History of California, Volume XXII, Part 81

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe
Publication date: 1885-1890
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers
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Smith (Stephen), 1841, nat. of Md., who had spent some time in Peru, and who visited Cal., prob. on the Corsair, in '41. iv. 279. I have his letter of July written at Callao after Lis return from Cal. On this Ist visit he made arrangements with Gov. Alvarado to introdnee a steam-mill; and in '43 he came back from Baltimore with the engine-the Ist in Cal .- and mill ma- chinery on the George Henry. iv. 395-6, 565-6. As soon as he could be nat- uralized he got a grant in '44 of Bodega, where he had set up bis mill, and where he lived for the most part from that time. iv. 186, 392, 670, 679. In '45, visiting S. Blas, Smith was arrested on a charge of being engaged in filibus- tering schemes for the U.S., but soon released, as there was no proof. iv. 601. As he later told Lient Sherman that he came to Cal. on the assurance of Web- ster that the U.S. would surely have the country, it is possible that in the earlier years he talked indiscreetly. In '45-6 he owned lots in S.F., and built a house at the cor. of Dupont and Washington streets. iv. 669, 673; v. 682. In '46 he raised the U.S. flag at Bodega, and in '46-8 served as civil magistrate. v. 242, 670. In the flush times his mill was a very valuable property, and he was el. for not only Bodega, but the Blucher rancho. iv. 670. He died at S.F. in '55 at the age of 69. His wife was a Peruvian, a sister of Manuel Torres; who married Tyler Curtis in '56; and he left three children, Manuela, Stephen, and James B., all of whom seem to have been living in '75. The daughter, born at Bodega '46, married John M. English, and lived in Oak- land '81.

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Smith (Theodore), 1847, Co. F, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499). S. (Thomas), 1841, at S. José. iv. 279; naturalized '44, when he claimed to have been a resid. since '42; owner of S. F. lot 45, where he kept a saloon '46-50, a stout and stut- tering Englishman. iv. 669; v. 682, 685. S. (Thomas), 1845, overl. immig. of the Swasey-Todd, or possibly the McMahon, party. iv. 576-7, 573; appar- ently at Sutter's fort '46-7. S. (Thos), 1846, sailor in Stockton's Bat., fatally wounded at the S. Gabriel, Jan. '47. v. 395. S. (Thos), on the

roll of the Society of California Pioneers as having arr. in Sept. S. (Thos J.), 1845, ditto, arrived S.F. Dec. iv. 587; perhaps the cl. of S.F. Mission lots in '52; at Gold Hill, Nev., 'S1. S. (Thos L.), 1829 (?), Kentuckian trap- per and mountaineer, known as 'Peg-leg' Smith from his wooden leg. The chronology of his wild career is confusing; but he may have stolen horses in Cal. in '29 and several times later, as he was fond of hoasting in late years. iii. 172, 179. In '4] 'El Cojo Smit' was reported to be in com. of a party of vagabonds from N. Mex. iv. 208, 278, 342. After '49 he lived in Cal., and died at S.F. in '66.

Smith (W.), 1846, Cal. Bat., Co. B, artill. (v. 358), enlisting at Mont. Oct. S. (Willard). 1847, musician Co. D, Morm. Bat. (v. 469); in '82 at Littleton, Utah, stake president and probate judge. Smith (Wm), 1800, mate of the Hazard, perhaps visiting the coast several times before IS08. ii. 17, 24-5, 95-6. In 1810-11, as mate of the Albatross, he was engaged in fur- hunting on the coast, especially in taking seals at the Farallones. ii. 93. In '16 he came back from China in com. of the Albatross, and was arrested for smuggling at Sta B., though his vessel escaped capture. ii. 275-7, 362, 248, 633. He was a nat. of Va, whose voyages and adventures in all parts of the world would fill a volume. In '36 or earlier he found his way to Cal. again. iv. 103, 141 ; and now, too old to command, he still made his home on board Boston ves- sels on the coast or at the Islands, being transferred from one to another accord- ing to his whims, and occasionally spending a few months on shore. He died at Sonoma on May 5, '46, at the age of 78. S. (Wm), 1824, mr of the Young Tartar. ii. 519. S. (Wm), 1827, Amer. carpenter in the Mont. dist. '29, age 22. iii. 176. Ment. as a sawyer working for Cooper in '31; 'Bill the Sawyer' at S. José '33, married to a Sais; in Mont. lists of '34; also near Pt Reyes; at Sonoma and S.F. '37-9; one of the arrested foreigners '40. iv. 17; Engl. carpenter, age 42, at S. José '41; wife Maria Josefa Sais, child. Daniel b. '33, José '36, Patricio '37, José S. '39, María '38; one of Sutter's men in the Micheltorena campaign '45. iv. 495; at S. Jose, S.F., and in the Sac. Val. '46; owner of a lot at S.F. and settler at Benicia '47-all these may be one or half a dozen Bill Smiths for all that I know.

Smith (Wm H.), 1847, lieut Co. I, N. Y. Vol. v. 504; owner of S.F. lot. Still at S. F. '52; in Tuolumne Co. '74. S. (Wm M.), 1845, nat. of Ga, who came with Capt. Paty from S. Blas. iv. 587. A droll fellow, who had been a circus-rider, known as 'Jim Crow' Smith; in '46-8 member of the S.F. firm of Ward & S., owning lots and building a house, besides serving as capt. of volunteers in Marston's Sta Clara campaign. v. 381, 539, 679, 681, 684. In '48 he married the widow of Capt. Hinckley, and in '49 moved to Mar- tinez. After a while he went to the bad altogether, being a violent and dan- gerous man when intoxicated, and about '54 he killed himself. S. (Wm Taylor), 1846, lieut on the U.S. Dale. Smyth (Wm), 1826, mate of the Blossom. iii. 121; artist from whose drawings Forbes' California was illus- trated. iv. 151.

Snitter (Lewis), 1847, Co. E, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499). Snook (Joseph Fran- cisco), 1830, Engl. mr of the Ayacucho, who had been on the Mex. coast in Virmond's employ since '24. iii. 146, 180. He was naturalized in '33, and in '33-9 mr of the Catalina. iii. 381; iv. 102, 117. In '38 he purchased of Berry a rancho at Pt Reyes or Tomales, confirmed next year by the diputacion. Be- fore this time he had married Maria Antonia, daughter of J. B. Alvarado of S. Diego, and he talked of quitting the sea and forming a partnership with Fitch; but in '40-2 he commanded the Joven Guipuzcoana. iv. 12, 104, 305, 566; and the Juanita in '46. In '42 he was grantee of the S. Bernardo rancho,

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S. Diego, iv. 621, where he lived with his family, dying suddenly in April '47 or '48. His widow married Henry Clayton. Snow (A.), 1847, at Benicia. B. Tribune. S. (B. F.), 1848, passp. from Hon. S. (R. D.), 1848, ditto. S. (Ze'nora S.), 1846, of the Mormon colony. v. 546; in Utah '84.

Snyder (Elijah), 1847, Co. E, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499); at Trenton, N.J., '75. S. (Jacob R.), 1845, nat, of Pa, and overl. immig. of the Swasey-Todd party. iv. 576, 587. Mentioned at Sta Cruz and various other points in '45-6, em- ployed as a surveyor. v. 654, 641. He served as quartermaster in Fauntleroy's dragoons. v. 293-4; and later in the Cal. Bat., ranking as major. v. 360. In '47 he was appointed surveyor for the middle department of Cal., and also commissioned to investigate charges against Alcalde Nash of Sonoma. v. 610, 465. In '48-9 with Reading and Hensley he had a trading post at Sacramento, and was a member of the constit. convention; from '50 memb. of a S.F. firm; in '52-3 state senator; in '53-60 treasurer of the U.S. mint at S. F. About '62 he retired for the most part from public life to a rancho at Sonoma, where he died in '78 at the age of 65. He was a man of fine personal appearance, of good abilities, of excellent character, and of well-deserved popularity. Por- trait in Colton's Three Years; Sonoma Co. Hist. His Ist wife, of '50, was Susan H. Brayton; the 2d, of '74, was Rachel J. Sears; and he had no chil- dren. S. (John), 1846, of the Donner party from Ill., killed by Reed on the Humboldt before reaching Cal. v. 530, 532. S. (John), 1847, Co. E, Morni. Bat. (v. 469).

Soberanes, occupant of Sauzal rancho '23. ii. 616, 664. S. (Agustin), sirviente at Sta Clara 1776. i. 306; still at S. José 1794. S. (Ezequiel), son of Mariano, volunteer officer under Castro at the taking of Los Ang. '45. iv. 492. S. (Feliciano), at Mont. '26, and regidor '29-30. ii. 612; grantce of Alisal '34. iii. 676; named in the padron of '36 as a nat. of C'al., age 47, wife Maria Ant. Rodriguez, child. Josefa b. '13, Panfilo '15, Gabriela 'IS, Francisco '19, José Ant. '21, José Maria '23, Carmen '25, Mariano '28, Feliciano '29, José Andrés "31, Francisca '32, and José Mateo '33. Alcalde in '38-9. iii. 675, 697; grantee of S. Lorenzo in '41. iv. 655; and in '41-5 the admin, of Soledad mission, of which estate he became the owner. iv. 194, 559, 660-1; v. 558, 637, 641; being in '45 juez 2° at Mont., iv. 653, 656, where he still lived in '51. S. (Francisco), grantee of Sanjon de Sta Rita, Merced, '41. iv. 673. S. (Guadalupe), alférez of auxiliary cavalry '45-6. v. 41; in Mont. Co. '50. S. (José Ant.), mentioned at Sntter's fort '47. S. (José María), a soldier of the Ist exped. of 1769-74; at Soledad 1791 et seq .; in 1795 an inválido in possession of the Buenavista rancho, Mont. i. 683, 441, 499. Prob. ancestor of most of the Soberanes here registered. S. (Jose M.), son of Feliciano, ment. in '46. v. 41. S. (Josefa), daughter of Feliciano, grantee of Los Coches '41. iv. 655. S. (Juan), sub-lieut of militia '46. v. '41; went with Flores to Mex. '47. v. 407. S. (Mariano), soldier of the S.F. comp. '19-21; in '23 alcalde of Mont., síndico '27, alcalde '29-30. ii. 611-12; iii. 49, 76, 82, 194; in '35 admin. of S. Antonio. iii. 354, 687-8; in '36 living at Alisal, age 40, a widower-his wife had been a danghter of Ignacio Vallejo-7 child. Mariano b. '19, Juan '21, Ezequiel '23, Tomas '25, Guadalupe '28, Victor '29, Ignacio '31. In '42 he was grantee of Los Ojitos rancho. iv. 655; in '45 juez at S. Miguel. iv. 660. In '46 he was arrested with his sons, and his property at Los Ojitos destroyed by Fremont, v. 374, 464, for which Don Mariano had a Cal. claim of $19,930, of which 8423 was paid (v. 462). He was el. for Los Ojitos in '52, and the rancho is still owned by his sons in '85. S. (Mariano), son of the preceding; grantee of S. Bernardo rancho '41-though this may have been the father. iv. 655. He was somewhat active in the final campaign of Natividad against the Amer. v. 290, 367; and was still in Mont. Co. '78. His son, Clodomiro, was for a short time employed in my Library, and a small collection of Doc. Hist. Cal. bears his name. S. (Panfilo), son of Feliciano, juez de paz at Mont. '43; custom-house guard at Mont. and S.F. '44-5. iv. 557, 653, 656. S. (Tomás), clerk in the Mont. custom-house '44. iv. 431; went to Mex. with Flores '47. v. 407. Sobradelas (Pablo), 1825, Span. marine from the Aquiles; ordered to depart in '28-30. iii. 51-2. Sohns (John), 1847, Co. D, N. Y.Vol. (v. 499).

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Sola (Faustino), 1786, Span. friar who served for brief terms at S. Luis Ob. and S.F., retiring in 1790, and dying at the college of S. Fernando in Mex. 1820. He was a brother of Gov. Sola. i. 388, 423, 469-70, 474; ii. 471. S. (Pablo Vicente), Span. lieut-col, who ruled Cal. as gov. from Aug. 15, '15, to Nov. 22, '22, being promoted to colonel in '19, and leaving Cal. as dip. to the Mex. congress in '22. Except that he was a member of the junta de Cal. in Mex. in '25, iii. 3-5, nothing is definitely known of his later life. For his life and character, see ii. 470-3; on his rule in Cal. ii. 208-470, passim; miscel. men- tion. i. 662; ii. 78, 188, 479, 485, 514, 562, 565-6, 569, 571, 580, 587, 604, 607, 616, 642, 674, 676; iii. 3, 5, 11, 33, 109. Solano (Francisco), Ind. chief of the Suisunes, who from '35 was an ally of Vallejo at Sonoma, doing more than any other to keep the Ind. of the northern frontier in order. iii. 295, 360, 598; 71-3, 444, 674. He was the grantee of Suisun rancho in '42. His original name was Numa or Tetoy, and the name Solano, given him at baptism from that of the mission, passed from him to the county. I have no record showing the date of his death. His widow, Isidora, was still living at Sonoma in '74, at an advanced age, and furnished a Relacion that is not without interest. Solar (Jose María), at Branciforte '30. ii. 627. Solares (Pedro), soldier at the Colorado Riv. pueblos 1780-1. i. 359. Solas (Matias), sirviente at Sole- dad 1791-1800. i. 499.

Soler (Juan), 1774, guarda-almacen at Mont. i. 224. There was some com- plaint of his unfitness for the place in '78-9; and he died at Mont. in 'S1. S. (Nicolás), 1781, Spau. capt. who held the position of ayudante-inspector of the Cal. troops in '81-8; a prominent officer and inveterate fault-finder, generally in trouble because things were going to the dogs. He became comandante at Tucson, and died in '90. Biog. i. 397-8: ment. i. 334, 370, 383, 385, 392-6, 411, 443, 451, 462-3, 467, 471-2, 479, 484, 676; ii. 571. S. (Pablo), 1792, surgeon of the Cal. troops at Mont. to 1800. i. 439, 501, 679-80. Soleto

(Juan), doubtful, '46. v. 162. Solis (Joaquin), 1825, Mex. convict who in "29 headed a revolt of Californian soldiers, and in '30 was sent as a prisoner to Mex. For full account of the revolt, see iii. 68-85; mention of Solis. ii. 576, 591, 604, 615, 664; iii. 16, 149. Solórzano (Francisco), settler at Los Ang. '16. ii. 350. S. (Jose Antonio), sergt of the Mont. comp. '32-3. iii. 671, 673. S. (Ramon), soldier of the S.F. comp. '39-42; at Sonoma '44, age 19.

Somera (José Antonio Fernandez, or Angel), 1771, Span. friar at S. Gabriel, forced by illness to retire in '72. i. 137, 176, 187-9, 192-3. Somers (Fred. ), 1847, Co. B, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499). Somoza ( Antonio Maria), 1842, Mex. lieut in the batallon fijo '42-5, adjutant, instructor, and com. at Los Ang. '44-5; still in Cal. '46. iv. 289. 354, 407, 538; v. 41. Sonclio (Francisco), juez de paz at S.F. '42. iv. 665, 667. Soret (Angelina), 1847, owner of a S.F. lot. So- ria (Francisco), alcalde of Mont. (?), '29. ii. 612; in '28 resid. of Branciforte, wife Rita Pinto, child. José, Cecilia, Carmen, and Gregorio; juez de paz at B. '32, regidor '38, juez de campo '43, 2d alcalde '45. iii. 588, 696-7; iv. 663- 4; in '45 at B., age '50, wife Guadalupe Juarez, child. José Ant. b. '27, Mi- guel '33, Cineda (?) '36, Jose '44, Cecilia '28, Benita '35, Prudencia '37. S. (José), at Branciforte '45, wife María de Jesus Robles, child. Refugio '43, Te- resa '44. S. (Juan Jose), alcalde of Mont. '28. ii. 612; and prob. "29. Sosa (Mariano), visiting Dominican friar at S. Gabriel '31-2. iii. 641.

Sotelo (Francisco), settler at Los Ang. 1803. ii. 350. S. (Gabriel), ditto '15. ii. 350. S. (Gabriel), S. F. militiaman '37. S. (José), at S. Bernardino '46, age 45. S. (Jose Maria), at Branciforte '45, age 50, wife Encarnacion. S. (Juan), soldier in S.F. comp. '42, militia S.F. '37. S. (Mariano), soldier of S.F. comp. '34-9. S. (Pedro D.), at Los Ang. '46. S. (Ramon), settler at Los Ang. 1805; killed at Purísima '24. ii. 350, 412, 529, 566. In '17 P. Payeras writes of him as 'el famoso criminal de California.' Miguel Sotelo, perhaps his descendant, was a famous outlaw killed by the sheriff at Los Ang. in '78. S. (Venancio), at Los Ang. '48. S. (Vicente), at S. Bern. '46, age 22.

Soto, sailor sirviente at Sta Cruz. i. 496. S. (Andrés), at Mont. '38; supl. juez of ranchos '46. v. 637. S. (Antonio), settler at S. José before 1800,

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regidor 1809-10, alcalde 'IS, dying suddenly in that year. i. 716; ii. 134, 378. S. (Antonio), soldier of S.F. comp. '19-29; in '41 at S. José, age 42, wife María G. Briones, child. Ramon b. '22, Raimunda '27, Angel '28, Nieves '30, Concepcion '32, Francisco '39, Felipa '40. S. (Antonio 2d), soldier of the S. F. comp. '19-27. S. (Bernardino), had a Cal. claim '46-7 of 8873 (v. 462). S. (Casilda), grantee of La Merced, Los Ang., '44. iv. 635. S. (Casimiro), at Mont. '36, age 28, wife Eleuteria Castro, child Maria Trinidad b. '34. S. (Domingo), at S. José '41, age 22; and living with him Jesus, age 18, Fernando 12, and José Ant. 14. S. (Eufemio), juez de campo Mont. '37. iii. 675. S. (Eugenio), body found hanging at Sta Cruz '38. iii. 697. S. (Eugenio), at Branciforte '45, age 40, wife -, child. Ramona b. '35, Jnana '37, Rosalia '40, and Joscfa '44. S. (Eusebio), militiaman at S.F. '37; owner of a town lot '45. iv. 669; v. 685. S. (Felipe), at S. F. '37-44. S. (Fernando), owner of a Russian River rancho '46. Raven. S. (Flores), at Los Ang. '46.

Soto (Francisco), Ist child b. at S.F. 1776, son of Ignacio. He became a soldier in the S.F. comp., was a corp. in 1810, and was promoted to sergt for bravery in an Ind. campaign of that year; also made an exped. in '13, and another in '20. ii. 91, 204, 324, 339. He was possibly the Fran. S. at S. Matías rancho, Mont., '36, age 57, child Lorenzo b. '21. S. (Francisco), corp. in S.F. comp. '19; sergt '20-9; ment. in '27-8. ii. 584, 592; iii. 66-7, 111, 156. I am unable to distinguish the different men bearing this name. S. (Francisco), grantee of Bolsa Nueva rancho '29. ii. 615, 664. S. (Francisco), corp. died of wounds received in an Ind. exped. '29. iii. 111-13. S. (Francisco), at Mont. '36, age 28, wife Maria de Los Angeles, child. Ascension b. '32, Trini- dad '34, Gertrudis '36. S. (Francisco), at S. José '41, age 34, wife Bárbara Castro, child. Ana Maria b. '34, Francisco '36, Vicente '38, Encarnacion "39; in '42-4 grantee of S. Lorenzo, Alameda Co., for which his widow was cl. in '52. iv. 673. S. (Francisco), at S. José '41, age 24. S. (Francisco), grantee of S. Vicente, Mont., '35-42. iii. 678. S. (Francisco), prob. some one of the pre- ceding; sergt of the Mont. comp. '35-6. iii. 671; a supporter of Alvarado and comisario de policía. iii. 461, 675; ment. as licut in '39. iii. 5SS; admin. of Sta Cruz '39-40. iii. 695; went to Mex. with Covarrubias in '40. iv. 13, 15, 24; but is ment. again in '42. iv. 308.

Soto (Gervasio), soldier of the S.F. comp. '19-31; resid. of Branciforte '36. iii. 697; at S.F. age 54 in '44; at S. José '45. iv. 686. S. (Guillermo), soldier of the S. Buen. escolta 1786, when his wife, Nicolasa Ramirez, dicd; settled at Los Ang. 1789. ii. 349; alcalde in '98 and 1809. i. G61; ii. 110. S. (Igna- cio), soldier of S.F. comp. from 1776; in 1793 at S. José, wife Bárbara Espi- nosa, child. Antonio b. '76, Francisco Maria '77, Dámaso '78, Isidoro 'S0, Josefa (who married Jose Sanchez) '83, Joaquin '84, José Francisco, Rafacla, Bernarda, Tomás, Juan, Rafael, and Dolores. i. 291, 477. S. (Ignacio), soldier of the S.F. comp. '24-30. S. (Ignacio), corp. at Mont. '36, age 22. S. (Ignacio), soldier at Mont. '36, age 26. S. (Ignacio), at S. José '41, age 33, wife Teresa Martinez. S. (Isidoro), soldier retired with rank of lieut 44. iv. 408; in '36 at Mont., age '55, wife Marcela Linares; married sons Lázaro and Joaquin.

Soto (Jesus), sergt who went to Mex. with Castro '40; aux. de policía '46 at Mont. iv. 13, 30; v. 637. S. (Joaquin), son of Isidoro, at Mont. '36, age 33, wife Dolores Cantua, child. Joaquin b. '24, Luisa '26, Barbara '27, Josefa '32, Laran (?) '34; possibly the grantee of Piojo in '42. iv. 655; juez de paz at S. Juan B. '46. v. 640; and still in Mont. Co. '51. S. (Joaquin), son of Igna- cio; married at S. José 1803 to María de la Luz Berreyesa. ii. 138. S. (Joa- quin), resid. of Branciforte '30. ii. 627. S. (Joaquin), juez de campo at Los Carneros, Mout., '35. iii. 674. S. (Joaquin), at S. Matias rancho '36, age 51, wife Juana Butron, child. Bárbara b. '24, Antonia '25, Deogracias '28, Maria '30, Adelaida '31, Maria '33, Salvador '34. iii. 678. S. (Joaquin), at S. Ber- nardino '46, age 35. S. (Joaquin), grantee of Cañada de la Carpintería '45. iv. 655.

Soto (José) soldier of the S.F. comp. 121-9. S. (José Maria), settler at Los Ang. '15. ii. 349. S. (Josefa), grantee of Capay rancho '35-44. iii, 711;

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iv. 671. S. (Juan) soldier of the S.F. comp. '19-24; in '41 at S. José, age 55, wife Petra Pacheco, child. José b. '19, Francisco '25, José Ignacio '30, Guadalupe '33, Silverio '34, and Juana '35. S. (Lázaro), son of Isidro, at Mont. '36, age 34, wife Solecita Cantera, child. Isidro b. '2S, General (?) '31, Ramon '34, and Joaquin '35; grantee of Cañada de la Segunda '39. iii. 677; at Mont. '46. S. (Lorenzo), at the Natividad fight '46. v. 368; in the south '47. v. 389-90; cl. for Los Vallecitos '52. ini. 612. S. (Luis), at S.F. '42, age 23.

S. (Manuel), soldier of the S.F. comp. '23-31. S. (Manuel), at Branciforte '28. S. (Maria Ant. Mesa de), widow at S. José '41, age 39, child. Juan Cap. b. '23, Jesus '25, Dolores '27, Juan Cris. '29, Francisco "31, Jose Ignacio '33, Patricio '35, José Cruz '37, and Celia '39. S. (Mcliton), in the Solis revolt of '29, sent to Mex. iii. 73, 77-8, 82-5. S. (Milano), Mex. soldier at Mont. '36, age 33. S. (Pedro), soldier at S.F. '42. S. (Rejis), settler at Los Ang. 1789.

i. 461. S. (Raimundo), worked for Larkin '48 on his rancho. S. (Ramou), at S.F. '44, age 20. S. (Teodora), grantee of Canada del Hambre and Las Boleus, Contra Costa, in '42. iv. 671. S. (Tiburcio), at Mont. '36, age 30, wife Concepcion Zuñiga, child. José de Jesus b. '29, Raimundo '30, Vicenta '33, Juliana '34, and Miguel '35. Sonervoit (Alex.), 1847, Co. E, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); at Los Ang. '77. Sout (W.), 1846, Cal. Bat., Co. B, artill. (v. 358). Southward (Chas C.), 1847, clerk for Parker at S.F .; owner of town lots; in '48 trader at Napa in partnership with Swasey. v. 670; at Vallejo after '50; Trinidad '54; Vallejo '77. Southwick (John), 1846, carpenter on the U.S. Congress; capt. and chief engineer in Stockton's Bat. '46-7. v. 385. South- worth (Eli), 1838, nat. of Mass., visited ('al. from Hon. on the D. Quixote, and possibly earlier, '33-5, on the Loriot. iv. 103, 119, 141. In '43-5 he lived at S.F. as a partner in Paty's business, being named in the padron of '44 as 25 years old. After '48 he engaged in the lumber business; and from '53 he lived with William H. Davis at S. Leandro until his death in '57. Souza (Wm), 1847, Portuguese fruit-dealer at Sta Clara '63-76.

Spalding (Josiah), 1840, mr of the Lausanne, in trouble with the author- ities. iv. 104, 121, 171-4. A Mass. man who died about '70; his daughter at Mont. in '84. S. (J. C.). 184S, passp. from Hon. Sparks (Isaac J.), 1832, nat. of Me, and long a resid. of St Louis, Mo., who came from N. Mex. with Young's party of trappers. iii. 388, 408. He engaged in otter-hunting on the coast, and in '34 seems to have made a trip to N. Mex., or at least got a pass. iii. 395; in '35 aiding in the removal of Ind. from S. Nicolas isl. iii. 361, 652. From '35 he lived at Sta B., keeping a store from '36 in a house bought of Foxen, but devoting himself mainly to otter-hunting, for which be received several licenses. iv. 81, 117; asked for naturalization in '37, estimating luis property at $2,000; grantee of a rancho in '39, he having become a catholic be- tore '36. He was not arrested in '40. iv. 24; but in '41 was in some trouble be- cause of a young woman who bore him two children, iv. 250, being threatened with a fine of $19 (!) if he did not put an end to the scandal, and the woman be- ing finally exiled to Los Ang. In '43 he was grantee of Huasna rancho, S. Luis Ob., for which he was later cl. as also for Pismo. iv. 655; iii. 678. He served rather unwillingly under Fremont for a time in '46-7, had a Cal. claim of some $900 (v. 462), and in '47 was sent to Gov. Mason to explain the state of affairs at Sta B. v. 584. He gave up hunting, except as a pastime, after '48; made an unsuccessful trip to the mines; aud later led the life of a prosperous ran- chero in S. Luis Ob. Co. till his death in '67 at the age of 63. He was re- garded as an honest and active man. His portrait was published in the Hespe- rian of '59, with a sketch of his early life. A family is mentioned in the later years, but I find no record to show whom he married. S. (Mary), IS46, of the Mormon colony with children. v. 546; daughter of Mrs Hamilton; not named in the Honolulu list; and possibly wife of Q. S. S. (Quartus S.), 1846, of the Mormon colony, with wife and child. v. 546. Called also Q. L. and Q. C .; nat. of Conn., teacher and preacher, who seems to have left the church; said to have been a lawyer at S.F. in later years, but not in the directories. 8.

(Stephen), 1846, sailor on the Dale. Sparrowhawk, 1846 (?), mr of the Jó- ven Guipuzcoana, who settled at Stockton, and died 'Gl acc. to newspapers. Spatz (Conrad), 1847, Co. B, N.Y.Vol. (v. 499); killed in L. Cal, '47.

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Spear (Nathan), 1823, nat. of Boston, druggist's clerk with his brother Paul in B., who made a trip to the Sandw. Isl. in '19, and another on the Rover in '23, touching at Mont. In '29 he came again to the Islands, in '30 married Jane Holmes, and in '32 came to Cal. in time to join the comp. ex- tranjera at Mont., iii. 221, 408, where he opened a store, obtaining a carta, and ow ning a schooner, the Nicoles, which ran to Sta Cruz. iv. 83, 141. Ilis name occurs often in commercial records of each year, and I have many of his letters. In '36 he formed a partnership with Leese and Hinckley to open a store at S.F., whither he moved in '38, leaving his Mont, store in charge of Wm Warren. At this time the partnership was broken up by a quarrel over $13.000 of profits, but Spear continued the business in the store at the cor. of Montgomery and Clay streets; transferred the Nicolas to S.F. bay for the collection of produce, adding the Isabel to the fleet-Wm H. Davis, his nephew and clerk, being generally in com. of one of the schooners; and built a mule-power grist-mill; being arrested as a matter of form in '40. iii. 705, 709; iv. 17, 82, 116, 130, 245, 250, 668; v. 68I. In '45 he was injured by Cal- ifornians in an assault on Capt. Libby. iv. 569, 663-6; and is named as a wit- ness at the Rac inquest. iv. 593. In '46-7 he is named as owner of lots, candidate for alcalde, and taking some slight part in politics. v. 295, 455, 680-1; but on account of ill-health moved to Napa Val. with his family in '46, denouncing a quicksilver mine on the Bale rancho. He returned to S.F. at the end of '48, and died there Oct. '19 at the age of 47. He was an enter- prising man of business, honorable in his dealings, gentlemanly in his man- ners, and scholarly in his tastes though of limited education. He never became A Mex. citizen, and therefore obtained no land grant. Ilis wife, a half-breed Hawaiian, died in Napa 48; and there was one son, William N., b. at Napa '46, who in '78 gave me a valuable collection of his father's Papers. He died be- fore '84. Spect (Jonas), 1848, nat. of Pa, who came overland to Or. in '47, and to S.F. on the Henry, possibly at the end of '47. Iu '48 he was a very successful miner, being the discoverer of gold on the Yuba. He kept a store at Sacramento; was elected to the Ist state senate; was a founder of Fremont, where he lived till '56; a resid. of Vernon till about '68, when he moved to ('olusa, dying there in '83 at the age of 66. Portrait in C'olusa Co. Hist., 42; Yolo Co. Hist., 26; sce also Ilist. Or., this series, p. 629. Spedding (Mat- thew), 1848, Engl. farmer in Sta Clara '76. Speiden (Wm), 1846, purser on the U.S. Congress; commissary in Stockton's Bat .; witness at the Frémont vonrt-martial. v. 385, 420.

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History of California, Volume XXII, Part 81

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe Publication date: 1885-1890 Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers Number of Pages: 816

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe
Publication date: 1885-1890
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers
Number of Pages: 816