- and one of Frémont's men; discharged at his own request early in '44. iv. 437, 439, 453, 229. He was employed by Sutter as a blacksmith; was natural- ized in Nov. ; and in Dec., in return for services in the Micheltorena campaign, get a land grant en Butte Creek, Butte. iv. 671. In his applicatien he claimed to have been a resid. since '42; and indeed Yates claims to have seen him in '42-3. He still werked much of the time at his trade, aiding Frémont in the autumn of '45. In '46 he guided Gillespie up the Sac. Val. te overtake Frémont, and took part in the following troubles, though there is some con- fusion between him and Jehn N. in the records. v. 24, 101, 104, 107. After the war he engaged in stock-raising, acquiring some local fame fer his fine animals. He never married, and died at his Butte Creek heme in '59, leaving his property to brothers whem he had net seen for 20 years. N. (Wm W.), 1847, on the roll of the Soc. Cal. Pion. as having come in Jan. '49; but he states that he was at S.F. on a whaler in '47; in later years a well-known pilot

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of S. F., still living in 'S5 with a family. Neale (D.), 1848, passp. from Hon. Nease (Peter), 1847, with Capt. Hunt of the Morm. Bat. (v. 469), accomp. by his wife. N. (Sam.), 1847, Co. F, 3d U.S. artill. (v. 518).

Ned, 1830, doubtful namc, at S. José and Mont. '30-4. Neddles (John), 1831, steward on the Catalina. Nee (Luis), 1789, apothecary in Malas- pina's exped. i. 490. Neeb (John), 1847, Co. K, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); d. Sonoma '74. Needles (Wm H.), 1847, purser's clerk on the Columbus. Negrete, see 'Castillo Negrete.' Neiderer, 1847, Co. K, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499); doubtful name, not in Clark's last list; at S.F. '71-4. Neif (Joseph Ant.), 1839, German sailor, age 26, captured (?) by Cooper, released by Vallejo, and employed by Leese at S. F. '40; known as Hen. Richer. Neill (Wm M.) 1834, mr of the Llama. iii. 383; perhaps 'O'Neill.' Neilson (Thos), 1826, asst surgeon with Beechey. iii. 121. Neiman (Hendrick), 1847, Co. D, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). Neligh (Robert B.), 1847, member of the S. José council. v. 664; agent for Com. Stockton in the mines '48; claimant in '52 for rancho in Mont. dist. v. 637. Nelson (Chas), 1847, at Hon. from S. F. on the Fran- cisca. Nemesio (Santiago), grantee of Capay '46. v. 675; perhaps an Ind. named Nemesis. Neri (Gregorio), soldier in the Hidalgo comp. at Mont. '36, age 27. Nero (Joseph), 1847, at Sutter's Fort; proh. 'Verrot,' q.v. Ness (Elijah), 1837, Fr. lumberman in the Sta Cruz region '37-43; said to have aided in the arrest of foreigners '40. iv. 118, 22.

Neve (Felipe de), 1777, Span. major of cavalry who was gov. of the Cali- fornias, residing at Loreto from March 4, '75, and-having been promoted to colonel-at Mont. from Feb. 3, '77, to Sept. 10, 'S2. He became later briga- dier, inspector-general, aud comandante-general of Provincias Internas, dying in 'S4. He was one of California's ablest rulers. Biog. i. 237-8, 363, 446-S, 487; his rule in Cal., including his reglamento, or system of govt, his founding of the pueblos, and his controversies with the missionaries, i. 306-83 passim; ment. i. 296, 389, 393, 405, 608. Gov. Neve had no family. Nevill (Joseph M.), 184S, owner of S.F. lots.

Newell, 1836, named in Larkin's accounts. N., 1848. mr of the Hono-

lulu and Humboldt. N., 1848, of firm N., Brady, & Gilbert, lumberman at Mont. N. (Chester), 1847, chaplain of the U. S. Independence. v. 637. Newitt (Sam.), 1847, Co. D, N.Y.Vol. (v. 499). Newman (James), 1847, ditto. N. (Jobn), 1847, Co. H, ditto. N. (Wm), 1834, Engl. servant of Wolters at Mont. Newmayer (Godfrey), 1846, Co. C, Ist U. S. dragoons. v. 336. Newson (J. M.), 1848, overl. immig .; memb. of the legislature from Stanislaus '68. Newton, 1846, overl. immig. of Bryant's party with wife; killed by Ind. on the way. N. (J. W.), chaplain on the U.S. Columbus. N. (Thomas), 1848, Swiss sailor on the Isaac Walton; real name Sjoberg.

Nicholas, 1842, com. of the U.S. Yorktown. iv. 313, 570. Nicholaus (A.), 1848, passp. from Hon. Nichols, 1841, of the Walker party with Emmons of U.S. ex. ex. from Or. iv. 270. N. (Joseph), 1846, of the Mormon colony, with wife Jerusha and child, one child having died at sea. v. 546. He left the church, and in later years lived in Alameda Co. to 'S2. Mrs N. died in the faith. N. (J. M.), 1845, came on a whaler. iv. 587; saloon-keeper at Napa

'52-71. Napa Register. N. (P.), 1848, passp. from Hon. Nicholson (J. W.), 1847, mid. on the U.S. Lexington. Nichton (Patrick), 1847, Co. F, 3d U.S. artill. (v. 518). Nickerson (Thomas), 1847, Co. I, N.Y.Vol. (v. 499).

Nidever (Gco.), 1833, nat. of Tenn., from '20 a hunter in the west, making trips to the Rocky Mts and N. Mex. till '33, when he came over the Sierra with Walker's party and remained in Cal. iii. 391, 394, 459. Here he con- tinued his hunter's life, taking otter in all parts of the coast under Capt. Dana's license to '37, and later with one of his own. Occasionally named in the records from '36, his home being at Sta B .; making frequent raids on the grizzly bears and killing at least 200; naturalized in '37, and also serving for a time with Graham's riflemen. iii. 493; having some conflicts with Ind. iv. 90; and escaping arrest in '40. iv. 24. In '41 he married Sinforosa Sanchez, having bought some land of Joseph Chapman; in '45 refused to join Michel- torena's foreign company; but in '46, having been arrested by the Californiaus,.

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v. 317, he served under Stockton in the final campaigns; had some success in mining '48-9; piloted the U.S. coast survey craft in a survey of the Sta B. islands '50; in '53 rescued the famous old Ind. woman of S. Nicolas Isl .; and about the same time bought an interest in S. Miguel Isl., where he raised stock for 17 years, and though wellnigh ruined by the drought of '63-4, sold out in '70 for $10,000. In '78 residing at Sta B. at the age of 76 with his wife and daughter, a man of excellent repute, he gave me a long and most valuable nar- rative of his Life and Adventures. A bit of paper into which the old man at that time put 3 rifle-balls within the space of a square inch at G0 yards forms an appropriate frontispiece of the volume. H. died in '83. A brother John, who died at Sta B. in '73, is sometimes said to have come with Geo. iii. 391; but I think he came after '48. Another brother, Mark, was killed by the Ind. before reaching Cal.

Niebla (Ramon), a hatter at Los Ang. '39, age 47. Nief, see 'Neif.' Nieto (Antonio), 1830, Mex. alférez who com. a squad of soldiers guarding a party of convicts. iii. 49, 142; prob. not in Cal. "25, as stated in iii. 15. N. (Antonio María), son of Manuel, owner of Sta Gertrudis, claimed to have been regranted in '34 to his widow Josefa Cota. iv. 635. N. (Diego), at Los Ang. '46. N. (Juan José), son of Manuel, b. 1781; mentioned in '11-20. ii. 418; part owner of Los Nietos rancho, Sta Gertrudis, Alamitos, Coyotes, etc., re- granted to him '34. ii. 565; iii. 633, 644. N. (Manuel), grantee of Los Nietos rancho 1784; ment. 1801-16; Las Bolsas and Sta Gertrudis regranted to his widow, Catarina Ruiz, '34. i. 609, 612, 662; ii. 111, 185, 348, 353, 663; iii. 633-4. N. (Manuela), grantee of Los Cerritos '34. iii. 633. Nightengell (G. R.), 1875, overl. immig. perhaps of the Grigsby-Ide party. iv. 578-9, 587; at Carson, Nev., '68. Nikoforof, 1815, sup. of the Lady. ii. 307. Niles (John), 1847, doubtful name of a settler at Benicia. Ninian (Wm), 1834, English clerk at Mont., age 30. Niño (Alejo), first man buried at Mont. 1770. i. 175. Nisbitt (Thomas), 1847, Co. G, N. Y. vol. (v. 499); in '82 at Scott river, Siskiyou Co. Nixon, 1823, mr of the lIebe. ii. 492.

Nobili (John), 1848, Ital. Jesuit who came to the Or. missions in '42 and to Cal. apparently in '48. He was the founder of Sta Clara college in '51, a very able man and popular teacher, who died in '55. Noble (John E.), 1847, sergt Co. F, 3d U. S. artill. v. 519. Noboa (Diego), 1783, Span. friar who served at Sta Clara and left Cal. in '94. Biog. i. 722-3; ment. i.

379, 390, 422, 457, 476, 576. Nocedal (José), 1775, Franciscan chaplain on a Span. ship, visiting the coast several times in '75-8. i. 240, 287, 292, 296, 300, 328. Noe (José de Jesus), 1834, Mex. who came in the H. and P. colony; iii. 263; and settled at S. F., obtaining a grant of Camaritos in '40, and of S. Miguel in '45. iii. 711; iv. 673. In'42 age 37, wife Guadalupe Gardano, child. Miguel b. '33, Dolores '36, Esperidion (?) '38, Concepcion '40; juez de paz '42 -3. iv. 165-6; owner of a town lot '43. v. 669, 682; alf. of militia '44. iv. 667; alcalde and juez '46. v. 295, 648. He lived at the mission in '55, and his son Miguel still lives in S. F. '85. N. (Miguel), 1844, Amer. who received naturalization papers; perhaps Michael Noah (?). N. (Nicolás), 1812, com. of the Flora '12-13. ii. 202-3, 268-70, 353. Noel (Luis), 1848, laborer at Mont. Noler (Christian), 1847, Co. B, Morm. Bat. (v. 469). Norden (Stephen), 1844, Amer. age 25 at S. F.

Nordhoff (Charles), 1847, nat. of Prussia, educated in Cincinnati, a printer by trade, who in '47 was a sailor-boy on the U. S. Columbus, and for a time . commander's clerk on the Warren. He left the sea in '53, and has since been . a prominent newspaper man and author of a dozen books of acknowledged merit. He revisited Cal. several times in '71 and later years; and among his -works are California for Health, Pleasure, and Residence, and Northern Cali- fornia, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands. In '85 he has been for some ycars editorially connected with the N. Y. Herald. Noriega (Francisco), 1842, Mex. capt. of the batallon fijo '42-5; a hard case. iv. 289, 357, 364, 633. His marriage with Francisca Sepúlveda was prevented by the woman's friends, and he married a Soberanes whom he afterwards abandoned. N. (José), 1834, Span, sup. of the vessel bringing the H. and P. colony. iii. 263. In '35

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depositario at S. José. iii. 730; in 35 grantee of Los Médanos, Contra Costa, and later of Quito, and half-owner of Los Pozitos. iii. 712; iv. 672-3; alcalde of S. José '39. iii. 731; in '41 age 49, wife Manuela Fernandez, child Manuel. In '46 he was with Arce when his horses were taken, and on visiting N. Helv. a little later was thrown into prison with Vallejo and the rest, for which the Span. consul tried later to obtain redress. v. 106, 108, 124, 128, 615. After his release he was member of the S. José council. v. 664; and in '60 he st.11 lived at S. José. N. (María Ramona), wife of Pedro Amador, d. 1801. ii. 585. N. (Matias Antonio de Sta Catarina), 1779, Span. friar who served at S. F. and S. Cárlos, retiring in '89. He was perhaps guardian of S. Fern. col- lege later. Biog. i. 469; ment. i. 329, 351, 388, 392, 460, 404, 411, 433, 442. N., see 'Guerra y Noriega.' Norman (F.), 1848, passp. from Hon. N. (J), 1848, at Hon. from Mont. on the Laura Ann.

Norris, 1818, negro of Bouchard's force, captured; became a cook at S. Juan Cap. ii. 230, 248, 393. N. (Anderson), 1843, negro deserter from the Cyane; killed by the Californians. iv. 400, 565. N. (David), 1844, corp. Co. C, N. Y. Vol. (v. 449); printer and amateur actor, for many years foreman in the S. F. Bulletin; from '77 at Centreville, Alameda Co., where he died in 'S4 at the age of 61; a nat. of N.Y. N. (Jacob W.), 1847, Co. D, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); at Newark, N. J., '74-82; sergt of police. N. (J. Parker), 1846, com. Stock- ton's sec., sent East with despatches Sept .; returned on the Preble '47. N. (John S.), 1847, lieut Co. K, N.Y.Vol. v. 504; judge of election '48. v. 652; d. in Central America '56. N. (Leo), 1846, nat. of Ky and overl. immig. with his family; at S. José '47-50; and in S. Ramon Val., Contra Costa, from that date to '82, being claimant for the rancho. iii. 713. His wife, Jane Kiz- zie, died in '55, and there were 5 surviving children in '82. Three daughters became Mrs Lynch, Mrs Perkins, and Mrs Llewelling. N. (Samuel), 1845 (?), trader at N. Helv. and at S.F., of firm Shelly & N. 1847-8, and seems to have come a few years earlier by sea. iv. 587. Hc was of German or Danish birth. A miner on the Yuba in '48; in '52 claimant for the rancho del Paso. iv. 672. From about '57 he led a wandering life in many parts of the world, though frequently making his appearance at S.F., an intelligent, mildly eccentric man in easy circumstances. Meanwhile the rancho had passed into the hands of Haggin & Tevis; and in '84 Norris began suit against them for the property, claiming that in '57-83, from the effects of a blow on the head, he was not in his right mind, or capable of comprehending the process hy which the ranch had passed from his ownership. N. (Wm H.), 1846, son of Leo, and a resi- dent of Contra Costa to 'S2; married Margaret Nash in '60.

Northgrave (Wm), 1845, Engl. immig. from Or. in the McMahon-Clyman party. v. 572, 587. Served in the Cal. Bat:, Co. B, artill. (v. 358); in '47 hurned charcoal for Sutter; in '48 mined with Bidwell on Feather River; liv- ing near Chico in '84. Northman (Chas), 1847, Co. G, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). Northrop (Sam.), 1814, mr of the Pedler. ii. 305. Norton, 1841, mr of the Ninfa. iv. 567. N., 1836, mr of a whaler. iv. 104. N. (Joshna A.) 1848, Engl. jew who came from S. Amer. and was for some years a prosperous spec- ulator and trader. Business reverses affected his mind, and as ' Emperor ' Nor- ton he became a well-known 'crank' in S.F., where he died in '80. N. Clement), 1845, mr of the Gustave. iv. 566. N. (C. B.), 1848, passp. from Hon. N. (Chas C.), 1847, Co. F, 3d U. S. artill. (v. 518). N. (Edward), 1848, overl. immig. with Allsopp. N. (Martin), 1847. Co. H, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); d. Napa '68. N. (Myron), 1848, lieut Co. C, N.Y. Vol., appointed to fill a vacancy, and not coming with the regiment, but on the Huntress in Oct. '48. He was a lawyer, prominent in organizing civil govt at S.F., being justice of the peace and lieut of the City Guards; an active member of the constit. convention of '49; judge of the superior court '51; member of the Los Ang. council '52; county judge from '53, and in '55 and '65 candidate for the supreme court. He died between '67 and '71. . N. (Thos A.), 1836, a Honolulu trader, signer of a memorial at Mont. iv. 118, 141; in '43-4 mr of the Chas M. Mor- gan. iv. 564. Norvell (Chester), 1847, chaplain on the U. S. Independence. N., 1848, of N. & Co. at Mont.

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Noswill (John), 1846, doubtful name of Fauntleroy's dragoons (v. 232, 3-47). Nott, 1848, mr of the Sweden. v. 580. Novales (Manuel), 1789, lient in Malaspina's exped. i. 490. Nowell, 1848, at Mont .; perhaps ' Nor- vell.' Nowler (Christian), 1847, of Morm. Bat. (v. 469); reënl. Nowlin (Jabez), 1847, Co. C, ditto. Noyes (Michael S.), 1847, Co. A, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499); at Eureka, Nev. '82.

Nuez (Joaquin Pascual), 1812, Span. friar who served at S. Fern. and S. Gabriel, where he died in '21. Biog. ii. 567; ment. ii. 334, 336-7, 355, 357, 394, 655. Nuñez, sergt appointed to Cal. '32. iii. 236. N. (.José Antonio), 1833, Fr. sailor who came on the Gelvichis (Helvetius?), and died before Dec. '34. N. (Sebastian), grantee in '44 of Orestimba, for which he was claimant in '52. Nuttall (Thomas), 1836, Engl. botanist who visited Cal iv. 142. N. (Wm H.), 1846, overl. immig. of Bryant's party. v. 528; Cal. claim $63 (v. 462); owner of S.F. lots '47; clerk for McDongall at Sac. '48. Nutter (Geo, W.), 1845, nat. of N. Y. who visited Cal. on a whaler from Hon. iv. 587; returned later and lived at Sta Cruz in '69. N. (Noah), 1848, passp. from Hon. Nutting (Lucy), 1846, one of the Morinon colony. v. 546; owner of S.F. lot '47: in '84 Mrs Ferguson at Lehi, Utah. Nuttman (James E.), 1847, Co. B, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499); owner of S.F. lot; later chief of fire dept in S.F. and Stockton; at S.F. '71; Newark, N.J., 74; New York '82-3.

Nye (Gorham H.), 1830 (?), nat. of Mass., who may have visited the coast in '30 as he testified in '68. iii. 180; Peirce says he came to the Isl. from Ply- mouth in '31; newspapers give a variety of dates; and the Ist definite record is that he was mr of the Loriot in '33-5. iii. 383, 381. As mr of the Bolivar trading from Hon. and of the Fama and Leonidas he visited Cal. each year in '35-47. iv. 101, 104, 563, 578. He came on the Guipuzcoana in '47, and per- haps remained, as he is said to have made and lost a fortune at S.F., and to have gone East in '53. According to the Calistoga Tribune of July 6, '71, Capt. N. had lived many years at Sta Cruz, also spending two years at the Sandwich Isl., where a rich Chinese sugar-planter offered him a home, on account of the captain's kindness to him as steward in old times. Acc. to the S. J. Pioneer of Nov. 16, '78, he lived from '71 with Chas Krug at St Helena, where he died in '78 at the age of 76. N. (Michael C.), 1841, overl. immig. of the Bartleson party, iv. 266, 270, 275, 279, who was naturalized in '44 and got a grant of the Willy rancho on the Yuba, doubtless for services in the Micheltorena campaign. iv. 674, 486. He is often named in the N. Helv. Diary '45-8, having also a Cal. claim (v. 462); is said to have entered Cor- dua's service in '46; in June '47 married Mrs Harriet Pike of the Donner party, N. was a resid. of Marysville in '58, but later went to Or., where his wife died in '70, and where he still lived in '79.

O'Brien (H.), 1845, in Sutter's employ Dec .; went to Or. Apr. '46. iv. 578, 526. O'B. (James), 1838, Irish resid, of Mont. dist. iv. 119; exiled to S. Blas in '40, but returned in '41 with a pass, which was renewed in '42, iv. 18, 33, 37, when he was, however, banished to the Sonoma frontier. iv. 653. In '44 he died, and I have a letter from his father Daniel in London, in which, with 'hearty thanks for the information ' of his son's death, he inquires as to the chances of collecting Jimmy's claim against the govt. O'B. (John), 1835, Irish sailor who landed from a whaler at Sta B. at the age of 25. iii. 413. He hunted otter on the islands for several years, and in '40 got permission to marry, being then in the employ of Lewis Burton. He was one of the first at the gold mines, but fell ill, and being brought down the river died at Beni- cia in Oct. '48. O'B. (Jolin), 1846, Co. C, Ist U. S. dragoons (v. 33G); Q. M. sergt. O'B. (Thos), 1842, at Mont. under sentence of banishment to Sonoma; prob. James.

O'Cain (Joseph), 1795, 'Englishman b. in Ireland from Boston,' sent to S. Blas from Sta B. i. 537. O'C. (Joseph), 1803, Amer. mr of the O'Cain, hunting otter on the coast under Russian contracts 1803-5. ii. 25-6, 32, 38-9, 63, 70-1. O'Connell (Anthony F.), 1847, Co. H, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); d. S. F. '66, age 48, leaving a widow and two children. He had been for many years a

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drayman; known in the later years as O'Connor. O'℃. (John), 1847, accredited to N. Y. Vol., but not on the roll; tarred and feathered at Mont .; drowned on the way to Or. S. Jose Pion., '82. O'Connor (Bartholomew), 1847, Co. F, 3d U. S. artill. (v. 518). O'C. (Owen), 1846, Fauntleroy's dragoons (v. 232, 247). 0'C. (Wm), 1845, at N. Helv. in '46; iv. 578, 587; said to have been in Sta Clara Co. '45. O'Donnell (Joseph), 1846, Co. E, Cal. Bat. (v. 358). O'Donojú (José Simon), 1834, Mex. of the H. & B. colony. iii. 263; at Sta B. '41; in '42-4 purveyor of the troops under Micheltorena; at Los Ang. '47.

O'Farrell (Jasper), 1843, Irish surveyor who came to the U. S. in '41 and to Cal. by sea via S. America and Mazatlan. iv. 400. In '44 he signed the order for Weber's arrest, iv. 483, and in '45 served as Q. M. in Sutter's force, iv. 485-6. being mentioned in '44-6 at various places but apparently making S. Rafael his home, being engaged most of the time in making rancho sur- veys. He seems not to have taken part in the troubles of '46, but is named as a witness of the Haro murder at S. Rafael. v. 171-2. In '47-S he advertised as a surveyor in the papers, was appointed official surveyor in the northern district, and made the permanent street survey of S. F. v. 455, 648, 653-6, 680, 685. About '48 he exchanged a Marin Co. rancho which he had taken in payment of professional services for that of Jonive in Sonoma Co., purchas- ing later the adjoining Estero Americano, for which places and for Capay in Yolo he was claimant in '52. iii. 712; iv. 671; v. 675. He married a daughter of Patrick McChristian, and lived chiefly on his rancho, but took also some part in politics, serving in the state senate and also as state harbor commis- sioner. For so prominent and well known a man there is a remarkable lack of definite information about him. He died at S. F. in '75 at the age of 58. A street in S. F. bears his name.

O'Grady, 1847, perhaps of N. Y. Vol. under another name. O'G. (Thos),

1846, Irish settler of Sonoma Co. '47-77, when he lived at Bodega. O'Hara (D. J.), 1847, in S.F. letter list. O'Neil, 1837, one of the cattle party from Or. iv. 85. O'N. (John M.), 1847, sergt Co. E, N. Y. Vol. v. 504. Nat. of N.Y .; maj. of cavalry in war of '61-5, being stationed 4 years in Utah; in '67-83 custom-house officer at S.F .; d. at Mont. 'S5. O'N. (Owen), 1847, Co. K, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499); owner of S.F. lot; in Nev. '82. O'N. (Wm), 1816, said to have touched on the Cal. coast from China in '16. ii. 282; later an employé of the H.B.Co .; died at Victoria '75, at the age of 74; a nat. of Bos- ton. O'Reilly, 1837, a witness at S.F. Dcc. O'R. (E.), 1847, farmer in S. Mateo Co. '61-78. O'Rourke (Francis), 1846, Co. C, Ist U.S. dragoons (v. 336). O'Sullivan (James), 1847, Co. A, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); a printer who was editor of the Sonora Herald; member of the constit. convention of '78; in S.F. '82.

Oakley (Chas H.), 1845, asst surg. on the U.S. Portsmouth. O. (IIow- ard), 1846, of the Mormon colony. v. 546; of the 3d Donner relief. v. 540-1; owner of S.F. lots; no record after '48, hut did not go to Utah. O. (Robert), 1847, Co. F, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); d. Sta B. '48. Ober (David), 1848, passp. from Hon. Obes (Ramon), 1825, Span, who came on the Aquiles; perhaps sent away '28-30. iii. '51-2. Obleie, 1844, doubtful name of a married for- eigner. Oca (Ignacio Montes de), sentenced to presidio 1805. ii. 19]. Ocampo (Francisco), 1834, Mex. of the H. & P. colony. iii. 263; at S. Juan Cap. '41. iv. 626; at Los Ang. '46-8; still at S. Juan Cap. '78. Ochiltree, 1847, mid. on the U.S. Independence. Odon, neophyte at S. Luis Ob., grantce of land '42. iv. 331. O., grantee of Escorpion '45. Ogden, 1828, leader of a party of H.B.Co. trappers who came to Cal. '28-30. iii. 161-2, 174; iv. 263. O. (Benj.), 1847, Co. B, N.Y.Vol. (v. 499); d. Brooklyn, N. Y. '66. Ogier (J. S. K.), 1848, nat. of S.C .; member of the Ist Cal. legislature '49-30. Ogle (Chas A.), 1847, Co. D, N.Y.Vol. (v. 499).

Olavide (Martin), 1791, alférez with Malaspina's exped. i. 490. Olbés (Ramon), 1812, Span. friar who served for brief terms at four missions, retir- ing in '21. Biog. ii. 625; ment. ii. 225, 243-6, 364, 369, 387, 389-90, 394, C55. Olgin (José), settler at the Colorado riv. pueblos, killed by Ind. i. 339,

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362. Olimpio, Ind. majordomo in Sutter's employ '47. Oliva (Raimundo),

soldier of Sta B. comp. '32; ranchero '45. O. (Vicente Pascual), 1813, Span. triar who served at many missions, but chiefly at S. Diego, dying at S. Juan Cap. in '48. Biog. v. 623; ment. ii. 344, 357, 375, 383-4, 394, 551-2, 655; iii. 96, 619, 622, 641; iv. 422; v. 619. Olivar (Tomás), soldier of Sta B. comp. '32. Olivares (Antonio M.), at Los Ang. '46. O. (Bonifacio), at Mout. '36, age 23, wife María del Refugio; banished in '43 to Los Ang., where he took part in a revolt of '46. iv. 492, 654; v. 308. O. (Francisco), settler at Los Ang. '15. ii. 350. O. (Francisco), 1846, Co. B, Cal. Bat. (v. 358). O. (Mi-

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History of California, Volume IV, Part 84

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe Publication date: 1885 Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers Number of Pages: 820

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers
Number of Pages: 820