History of California, Volume XXII, Part 83

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

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1848, passp. from Hon. S. (Mahlon), 1846, at Los Ang. S. (Wm W.), ISOS (?), a resid. of Cal. from '48, and at Angels from '57 to his death iu '62; said to have visited the coast in 1808 (prob. an error) and at other dates be- fore '48. Stoneman (Geo.), 1847, nat. of N. Y., graduate of West Point, and lieut of Co. C, Ist U.S. dragoons, coming to Cal with the Mormon Bat. as quartermaster, but soon rejoining the dragoons. v. 477, 483, 485, 489, 521, 617. Down to '55 or a little later he was engaged in garrison, exploring, or Ind. service on this coast. At the beginning of the war of '61-5 he was a major in the regular army, reaching the rank of brevet major-general of vol- unteers, and gaining an enviable reputation as a cavalry officer. After the war he returned to Cal. and settled near Los Angeles, holding later the position of railroad commissioner, and being as I write in '85 governor of California. In these official capacities he will require some notice in a later volume; aud in the case of so prominent a pioneer, it is to me a matter of regret that I have no data for a more complete sketch of his carlier Cal. experience. Stope (Gerard), 1836, Engl. at Mont. Stoppard (Moses), 1847, Co. K, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499). Storer (Geo.), 1847, nat. of N. Y., from Hon. on the Fran- cesca; settled in Sonoma; in Mendocino township '77; there is perhaps con- fusion between this man and Geo. 'Story.'

Storm (Peter), 1833 (?), Norwegian sailor, whose coming is credited in current sketches to this date with doubtful accuracy. iii. 409. Farnham names him as one of the foreigners arrested in '40. iv. 17. The Ist definite record is that he lived at S. F. in '44, age 40. He settled in Napa Co. in '44-5, and probably took part in the Bear revolt of '46. v. 110, 147-9. He spent the rest of his life mainly in Napa, and died at Calistoga in '77. Story (Ed- ward), 1848, Amer. lawyer with Brooks in the mines; said to have been al- calde at Mont. earlier (?). S. (Geo.), 1847, Co. C, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499); near Healdsburg in '80. Stothers (John E.), 1847, Co. F, ditto; d. at Oakland after '70. Stout, 1848, mr of the Bristol. S. (Wm), 1846, of the Mor- mon colony, with wife and child. v. 547. He was one of the founders of New Hope in the San Joaquin Val. v. 550; but left the Mormons, and in '47 was in the lumber business with Sirrine and Meder at Sta Cruz. In '48 had a store at the mines, perhaps of the firm of Brannan & Co. S. (Wm C.), 1836 (?), agent of P. M. S. S. Co. from '48; died in N. Y. '70 at the age of 69; said to have visited Mont. in '36. iv. 118. Stow (Aaron), 1847, Co. K, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); at Davenport, Ia, '82.

Stradspeth, 1845, one of Fremont's men. iv. 583. Kern. Strange (John), 1847, Co. C, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). Stranss (Fred.), 1846, sailor on the Ports- mouth, killed at the S. Gabriel Jan. '47. v. 393; perhaps ' Stearns.' Streeter (David), 1846, Co. C, Ist U.S. dragoons (v. 336); severely wounded at S. Pas- cual. v. 346, 355; later a barber at Sta B., where he died in '63. S. (Wm A.), 1843, nat. of N. Y. and consin of David; dentist and mechanic, who came from Peru with Stephen Smith as engineer to superintend the construction and running of the Bodega mill. iv. 396, 400. He soon left Smith and went south as dentist or physician till '48. iv. 651, 501. Went to the mines, was in

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partnership with Weber at Stockton, and leased the S. Buen. mission. Lived at S. Luis Ob. '51-5, and after '53 at Sta B., holding some local offices in both counties. Iu '78 he gave me his Recollections of Early Events. Prob. still living in '85 at the age of '74. Stribling (C. K.), 1836, com. of the U.S. Cyane '42 -3, and '43, and of the Peacock in '36. iv. 105, 308, 311, 321, 564-5. String- fellow (Jesse A), 1846, nat. of Pa and memb. of the Mormon colony. v. 547. He worked as a carpenter at S.F. (where he owned a lot), Napa, and S. José, going to the mines in '48-9. Later a farmer at S. José, where he died in '78, leaving a widow and 3 grown children. Stroms (John A.), 1846, Co. C, Ist U. S. dragoons (v. 336). Strong (Demas), 1848, Amer. trader at Big Bar and Sutter's mill; alderman and mayor of Sac .; returned to N. Y. '50; in N. Y. senate '64. S. (James H.), 1847, lieut on the U.S. Columbus. S. (John M.), 1847, Co. F, 3d U.S. artill. (v. 518). S. (Wm), 1847, Co. E, Morm. Bat. (v. 469).

Stnart (Chauncey), 1848, in S.F. letter-list. S. (Maria Ant.) 1813, mis- tress of Capt. Ayers. ii. 269. S. (W. K.), 1848, nat. of Md and overl. im- mig .; in Nevada co. '51 to his death in '73; widow living in '82. Study (David), 1847, Co. B, Morm. Bat. (v. 469). Stump (David), 1848, miner from Or. at Grass Valley and Placerville '48-9. Stupplebeen (Jacob), 1848, passp. from Hon. Sturgis (Thos), 1831, mr of the Crusader '31-2. iii. 382. Sturt (F.), 1848, passp. Irom Hon. Stuurtzenegger (John), 1846, Co. (, Cal. Bat. (v. 358); owner of S. F. lots '47-8; d. at Oakland about '60-5.

Suarez (Simon), 1797, snb-lieut of the compañía franca at Mont. i. 540-1, 544. S. (Vicente), juez de campo at S. José '44. iv. 685. Sublette (Wm), 1845, came overland with a party of 15 men whose names are not known; at S.F. Jan. '46; went east with Clyman and Hastings. iv. 577-8; v. 526. Suc- cara, chief of the Sotoyomes '37. iv. 72. Suckert (Leon), 1847, Co. D, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499); d. S. F. '71. Sugert, Ind. chief at Sta Cruz 1791. i. 494. Suhr (Albert), 1847, owner of S.F. lot.

Sullivan (Cornelius), 1847, Co. I, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499); locksmith at Mont. '47-8; Sta Clara '71-4; at Lompoc '82. S. (C. G.), 1839, doubtful date in a newspaper sketch. iv. 119; d. in '64, at or near Gold Hill. S. (James), see 'O'Sullivan.' S. (John), 1844, nat. of Ireland, and overl. immig. of the Stevens party with his sister Mary and two brothers. iv. 446, 453. He had come to Canada at the age of 6, and had worked as a stevedore there aud as a logger in Me, going to Mo. in '42. After serving under Sutter in the Michel- torena campaign (iv. 476), he settled at S.F., v. 682, where he was teamster, trader, lot-owner, and later capitalist, being founder and president of the Hibernia Bank. He had also kept a store in '48 on Sullivan Cr., Tuolumne. He was a man of upright character, charitable, and well known for his gifts to the church. He died in '82 at the age of 58. His Ist wife was Catherine Farrely in '50, who died in '54; and the 2d was Ada E. Kenna of '60, by whom he had 10 children. There were 2 sons by the Ist marriage, one of whom, Robert, died in '82. The other, Frank J., b. in '52, was educated at St Igna- tius College of S.F., in England, and at Columbia law school, N. Y. In '78-83 he practised law at S.F., having been State senator in '82 and a candidate for congress in '84. His wife is Alice, daughter of James Phelau. He has fur- nished for my use a narrative of his father's life. John Sullivan's sister married Peter Sherreback. S. (John), 1847, Co. G, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); d. S. Luis Rey '48. S. (Michael), 1844, brother of John, and immig. of the Stevens party. iv. 446, 453; owner of S. F. lot '47. S. (Richard), 1847, owner of S. F. lot. S. (Robert), 1844, brother of John, who came as a boy in the Stevens party. iv. 446, 453.

Sumedor (Wmn), 1840, permitted to remain in Cal. Summers (W. F.), 1848, at S. Diego. Sumner (N.), 1847, Amer. at N. Helv. S. (Owen), IS45, immig. from Or. in the McM .- Clyman party with his family, including Mrs Payne. He went east with Clyman in '46. iv. 572-3; v. 526. S. (Owen Jr), 1843, son of Owen, who came from Or. with the Hastings party, perhaps with a family. His sister Lizzie married Geo. Davis at Sutter's fort. He prob. went east in '46 with his father. iv. 390-2, 400. S. (Wm), 1826, mr of the

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Zomer, and in '32 of the Warorly. iii. 149,317, 364, 384, 052. Suñer (Fran- cisto . 1SOS, Span. friar who served at 5 different missions, and died at S. Buenaventura in '31. Biog. iii. 658-9; ment. ii. 90, 110, 147, 159-60, 265, 346, 348, 364, 394. 490, 576, 578, 655; iii. 96, 310. 351.

Sunol ( Antonio Maria), 1817. nat. of Spain, who had been a sailor in the French naval service, coming to Cal. on the Bordelais, and deserting on her return from the north in '18. ii. 289. He settled at S. José, where he appar- ently kept a shop and sold liquor in '23. ii. 605; married about '24-5; was postmaster '26, '29. ii. 605; and in '28-30 was the object of some investigation ou account of his Span. birth, but was not sent away. iii. 51-2. From about '39 he was owner of the rancho of S. José del Valle, and from about '37 of Los Coches, Alameda C'o., selling live-stock to Sutter on credit and having no little trouble to collect the debt. iv. 134, 237; being sindico in '39-40, iii. 731, and sub-prefect '41-4. iv. 274, 684-6. Ile is mentioned by Mofras in '41 as 'very devoted' to France, and blunderingly by Wilkes; and in the padron of '41 is named as a Span. trader, age 41, wife Maria Dolores Bernal, child. José b. '26, Paula (later Mrs Sainsevain) '28, Narciso '36 ('35?), and Francisca '38. In '43 he was suplente of the junta. iv. 361: is ment. in the annals of '45-6. iv. 485-6; v. 4, 45; being the purchaser of S. Rafael mission, and a memb, of the N. José council. v. 561, 664, 670. Hle engaged in mining in '48; was the claimant for his two ranchos in '52. iv. 671, 713; and died in '65, leaving an excellent reputation. His son, José, was probably the man killed in '55 by a squatter on his rancho. He had been juez de policia in '49. Another son, Nar- ciso, was educated in France, and still lives in Sunol Valley, '85, with wife, Rosario Palomares, and 6 child., Margarita, Virginia. Francesca, Eulalia, Josephine, and JJuanita, Portrait in Alam. Co. Ilist., 176. Other children of Don Antonio María surviving in '83 were Encarnacion (Mrs Etchebarnc), An- toneta (Mrs Murphy), and Jose Dolores. Suria (Tomas), 1791, artist in Ma- laspina's exped. i. 490. Suriano (Juan Fran.), 1602, alférez in Vizcaino's exped. i. 98. Surok (Francisco), 1845, doubtful name of an applicant for land. Sutphen (Wm), 1847, Co. A, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499).

Sutter (John Augustus), 1839, German-Swiss trader impelled by bankruptcy 111 "34 to become an adventurer in America, where, after an unsuccessful career in N. Mex. '35-7, he came to ('al. by way of Or., the Sandwich Isl., and Alaska, and established a trading and trapping post at New Helvetia, obtain- ing a land grant of Il leagues, and in '41 the Russian improvements at Ross. Biog. matter relating to Sutter is given elsewhere in these volumes so fully and compactly as to require only reference here. For his early life and arrival in Cal. '39-40, see iv. 122-39, with ment. in iii. 670. 700; iv. 74, 93, 102, 117, 119. Progress of his estab. '41-2. iv. 226-40; also 211, 213, 219-20, 275, 283, 672-3, 679-80. Purchase of the Russian property in '41, with the Muklrow swindle, and efforts of the Russians '42-50 to collect the debt. iv. 177-89. Mention in '43 iv. 356, 366, 387-9, 396. Career in '44. iv. 439, 448-9, 453. Sutter's famous campaign of '44-5 undertaken against the Californians purely as a land speenlation. iv. 407, 472, 474, 477-517. Affairs of '45, particularly his efforts to sell his estab. to the Mex. govt. iv. 607-16. Policy and acts of '46 in connection with the Bear revolt, etc. v. 3, 22, 20, 65, 80, 102, 104, 122- 5, 359, 538. Mention in '47, when S. had a 'Cal. claim,' served as sub-Ind. agent, and owned a N. F. lot. v. 452, 467, 568, 610, 678. For his experience of '45 and the following years, especially in connection with the gold discovery, see vol. vi. of this series. In 48-9 Sutter was regarded as being very rich, having at least what in the hands of an abler man would have been the basis of an immense fortune; but his wealth, won by good luck without business capacity, could not thus be kept under the new conditions of the flush times, and soon he was reduced to comparative poverty, the successive steps of his downfall being too complicated for presentment here. Doubtless in some in- stances he was the victim of rascality on the part of sharper adventurers than himself. His original land grant of '41 was confirmed after it had passed for the most part out of his possession; but the Micheltorena grant of '45 was very justly rejected by the supreme court. The end of his public career, in a

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sense, was in '49, when he was a member of the constitutional convention, and received some 2,000 votes for governor. From '50, being joined by his family from Switzerland, he lived at Hock Farm. From '64, by aet of the Cal. legis- lature, he received a pension of $250 per month till '78, when the bill was de- feated. Meanwhile, about '65, he went east, and lived from '71 at Litiz, Pa, making constant but vain efforts to obtain from congress compensation for alleged wrongs of the past; though it does not appear that in his oldl age and infirmity he ever suffered actual privations. In '76, at his home, he dictated to me his Personal Recollections, identical in outline with the story so often told by him, but fuller in most phases than any that has been printed, and most interesting. He died at Washington, D.C., in '80 at the age of 77, leaving a widow who still lives, I think, in '85, two sons, and a daughter. The family seem to have come to Cal. from '44-50 at different dates, though I find but slight information on the subject. Of the sons, Alphonse died some years before 'S0. One of them seems to have come as early as '44, when the capt. writes to coni- plain of his not being regarded as a naturalized citizen. John A. Jr, to whom his father turned over all his property temporarily in '49, and who was a part- ner of Hensley, Reading, & Co., was for some years before and prob. after '80 U.S. consul at Acapulco. Emil Victor, identical, I suppose, with E. J., who was Kern's lient at the fort in '46, v. 298, was for many years to '80 a well-known notary at S. F., and committed suicide in Belgium in '83. The daughter, Anna Eliza, was married in '52 to Geo. Engler, and in 'S0, as Mrs Dr Link, was liv- ing at Acapulco. The biog. matter referred to above contains mueli of com- ment on Sutter's character. None of the pioneers named in this register has received so nineh praise from so many sources; few have deserved so little. Yet it has been by no means a pleasing task, in view of the famous captain's kindly nature and his misfortunes of later years-especially for one who, like myself, has heard from his own lips the story of his wrongs-to reveal the man's true character, as I have deemed it a duty to do. He was but an adven- turer from the first, entitled to no admiration or sympathy. His career in N. Mex. was, at the best, discreditable. He came to Cal. in the false character of an ex-capt. of the French army. He was great only in his wonderful personal magnetism and power of making friends for a time of all who could be useful to him; good only in the possession of kindly impulses. His energy was a phase of his visionary and reckless enthusiasm; his executive ability did not extend beyond the skilful control of Indians and the management of an isolated trading post. Of principle, of honor, of respect for the rights of others, we find but slight trace in him. There was no side of any controversy that he would not readily adopt at the call of interest; nationality, religion, friendship, obligation, consistency, counted for little or nothing. There were no classes of his associates, hardly an individual, with whom he did not quarrel, or whom in his anger he did not roundly abuse. For all the favors received at the hands of Californians, he did not hesitate to turn against them, or even to arm for- eigners and Indians against them, when a personal advantage seemed within his reach. That bis frequent plots and threats of vengeance and revolution and French intervention were for the most more amnsing than dangerous does not much increase our respect for the angry plotter. His only capital was money borrowed on the way to C'al., or property obtained on credit from Cali- fornians and Russians after his arrival, all on pretences more or less false. He never hesitated to assume any obligation for the future without regard to his ability to meet it; he rarely if ever paid a debt when duc; and a general, vague, and kindly purpose to fulfil all his promises in the brilliant future but imperfectly excuses his short-comings. His apparent success in '39-45 was in a sense wonderful, but it rested almost entirely on a fortunate combination of circumstances, and notably on Gov. Alvarado's unwise act-partly inspired by the idea of introducing in the north an element of opposition to Vallejo, with whom he had a temporary quarrel-in permitting a foreigner to found an isolated rendezvous for hostile and uncontrollable elements of a vagabond pop- ulation in the far interior. Though Sutter's establishment did something to promote the influx of Amer. settlers, it was in no sense beneficial to the in-

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terests of the U.S., merely fomenting filibusterism with all its unhappy results. The discovery of gold, often mentioned in this connection, was purely acci- dental; but I cannot see that its postponement for a time would have done any harm; and I can imagine that its earlier occurrence-likely enough tore- sult from Sutter's settlement-might have been decidedly detrimental to the U.S. in some respects. That the establishment, chiefly by reason of its situ- ation at the foot of the mountains, was of benefit to the immigrants is true; also that Nutter treated them kindly, though not more so than a dozen others; but that he did so at a personal sacrifice, as has been so often claimed, is not true; for Sutter's letters of that time are full of self-gratulations on hisl neky chance to exchange food and cattle for wagons and implements, to hire me- chanics, and to have his land increased in value by the influx of settlers. Neither is it true that Sutter in '45-6 was friendly to the U.S. or to the im- migrants as Americans. Ile did not, as has been claimed by himself and friends, refuse an offer of $100,000 for his property that the immig. might not be de- prived of a refuge; on the contrary, he did his best to sell, and failed chiefly because the Mex. govt saw a cheaper way to get the property by buying the Russian mortgage. And as elsewhere stated, I have the captain's original let- ter, in which he warned Gen. Castro against Gillespie as a secret agent of the U.S., urged the govt to buy his fort, and advised the stationing of a garrison there against the immigrants! Perhaps had this been known pioneers in later times would bave been less profuse in their praise of the noble-hearted old patriot. Suwerkrop (E. A.), 1848, at Hon. from S.F. on the Julian.

Swab (Emmanuel), 1847, Co. G, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). Swain, 1848, from

Hon. on the Sagadahoc. S., 1829, mr of the Susana. iii. 149. S. (Chas A.), 1829(?), nat, of Mass., said to have visited the coast in the whaler Almeri- can, iii. 179, and again on the same vessel in '38, though I find no record of such a vessel in either year. Ile returned in '49 to stay as a farmer, miner, and contractor, dying at S. F. '84 at the age of 71, leaving a widow and son. S. (F. B.), 1848, passp. from Hon. S. (Isaac), 1823(?), on the roll of the Soc.

Cal. Pion. S. (Josiah II.), 1847, at Mont. '47-8; perhaps came in 46 on a whaler, and one of Maddox's volunteers, said to be living at S.F. 'S4. Suan. Swaine, 1794, one of Vancouver's men. i. 526.

Swan (Jobn A.), 1843, nat. of England of Scotch parentage, who came as a sailor on the Sulcdad from Mazatlan after 11 years of adventure as a sailor in many parts of the world. iv. 400, 568, 651. He made two trips with C'apt. Cooper on the schr California in '43-4, then quitting the sea. He kept a little shop and sailors' boarding-house at Mont., bis name appearing from '44 on Larkin's books and in other records; made a trip to the gold-mines in '48; went to Fraser River in '59-63; again visited British Columbia in '64-6; and has since resided at Mont. lie has written many articles on the olden time for the newspapers, which, with others in MS., have place in my collection, some of them being named in my list of authorities; and he has furnished me besides from time to time many useful items for this register. Swan's writings are not only interesting, but remarkably accurate, bis memory being rarely at fault, and the tendency to testify on matters beyond bis personal knowl- edge-too prevalent among pioneer writers-being in his case reduced to a minimum. His work in this direction merits high praise. In the later years down to '85 this kind-hearted old sailor, 73 years old, burdened with poverty and deafness, lives in an old historic adobe at the former capital, delighting in the old ruins that keep alive his dreamy recollections of the past; and oc- casionally, with 'pioneer of '43' plainly inscribed as credentials on his hat- band, he makes a trip to S. José and S. F. to look after the constantly lessening band of his old-time acquaintances. S. (Lyman), 1848, passp. from Hon. S. (Thos M.), 1848(?), in Napa Valley acc. to testimony in later litigation. Swanich (James), 1845, Delaware Ind. of Fremont's party '45-7. iv. 583, 587; said by Martin to have been killed on the Or. frontier '46. Swanson (Joseph), IS48, in S.F. letter list; cl. in '53 for land in Contra Costa. Swartout (Ham- ilton), 1847, Co. A, Morm. Bat. (v. 469). Swartz (Jobn S.), 1847, Co. E, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). Swasden, 1847, doubtful name in a Mont. list.

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Swasey (Wm F.), 1845, nat. of Maine and overl. immig. from St Louis in the party that I have called by his name, which was really a division of the Grigsby- Ide party. iv. 576, 587. For two months he was employed by Sutter as book-keep- er, and at the beginning of'46 went by way of S. F. and S. José to Mont., where he worked for a short time as clerk for Wm H. Davis, and from June to Sept. was consular clerk for Larkin at $60 per month. v. 16, 60. In Oct. he joined the Cal. Bat., serving through the southern campaign as asst commissary (v. 358); and having a 'Cal. claim' of 840 (v. 462). In '47 he came to S.F., where he was owner of a town lot, clerk of election, and sec. of the council. v. 648, 650. From '48 he was engaged in trade in partnership with Leighton & Co. at S. F. and with Southard at Napa. v. 670, 078, 681; also visiting the mines, and iu '49 being a member of the S.F. district legislature and taking some part in politics. In '51-61 Swasey was a notary public at S.F., being also a witness in some of the famous laud cases; in '61-6 capt. of volunteers and asst quar- termaster at Benicia. He has continued to reside at S.F., though I find that he was appointed in '75 U.S. marshal of Wyoming, and has been a somewhat prominent member of the Pioneer Society, being the anthor of many grace- fully written eulogies of dead pioneers. In 'S5, at the age of 60 years or more, though about 45 in appearance, he has received a new appointment as notary public. Of his family I know nothing except that his mother died recently in Cal. at a very advanced age. His View of S. F. in '47 is ment. in v. 676, et seq. Capt. Swasey has furnished me his recollections of California in '45-6; to him I am indebted for the invaluable New Helvetia Diary, of which, as Sutter's clerk, he was one of the authors; and in several other matters he has afforded me some assistance.

Sweet (Chas C.), 1847, Co. D, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). S. (Paul), 1840(?), nat. of R. I., said to have landed at Mont. this year. iv. 120. In '43-5 a tanner near Sta Cruz, iv. 356, being named in the Branciforte padron of '45 as Engl., age 30, and single; perhaps served in Cal. Bat. '46-7 (v. 358), having a Cal. claim of 835 (v. 462); and still at Sta Cruz '49-80. Sweeting, 1848, doubt- ful name of a hotel-keeper at S.F. Brooks. Swift (Granville P.), 1844, nat. of Ky, and immig. from Or. in the Kelsey party, having crossed the plains in '43. iv. 444-5, 453. He served in Sutter's campaign of '45. iv. 486, 501; was a leading filibuster of the Bears in '46. v. 95, 104, 107, 110, 147, 153, 168, 172; and in '46-7 was capt. of Co. C, Cal. Bat. v. 184, 282, 289, 361; having a Cal. claim of about $2,000 (v. 462). He was a fine-looking man, over 6 ft in height, a crack shot, and of undoubted bravery, a bitter hater of the Mexicans. He settled on Stony Cr., Colusa, in '47; made a large fortune in mining on Feather Riv., with the aid of Ind., in '48-9; later a stock-raiser in Colusa and Tehama; from '54 ranchero in Sonoma; and from about '68 engaged in fruit-culture and quicksilver-mining in Solano, where he was accidentally killed in "75, at the age of about 54. He had a habit of burying his money on his rancho; several such deposits being accidentally found after he had forgotten them, and in oue instance 824,000 having been stolen by au employee. S., 1807, mr of the Derby and Hazard; perhaps on the coast earlier. ii. 17, 78, 84. S. (Richard), 1846, Co. B, Cal. Bat., enlisting at Mont. in Oct. (v. 358).

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History of California, Volume XXII, Part 83

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