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John Denkinger was born in Germany in 1830, came via Panama in 1858, and in 1863 located in this county east of Concord .. He married Emilie Balz in 1863, and had four children.
January 28, 1911 .- With the death of Mrs. Carmen de Soto in Con- cord last Saturday, there passed the last of the Spanish pioneer settlers who came to Contra Costa County following its admission to Statehood. She was born at Warm Springs Rancho, near the Mission of San Jose, in 1830, a daughter of Don Valentine Higuera. In 1852 she married Silveria de Soto, and in 1853 they moved to Contra Costa County with their personal property in a carreta. Mr. de Soto died in 1906.
Died, August 10, 1885, in Martinez, Mrs. Eyiaca de Briones de Soto a native of California, aged eighty-one years.
Silveria de Soto, one of the last of the early pioneers, died on Octo- ber 13, 1906, aged seventy-six years. He was born at San Jose and came to Contra Costa County in 1853, settling at San Ramon, and later in Ygna- cio Valley, where he lived until his death. In 1852 he married Carmen Higuera. He was survived by his widow and seven children.
Andrew Diffenbach was born in New York in 1832, came via the Horn on the Empire in 1852, located in this county at Brentwood in 1867, and was a rancher and butcher.
November 17, 1883 .- Austin Dohrmann, one of the oldest and best- known Contra Costa citizens, died at his home near Concord.
Theodore Downing was born in Michigan in 1826, came to California across the plains in 1854, and engaged in the butcher business in Mar-
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tinez : in 1859 he was in the hotel business in Pacheco, and later farmed. He married Mary Quackenbush in 1852, and had two children.
William Hall Dukes, pioneer of 1852, of Pleasant Hill, passed away at his home July 5, 1917. He was born in Tennessee, and on coming to California engaged in mining for a short time; later he located in Contra Costa County, where he bought a farm, built a house, and lived the re- mainder of his days. He and his wife, who died eight months before his death, had five daughters and one son.
A. E. Dunkel, vice-president of the Bank of Martinez and a prom- inent Contra Costa citizen, died at his home in Martinez on June 13, 1922, aged sixty years. He was born in Angels Camp, Calaveras County, in 1862. He came to Contra Costa County as a young man and located at Pacheco, but later came to Martinez. He was county recorder for twelve years and resigned to take over the management of the Contra Costa County Abstract & Title Company. He was survived by his widow and a son.
Capt. J. E. Durham, for many years a resident of Ygnacio Valley and an active citizen of the county, died December 12, 1919, aged ninety years. He was born in 1829 in Tennessee, came to California in 1850 with a government train as teamster to Fort Laramie, and then made his way to Salt Lake and on to California in 1851. He came to Contra Costa County in 1870.
Leonard Eddy, a pioneer resident of the county, died in Martinez June 12, 1885. He was born in New York, January 15, 1828, and came to California from Illinois in 1849. He located at the base of Mount Diablo in 1850.
Thomas Edwards was born in North Wales in 1812, crossed the plains to California in 1849, and in 1867 moved to Carquinez Straits and engaged in stock-raising. In 1881 he arranged with Mr. Heald to establish a foundry on his place, and the town of Crockett was laid out.
Charles H. Ellerhorst, aged eighty-three years, and for fifty years a resident of Pinole, died on Thanksgiving Day, November 30, 1922. He was born in Germany and came to California fifty years ago. He was a Mason.
Mark Elliott, one of the oldest residents of this county, died at his home in Sycamore Valley, December 7, 1884. He was born in Ohio in 1826, crossed the plains in 1850, and in 1852 located in the Sycamore district. Coal was struck on his property on Alamo Creek. In 1864 he married Martha Dempster, and they had two children.
The death of H. F. Emeric, at his ranch at San Pablo, is recorded August 14, 1899. He was born in New York, and in 1854 came with his parents to California. He served in the legislature from Contra Costa County in 1894-1895, and was appointed on the Fish and Game Commis- sion by Governor Budd. He was fifty-one years of age at the time of his death.
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Died, at his residence near Walnut Creek, July 24, 1883, Capt. Orris Fales, native of Wales, aged sixty-six years.
May 19, 1912 .- Bernardo Fernandez died at Pinole, aged eighty- three years. He was born in Portugal and from the age of thirteen fol- lowed the sea until 1853, when he came to San Francisco via the Horn. He bought land at Pinole in Contra Costa County that same fall, freight- ed to San Francisco, and added to his holdings as he prospered until he came to be the owner of 3000 acres, and one of the wealthiest and most prominent men in the county. He was active up to the time of his death. In 1859 he married Charlotte Caudra, and they had six children.
March 27, 1918 .- Died, at her home in Pinole, Mrs. Carletta Fer- nandez, for over fifty years a resident of the county. Mrs. Fernandez was born in Chile in 1840 and came to Pinole in 1859; she was a mem- ber of the California Pioneers.
Harrison Finley was born in Missouri in 1837, crossed the plains in 1860 with oxen, and in 1863 located in Tassajara Valley. In 1862 he married Lavina Ray, and they had eight children.
February 28, 1911 .- Died, Charles Fish, one of the oldest settlers of Martinez, aged ninety-two years. He was born in New York in 1818 and came via the Horn to California in 1853, and the next year to Contra Costa County. In 1857 he became associated with S. Blum; and he was associated with S. Blum and W. A. Hale in the organization of the Bank of Martinez. In 1876 he married Mary Elizabeth Grimes.
August 29, 1925 .- One of the few remaining pioneer women of early days in Contra Costa County died Saturday morning when Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Fish, widow of the late Charles Fish, breathed her last at her home in Berkeley. Mrs. Fish had been in failing health for some time, and for several days members of her family had realized that the end was rapidly approaching.
As Mary Elizabeth Grimes, the pioneer matron was born in Bethany, N. Y. She became Mrs. Charles Fish before Mr. Fish came to California in the early fifties ; and they resided for many years in Martinez, the Fish homestead being one of the oldest pioneer habitations in the county seat. One son, Charles Stanley, and two daughters, Misses Grace Emily and Blanche Ellen Fish, mourn the passing of their pioneer mother.
October 13, 1900 .- The funeral of Lafayette I. Fish, a pioneer of California of 1850, was held last Thursday afternoon from his residence. He was born in New York in 1824, came to California in 1850, and in 1852 located in Contra Costa County and bought some land. He was the first president and one of the organizers of the Bank of Martinez in 1873.
Mrs. Laura Flournoy, a native of Kentucky, but a resident of Cali- fornia from girlhood, died near Danville, January 15, 1921, aged sixty- five years. She was an active worker in the Presbyterian church.
Erastus Ford was born in Michigan in 1830, crossed the plains in 1849, and in 1850 located in this county.
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William R. Forman was born in Missouri in 1821, came via Panama to California in 1851, and in 1857 located in this county and farmed; he also was a member of the firm of Rouse, Forman & Company, lumber dealers. He married Malinda E. Highland in 1843, and they had a family of four children.
F .. W. Foskett, president of the First National Bank and a capitalist of Concord, died on September 11, 1919. He came to Concord many years ago and engaged in the butcher business with H. H. Elsworthy. When they sold out they established the First National Bank. He left a widow, three sons and one daughter.
Died, in Walnut Creek, December 26, 1891, James Foster, aged sixty- seven years. Mr. Foster was born in Maine on October 31, 1824, and came to California in the middle fifties and the following year to Alamo, where he conducted a wagon shop. He was postmaster and justice of the peace ; served five terms as county assessor, being elected in 1869; studied law, making a specialty of Spanish grants ; and was appointed referee for subdividing lots in Martinez. He became interested in the Gazette in 1887, and his ability contributed much to its success. A short time before his death he deeded his half-interest in the semi-weekly Gazette to his granddaughter, Edna Needles. He married Nancy A. Prescott in 1852, and they had three children.
August 7, 1918 .- Mrs. Melvina Abbott Franks, the first white girl born in Antioch, died at Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco, Tuesday night. She was a daughter of J. C. McMaster, one of the first supervisors of the county back in 1853, and had lived in Antioch all her life. She married J. P. Abbott after her graduation from Mills College. He died in 1912, and in 1917 she married Arthur Franks.
R. R. Fuller was born in Massachusetts in 1818, came via the Horn to California in 1853, and located on a farm near Antioch. He married Sarah A. Pierce in Massachusetts and had four children.
Died, in Concord, May 25, 1892, Antonio Galindo, at the age of sixty-seven years.
April 10, 1926 .- Concord, April 3. Descended from one of Califor- nia's oldest Spanish families, and a resident of this community for over seventy years, Mrs. Marina Galindo, granddaughter of Salvio Pacheco, one of the earliest Spanish settlers in Contra Costa County, and on her moth- er's side the granddaughter of Valentino Amador, one of the first Spanish officers at the San Francisco presidio, died at her home at the age of seventy-seven years. She was born in Santa Clara on May 25, 1848, and when seven was brought to Contra Costa County by her parents, and had lived here ever since.
John Gambs was born in Germany in 1827 and came to the United States in 1847 and to California via the Horn in 1848. In 1861 he located in Pacheco, and engaged in merchandising. He married Helen Ohl and had five children.
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Lawrence Geary was born in Baden, Germany, in 1827, came to the United States in 1848, and in 1852 crossed the plains and located in Contra Costa County. In 1854 he married Jane Wallace, and they had five children.
Col. W. W. Gift was born in South Carolina in 1796, came to California in 1849, and was sergeant-at-arms in the Assembly when the first legislature met at Monterey. In 1853 he was appointed registrar of the land office and later he was custom house inspector at Panama Straits. In 1854 he came to Martinez. He married Elizabeth Dodson in 1819, and had eight children. Colonel Gift was a lover of fine horses, and raced Twilight. He died in 1881.
Died, near San Ramon, September 9, 1897, David Glass, a native of Pennsylvania, aged seventy-nine years. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1818, and moved to Ohio with his parents. In 1841 he went to Iowa, where he built the first house in Ottumwa. He married Elizabeth J. Hall, and in 1850 they came to California. In Placerville Mr. Glass en- gaged in the mercantile business, but that same year he came to Contra Costa County and lived near Walnut Creek for a time. Later he bought 700 acres south of San Ramon. The deceased left a widow and seven children.
J. B. Greer, a pioneer of Point of Timber, where he conducted a ware- house, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. H. Caven, near Concord on Monday, July 10, 1905, at the age of ninety-five years and six months.
Munson Gregory was born in Ohio in 1828, crossed the plains in 1850, and in 1857 bought a ranch near Mount Diablo. In 1858 he married Laura Knox, and they had three children.
Louis Grunauer was born in Prussia in 1854; he came to America in 1868, and direct to California, via Panama. In 1878 he located in this county and erected the first store in Brentwood, and was the first postmaster.
Died, in Martinez, Friday, January 13, 1899, Henry M. Hale. He was born April 4, 1833, in Ohio, and in the late fifties came to California, direct to Pacheco, where he entered the employ of his brother. In 1873 they came to Martinez and organized the Bank of Martinez.
April 7, 1906 .- A county pioneer, Mrs. Mary E. Hale, died Sunday evening, April 1, 1906. She was born in Detroit, Michigan, seventy- three years ago, and crossed the plains with her father, James E. Lyon, in the fifties. She married Henry M. Hale in 1861.
Died, in Martinez, August 20, 1883, William M. Hale, aged fifty- one years and eleven months. Mr. Hale was born September 20, 1831, in Ohio and came to California in 1853. In 1858 he removed to Pacheco and carried on a business under the name of Hale & Fassett and the Hale Brothers until 1873, when the business was closed out on the or- ganizing of the Bank of Martinez, both brothers being large stockholders and William becoming cashier. In 1863 he married Mary L. Lyon, and they had a son and a daughter.
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Mrs. Mary E. Hall, a pioneer of 1859 in Contra Costa County, died at her home in Alamo on February 23, 1917. She was born in Pennsylvania and came to California and Contra Costa County in 1859, where she had since lived. She left five children.
Myron W. Hall, the father of the walnut industry in this county, died at San Ramon, December 16, 1910. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1831. At the age of eighteen he came West with Lysander Stone, who was bringing a large band of stock to California. In 1857 he came to Contra Costa County, locating in Green Valley. In 1859 he went back East and married Lucy E. Dorman, and returned to California with her. In 1870 Mr. Hall bought land near Alamo. In 1872 he planted the first native walnuts, and the trees have borne ever since. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hall.
Henry M. Hallenbeck died in Martinez, November 6, 1918, aged eighty-seven years. He was born in New York in 1831, crossed the plains in 1851, and came direct to Martinez, where he had since lived. He left a widow and five children.
Austin W. Hammitt, one of the pioneers of the county, died at Concord on December 10, 1897, aged seventy-four years. He was born in Ohio, crossed the plains with oxen to Oregon in 1849, mined for a time, and then returned East. In 1851 he returned to Oregon as captain of a train, and in 1857 came to Contra Costa County and located at Walnut Creek, engaging in the mercantile business and in farming. He was justice of the peace from 1865 to 1867 and was elected to the Assembly in 1873. In 1849 he married Samantha Shaffer, and they had four children. He left a widow and three children.
F. A. Hammitt, pioneer of Contra Costa County and resident of Lafayette and later of Concord, died at Martinez Hospital Thursday morning, November 8, 1917. He was a native of Wisconsin, was seventy- three years of age, and had lived in the county sixty years.
Died, in Lafayette, February 17, 1896, G. W. Hammitt, a native of Kentucky, aged seventy-three years.
Capt. James T. Harding, one of the oldest residents of Pacheco, died November 28, 1886. He was born in Massachusetts in 1810, and was a resident of the county since 1858.
March 22, 1907 .- Died, Hiram P. Hardy, a native of New Hamp- shire born in 1825. In 1849 he came via the Horn to California, and in 1853 came to Contra Costa County, where he worked for Dr. Strentzel and ranched. Mr. Hardy furnished molding sand to foundries in Cali- fornia, Oregon and Washington for over forty years.
Died, in Port Costa, February 17, 1890, Charles Harkins, aged sixty- nine years. Mr. Harkins was formerly a butcher in Martinez, and was an old settler of the county.
July 4, 1925 .- On Tuesday evening, June 30, Robert Harkinson died at the family home in Antioch, aged seventy years. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., came to California in 1874, and took employment with
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the Bank of Dixon, with which institution he remained until 1883, when he went to San Luis Obispo. In 1891 he moved to Antioch and was instrumental in founding the Bank of Antioch and became its first cashier, which position he retained continuously until 1920, when he retired from active business. Mr. Harkinson married Alice Brinkerhoff in Dixon and leaves one daughter, Mrs. Maude Robertson of Berkeley, his wife having passed away several years ago. Interment will be made in Antioch.
Joel Harlan was born in Indiana in 1828, crossed the plains with his parents in 1846, and bought land in Amador Valley in 1852; but when Alameda County was formed, his house was one of the points defining the boundaries of the counties, and he was left in the new county. He was married in 1849 in Sonoma, by ex-Governor Boggs, to Minerva Fowler, and they had nine children. He died in 1875.
Died, at Danville, May 13, 1922, Isabella Macleod Harrison. She was born in Washington, D. C. in 1837. She married A. B. Harrison in 1869 and came to California in 1872, settling at Walnut Creek; in 1887 they moved to Danville, where she had since lived. She had a fam- ily of four boys.
On June 28, 1920, John Hartz, one of the Pioneers of Contra Costa County, died at his home in Danville. He was born in Germany in 1847. In 1865 he landed in California and began as a ranch-hand in Alameda County ; in 1888 he bought 280 acres of James Stow. He married Cathe- rine Johnson in 1877, and they had three children. He was treasurer of the Odd Fellows at Danville for twenty years.
Died, in Martinez, April 3, 1909, Roswell B. Hathaway, a native of New York. Mr. Hathaway was born in' 1826 and came to California in 1854, locating in Contra Costa County. He was a rancher, later was in the butcher business in Pacheco and Concord, and in 1876 was elected county treasurer, which office he held for three terms.
George W. Hawxhurst, one of the oldest and most progressive citizens of the county, died September 2, 1890. He was a native of New York, born in 1827; came to California in 1850, and to this county in 1855; and with Mr. Somers located the Black Diamond claim and the Cumberland. He also located the Union Mine.
Died, at his home in Martinez, April 7, 1897, E. W. Hiller, aged sixty- eight years. She was born in Massachusetts in 1828; came via the Horn to California in 1849 on the Aurora, a whaling ship; and in December, 1852, came to San Pablo, and in 1854 to Martinez. He served in an official capacity several times, was appointed public administrator in 1872, and held office until he was stricken with paralysis. In 1858 he married Mary C. Burdett.
Died, February 24, 1915, in Martinez, Mrs. Agnes M. Hittman, widow of the late Frederick Hittman, a native of Germany, aged seventy years. She left five daughters and three sons.
October 19, 1916 .- James Hoey, a pioneer of Martinez and secretary of the Democratic County Central Committee over thirty years, passed
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away aged sixty-three years. He was born in Ireland in 1854 and came to America in 1870, and that same year to Martinez. He married Mary Tormey on November 9, 1880, who survived him with three daughters.
Died, in Byron, October 12, 1899, Ferdinand F. Hoffman, aged seventy-two years and six months. He was born in the Rhine Province in 1826 and came to America in 1847 and to California in 1850, crossing the plains. He located in Contra Costa County in 1858 and engaged in the tannery business. In 1861 he located on a ranch near Byron. In 1870 he married Elizabeth Nolling; and they had three children.
Died, in Martinez, July 22, 1891, William Hoffman, aged seventy years. Mr. Hoffman was born in Prussia, June 21, 1821. He came to the United States in 1847, and in 1849 to California via Cape Horn. He located in Contra Costa County soon after, and in 1855 bought a residence in Martinez and established a tannery.
After a residence of seventy-two years in Martinez, Mrs. Cornelia Jane Hollenbeck died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. V. Lytton, at the age of eighty, on November 1, 1923. She was born in Iowa, came to California in 1849 with her parents, and settled in Martinez in 1851. She left five children.
On August 15, 1908, in the Alhambra Valley, Beverly R. Holliday passed over the Great Divide. He was a pioneer of 1849 and the first educator in Martinez, where he opened the first seminary in 1850. He was born in Warren County, Ky., December 22, 1823. From 1840 to 1849 he taught school in Illinois. In March, 1849, he set out across the plains with ox-teams, and in January of 1850 he came to Contra Costa County. He was elected justice of the peace in 1850 and was chosen as one of the associate judges of the Court of Sessions in 1854. In 1853 he engaged in farming, and he was a pioneer in fruit culture. In 1858 he subscribed funds to help found the Gazette. He married Jane A. Holliday, August 19, 1855, and left six children.
April 26, 1902 .- Mrs. Miranda Hook, relict of William Hook, died last Wednesday at her home in Ygnacio Valley. She was one of the oldest residents of the county. She came across the plains with her husband in 1850. In 1854 Mr. Hook bought land in Contra Costa County, and this has been the family home ever since. She was eighty-three years old.
Dr. E. F. Hough was born in New York in 1823, graduated from Ohio Medical College, crossed the plains in 1852 from Illinois, settled in Ygnacio Valley in 1853, came to Martinez in 1855, and built Hough's Hotel, which he ran for twenty-five years. He was one of the first to discover mineral paints in this county. In 1842 he married Sibyl Marsh, and they had two children.
Died, near Byron, May 30, 1899, R. G. Houston, a native of Ohio, aged sixty-six years. He was born in 1833, came to California in 1852, and two years later located in Contra Costa County. He had always taken an active part in politics. 8
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C. E. Howard, a pioneer of San Ramon Valley, died May 23, 1912, in Danville. He was born in Massachusetts in 1826, came to California in 1849, and in 1856 came to Contra Costa County.
Nathaniel S. Howard, of Walnut Creek, died Wednesday, January 25, 1899. He was born in Plymouth County, Mass., in 1819 and came to California in 1849 via Cape Horn, on the Howard. In September, 1856, he came to this county and bought a farm near Danville.
Benjamin Hughes died at Walnut Creek October 18, 1908, aged eighty-three years. He was born in Illinois in 1825 and came to Calif- ornia in 1852, crossing the plains with ox-teams and locating in Contra Costa County on his arrival. In 1857 he bought a ranch near Walnut Creek, where he resided until death. He married Miss Emily Seeley in 1851, and they had two children.
M. F. Hurley, aged fifty-five years, died at his Martinez home on January 30, 1924. He was born in Massachusetts in 1868, and was educated in Martinez, where his parents moved in 1878. In 1902 he served a term as public administrator, and in 1907 was appointed county recorder, which office he held until his death. He married Flora Irene Morford in 1912. Mr. Hurley was survived by his widow and three children.
October 3, 1925 .- Mrs. Josephine Inman, widow of the late Daniel Inman, founder of the town of Danville, and for whom that community was named, passed away Thursday at her home near Livermore at the age of seventy-eight years. Mrs. Inman came to the San Ramon Valley in early days, her husband's family coming to the valley in 1846 and residing there continuously from that time on.
M. B. Ivory was born in Pennsylvania in 1831 ; came to California in 1858, and located in Green Valley; was elected sheriff in 1871; and was reelected in 1874.
November 27, 1923 .- Clark Jaquith, for fifty years a resident and business man of Concord, died at the age of seventy-five years. He was a native of Canada. He is survived by a son and a daughter.
Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson died on May 22, 1910, at her home. She was born in England, and came with her mother, Mrs. Vaughn, to Amer- ica. She married Thaddeus Johnson in 1856. They settled near Walnut Creek, where Mr. Johnson farmed. In 1890 they moved to Martinez, and here Mr. Johnson died in 1895.
Sampson W. Johnson was born in Virginia in 1828. He started for Oregon in 1846; but at the Sink of the Humboldt he changed his mind and came to California, joined Fremont, and remained till 1847. In 1859 he came to this county and established a livery business in Martinez. In 1850 he married Annie McClellan, and they had four children.
December 1, 1912 .- The oldest woman voter in Contra Costa County, Mrs. Catherine Williams Jones, one of the pioneers of California and the county, died on November 30. She was born in Wales in 1821, and came to New York in 1849 with her parents. She married John N.
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Jones, who died in 1910. They had been residents of California about fifty years and of Nortonville since the early seventies.
Elizabeth C. (Allen) Jones, wife of Nathaniel Jones, died at Crockett on January 19, 1907. She was born in Missouri and married Mr. Jones in 1842. They came West in 1846, and in 1847 to Contra Costa County, and settled on a part of the Alcalanes ranch. Mrs. Jones was eighty- four years old at the time of her death.
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