History of Santa Clara County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present, Part 42

Author: Sawyer, Eugene Taylor, 1846-
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Los Angeles : Historic Record Co.
Number of Pages: 1928

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The post office is now located at the south- east corner of Market and San Fernando Streets, on the site of old Chinatown, destroy- ed by fire in 1887. During the congressional campaign of 1888 Hon. Thomas J. Clunie pro- mised the voters of San Jose that if they would send him to Congress he would secure an appropriation for a post office building for the city. He was elected and kept his pro- inise, securing with the aid of Senator Hearst and Hon. W. M. Markham, an appropriation of $200,000. The ground cost $39,454.67. The cost of the building, which is built of sandstone. was $138,852.21, leaving a balance of $21,693.12.

The basement of the building is used for the heating and ventilating apparatus. In the south end is a room where the bulky articles of the parcels post are routed and distributed. The first floor is used entirely by the post of- fice and consists of one large room, money or- der and registry rooms and departments for general delivery and parcels post. The two large rooms on the second floor are for the use of the internal revenue officers and the Government Weather Bureau, the latter di- rected for many years by Maurice Connell, one of the survivors of the Greely Arctic Ex- pedition. He died in 1921 and was succeeded by E. S. Nichols.

CHAPTER XXIIL.

The Clubs of San Jose's Men and Women-Daughters of the Revolution- The Carnegie Library and the Free County Library-The American Legion-The County Pioneers-Sainte Claire Club, etc.

San Jose can show as large a number of Women's Clubs as any city of its size in the Union, for the women of the city are intelli- gent. cultivated and refined, and if they do not arrogate so much to themselves as do their sisters in Boston or Philadelphia they are found as eagerly pressing on in the paths of art, literature and music.

The San Jose Woman's Club is the largest of these organizations, its object being to pro- mote acquaintance, good-fellowship and coop- eration among the women of the city and vi- cinity, and to furnish a civic center where questions of importance to the community may be freely discussed and acted upon in the hope of promoting the interests and welfare of all concerned. The club was born in 1894, and the work is done in departments. The charter list of membership was, at the start, left open for one month. At the expiration of that time the enrollment showed forty names. The number steadily increased until the mem- bership. reached 200. During the great Euro- pean war, the number dwindled to one hun- dred and fifty, but after hostilities had ceased there was a steady gain in membership. The club has never lost sight of the ideals upon which it was founded and is recognized as a power for good in the community. Its motto is: "All for one and one for all."

In 1897 the club joined the General Federa- tion of Clubs and in 1900 became affiliated with the State Federation. During the first three years of its existence the directors serv- ed in turn as president, and in 1898, Mrs. Ste- phen A. Jones was elected as its first regular president. She served two years, and was fol- lowed by Mrs. E. O. Smith, the founder of the club, in whose fertile brain was conceived the plan for a club house and the division of the work into departments of civics, music, art, literature, travel and social and household economics. This arrangement has continued to the present time. At the beginning of Mrs. Smith's second term of office her health failed, and the vice-president, Mrs. W. C. Kennedy, was obliged to carry on the work For the two years following, Mrs. Kennedy was the president, and it was during her incumbency that the money ($4000) was raised by enter- tainments for the building of the present club house on South Third Street, now Santa

Clara. It was also during this period that an auxiliary to the club was formed. This con- sisted of the daughters of the members, who were permitted to use the club house for their meetings. About fifty young ladies responded and their club, which later was named To Ko- lan, came into being. In appreciation of her labors, Mrs. Kennedy, upon retiring from of- fice, was elected an honorary member.

Mrs. Alex. P. Mungotten served as presi- dent, 1904-06: Mrs. W. B. Hill, 1906-08; Mrs. Viola Price Franklin, 1908-09; Mrs. A. A. Fowler, 1909-11. It was during Mrs. Fowler's administraton that the club took up the mat- ter of incorporating as a body, the original in- corporation of a part of the club as a "Club House Association," not having proved satis- factory. The by-laws were amended and the whole club was reincorporated under the name of "The San Jose Woman's Club."

From 1911 to 1912, Mrs. J. V. Haley served as president. The following came in turn : Mrs. C. E. Randall, 1912-13: Mrs. O. P. Shrout, 1913-14; Mrs. J. E. Hancock, 1914-15 : Mrs. Fred Schumacher, 1915-16: Mrs. Paul Clark, 1916-17 : Mrs. N. J. Grey, 1917-18; Mrs. S. Wills and Mrs. A. D. Grant, 1918-19; Mrs. F. H. Easty, 1919-20; Mrs. Eva E. Stahl, 1920-21.

The clubs in the County Alliance are as fol- lows: Manzanita Club, founded in 1884, Mrs. Milo P. Phelps, president ; The Monday Club, founded in 1904. Mrs. Fred Fehren, president ; Out-Door Art League, founded in 1904, Mrs. J. W. Davy, president; The Art History, founded in 1883, Mrs. Nicholas Bowden, pres- ident; To Kolan Club, organized in 1902, president, Mrs. Willard Hayden; Willows Reading and Study Club, organized in 1897. Mrs. J. R. Henwood, president; Short Story Club, a branch of the Pacific Short Story Club, organized in 1911, Mrs. W. C. Kennedy, president ; Santa Clara Woman's Club, found- ed in 1904, Mrs. A. E. Osborne, president : The Shakespeare Club, of Santa Clara, Miss Laura Mills, president ; Mountain View Wom- an's Club, Miss Emma Stevens, president ; County Woman's Club, Campbell, Mrs. J. Fred Smith, president: Morgan Hill Wom- an's Club, Mrs. Giles Bradley, president ; Sun- nyvale Woman's Club, Mrs. Sophie Durst, president ; Palo Alto Woman's Club, Mrs.

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Emily S. Dixon, president ; Gilroy Woman's Club, Mrs. Catherine T. Ryan, president.

Besides the County Alliance there is a County Federation of Clubs, composed of the following: Manzanita Club, San Jose Wom- an's Club, Santa Clara Woman's Club, Palo Alto Woman's Club, Mountain View Wom- an's Club, To Kolan, Perdita Circle, Los Ga- tos : History Club.

Other clubs not affiliated with the San Jose Woman's Club or the County Federation are The Fortnightly, founded in 1899, Mrs. J. D. T. Tuthill, president; Sempervirens Club, A. P. Hill, president, and Mrs. W. C. Kennedy and Chas. Wesley Reed, honorary presidents ; the Chautauqua Circle, Miss Lulu Blanchard. president ; The Art History Club, Mrs. Nich- olas Bowden, president; The Eastern Star, Mrs. A. E. Dickenson, worthy matron; the different circles, guilds, societies and alliances of the churches; the Parent-Teachers' Asso- ciation of the public schools ; the Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A., the Y. M. I. and Y. L. I .; the different courts, the different Parlors of the Native Sons and Daughters, the Women's Relief Corps and the Congress of Mothers, and many others.

Newman Hall and Club

In 1904 Archbishop Riordan furnished the money for building Newman Hall for the Catholic girls attending the State Normal School. The location is on South Fifth Street near the corner of San Fernando Street and close to the Normal grounds. It is a hand- some, imposing structure, an adaptation of the Roman-Corinthian style of architecture, and is admirably arranged for the purposes for which it was constructed. It was Archbishop Rior- dan's idea to provide a place where the Cath- olic Normal girls might meet to be further instructed in the Catholic doctrine and at the same time have a rest and club room. A chaplain was furnished and when not engaged in religious services the girls of the club --- for a club was formed -- give entertainments, hear lectures and have the benefit of the well- stocked club library. There are eighty mem- bers of the club and the finances are looked after by the Catholic members of the Normal alumni. Mrs. R. Johnson is president of the student body. The upkeep of the institution is in the hands of the Catholic women of the city of San Jose.

Sainte Claire Club

There is no finer nor more picturesque building in San Jose than the one occupied by the Sainte Claire Club. It is situated on St. John Street at the corner of Second, and was built by Senator James D. Phelan in 1894. The club was organized November 15, 1888,

and for five years occupied rooms in the Rucker block. Dr. Pierce was the first presi- dent and C. M. Wooster, secretary. In 1906 the new building was shattered by the earth- quake, causing the club to seek quarters else- where. In 1907, repairs having been made, the club moved back to the old stand. The membership at present is 100. Luncheon is served every day. There are nine living and bath rooms on the third floor, card room and library on the second floor and social hall, dining room and kitchen on the first floor. The officers for 1920 were J. M. Parker, presi- dent ; K. H. Plate, vice-president ; Chas. A. Barker, secretary. Other directors, A. E. Holmes, H. A. Pfister, James W. Findlay, F. A. Wilder. Following are some of the names of the deceased members: Hon. B. D. Murphy, W. P. Dougherty, Judge James R. Lewis, Col. A. K. Whitton, Ralph Lowe, Peter Etchebarne, Isaac Loeb, Gabriel Loeb, J. Naglee Burke, D. W. Burchard, James M. Rucker, Dr. G. W. Seifert, Harry Edwards, Peter C. Colombet, O. A. Hale, Judge Bond, J. R. Patton, L. A. Sage, Capt. N. D'Oyly, James H. Lyndon, W. J. Wilcox, Chas. Chap- man, Hon. C. T. Ryland and J. F. Green.

Two of the above named, Hon. C. T. Ry- land and Hon. B. D. Murphy, were able law- vers and orators. In the late '70s the Demo- crats controlled the State Legislature, hold- ing 83 out of a total of 120 votes. A United States senator was to be elected that year and the candidates were C. T. Ryland, James T. Farley, Mark McDonald and Niles Searles. Ryland was easily the ablest of the candidates. He as a San Josean of lofty intelligence and scrupulous honesty. A native of Missouri, he came to California when a boy of nineteen. He drove a mule team across the plains and arrived in California with only a few dollars in his pocket, but his laudable ambition and strong character soon led him into one good position after another. He was clerk of the Board of First Instance in San Francisco and afterwards was private secretary to Peter H. Burnett, first governor of California. He mar- ried the governor's daughter, was admitted to the bar and in time rose to be one of the leading business and political factors of the state. His career as a lawyer opened in San Jose, and after years of success he gave up the law to enter the banking business. It was thought by his many friends in San Jose that he would have a walkover in the race for the United States senatorship, but these friends failed to take into account the fact that he was not a wire puller and that he had pitted against him some of the seasoned politicians of the state. But he made a game fight and

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it took twenty-five ballots to decide the issue, Farley winning without a vote to spare.

Hon. B. D. Murphy, of San Jose, was then a member of the State Senate. He was not a candidate for United States senator, but one of his staunch friends, Hon. Tom Fowler, who represented several counties in the San Joaquin Valley, resolved to give Barney a complimentary vote. Tom, a big, bluff West- erner, dealt in horses and talked "horse" from morning until night. His nominating speech was impromptu and Hon. John A. Hicks, the San Jose realty dealer, who was then a mem- ber of the Legislature and heard the speech, says it was about the richest thing that ever came out of the mouth of a California solon. Fowler first likened Barney to a horse and, as Hicks remembers it, he spoke somewhat after this fashion :

"It gives me great pleasure on this momen- tous occasion to place in nomination a thor- oughbred who never had the blind staggers. He sees straight and goes straight for what he sees. He is gentle when handled right and if she have the courage a lady can drive him. He is neither wind-galled, spavined nor has the heaves unless he is heaving some Republican maverick out of his way. True, he will kick up his heels when he feels good, but you may bet your bottom dollar that he will never kick over the traces. He is all wool and a yard wide thoroughbred and he can trace his lin- eage back to old Brian Boru who assisted St. Patrick in driving the snakes out of Milpitas. And, gentlemen, he is not a crib sucker, al- though if he lands in the senatorial crib he will make suckers out of all who oppose the principles of our noble party. Look at him and note that he measures up to the standard set by those matchless steeds that have been world beaters since the days of Alexander Yoell. Moreover, and don't let the fact escape your memory, he has horse sense, and that is saying a good deal in these days of windy rhetoric. And he'll stand without tying and doesn't need any sugar to make him good, be- cause he's good all through and all the time. He doesn't need a cinch, though it's a cinch that he'll make good, even if he has to take the bit between his teeth. Take him, don't pet him, for he'll do his work without petting, feed him three times a day, and between meals if you feel like it, for he is a good feeder and will come a-running to the manger, and you'll get more than your money's worth. Gentle- men, I am proud to place in nomination the Honorable Barney Murphy, of San Jose."

At the conclusion of the speech the great chamber resounded to the laughter and ap- plause of the assembled legislators.

Columbia Circle, C. L. S. C.

Chautauqua is represented in San Jose by Columbia Circle, which was organized in 1888. Mrs. Harriet M. Newell was the first president. Other presidents were Mrs. Addic Garrigus, 1894-1900; Mrs. Louisa George, 1900-06: Mrs. Mattie Herrington, 1906-07 ; Mrs. Mary Haywards, 1907-08: Mrs. Maria Morse, 1908-09; Mrs. Ida Wadams, 1909-10: Mrs. Sarah Baker, 1910-11 : Mrs. Mabel With- row, 1911-12; Mrs. Lulu Blanchard, 1912-20. Mrs. Blanchard was reelected for another year in 1920.

It has been the pleasant custom of the circle to hold recognition exercises at the close of each year and graduate the class finishing the course according to the plan followed at Chan- tauqua headquarters. This marks the conclu- sion of four years' reading laid down by the program of Chautauqua, and each year Colum- bia Circle enjoys a day that leaves the final hours of its study a pleasant memory to each member. On Monday, June 14, 1920, the class of that year, the eighth to pass through the "Golden Gate" of Mrs. Blanchard's leadership, was graduated. This class was one of the largest, number eight-Mrs. Flora Bates, Mrs. Anna Candee, Mrs. Blanche Graham, Mrs. Edith Jensen, Mrs. Kate McChesney, Mrs. Edna Mcintyre, Mrs. Eltha Parner, Mrs. Calla Sherman. After a program of songs, recita- tions and reading of "The Year Book." Mrs. Blanchard, made her usual address, telling how much Chautauqua should mean to read- ers and students and how much it had done for lier. She announced that five new readers had been enrolled for the next year, the Euro- pean year, and narrated some of the history and aims of the organization.

Lecticonian Society

San Jose's first duly organized debating so- ciety was the San Jose Lyceum. It was in existence during the early part of the '70s and was succeeded by the Lecticonian Society. There are many San Joseans today who are proud of the fact that they were once Lecti- conians, for the organization which kept its head above water for twenty-odd years, did noble work as an educator. It turned out ora- tors, statesmen and divines, and gave to busi- ness and professional men the ability and con- fidence to speak fluently and entertainingly in public. Some of the old members were J. C. Black, C. C. Stephens, J. M. Young. T. E. and T. G. Kennedy, J. R. King. J. L. Crittenden, M. H. Hyland, L. F. Curtis, C. M. Short- ridge. Chris Bergstrom, H. D. Burnett, A. C. Blane, Geo. D. Smith, Alex. Underwood, C. W. Quilty, J. J. McLauren, Tom C. Barry, Dr. J. L. York, E. T. Sawyer, W. Finley, H. C.

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and C. E. Gunn, John McNaught, John F. Richards, R. J. Stevens, Holton Webb, E. J. Mccutcheon, E. K. Dunlap and J. E. Rymal. Of these Barry, Quilty, Shortridge, the Gunns, Dr. York are dead. Of the living, J. E. Rich- ards is judge of the Appellate Court; Black is the dean of the San Jose bar; Stephens is a leading lawyer of Los Angeles : Bane is one of the big oratorical guns of the First M. E. Church ; Underwood is a wealthy business man of Monterey ; Smith is a San Jose lawyer of fine attainments: Webb was justice of the peace at Riverside in Riverside County, and died over a year after being shot by an Italian who had been defeated in a law suit. Hyland, once Superior Judge is now a San Francisco capitalist. The majority of the Lecticonians had had little or no experience as speakers or debaters when they joined the society, but con- stant attendance and study made of them speakers and debaters such as any county would be proud to own. The society dis- banded in the early '90s.

The Country Club

The Country Club, first known as the Golf Club, was organized twenty years ago by a number of business men who realized that out-of-door sports should go hand in hand with indoor amusement. A tract of land com- prising eighty acres was secured near the Linda Vista links on the Alum Rock road and the Linda Vista Sanitarium was used as a club house. The charter had the following as charter members: T. Ellard Beans, Geo. M. Bowman, D. M. Burnett, W. S. Clayton, E. C. Flagg, Thomas A. Graham, A. D. Grant, O. A. Hale, G. W. Henderson, Ralph W. Hersey, A. C. Kuhn, S. F. Leib, J. C. Lewis, L. L. Morse, L. G. Nesmith, Joseph R. Pat- ton, Hotel Vendome, Guy Vachell, A. K. Whitton, Philo Hersey and William Wehner.

In 1913 the club moved their quarters by purchasing 6112 acres on exceptionally good ground near the eastern foothills. Afterwards 3112 acres were leased from Mrs. Gordon. This tract adjoined the Country Club's land, and the combined acreage and splendid situa- tion made the golf links one of the finest on the Coast, permitting a full eighteen-hole course. On one of the hills, the most com- manding one, a club house, np-to-date in every particular was built at a cost of about $15,000. The cost would have been much greater if the lumber had not been purchased from J. A. Chase, a lumber dealer and a club member. Mr. Chase also designed the building. The pipes were laid in two days by fifty club mem- bers in overalls and jumpers. After their work had been finished they were treated to a fine lunch prepared by the lady members

and served on tables under spreading oak trees. The present officers of the club are V. J. LaMotte, president ; J. R. Chace, secre- tary ; First National Bank, treasurer ; William Hirst, manager of the club house. The mem- bers number 350.

The Pioneers' Society

The California Pioneers' Society of Santa Clara County was organized June 22, 1875, with 274 charter members. The first officers were Judge A. L. Rhodes, president ; John M. Murphy and Peter O. Minor, vice-presidents ; Alex. P. Murgotten, secretary ; John H. Moore, treasurer : directors, Coleman Younger, Cary Peebels, Davis Divine, A. Pfister and B. D. Murphy. Of the charter members the secre- tary is the only surviving member. The first annual meeting was held in O'Donnell's Gar- dens on June 22, 1876. At its first quarterly meeting, held in September, 1876, in Music Hall, Hon. David Belden delivered an address, replete with droll humor and beautiful senti- ment. Hon. C. T. Ryland was the speaker at the next quarterly, December 20, 1876, and English words were woven into a splendid tribute to the pioneers.

Two memorable social events mark the his- tory of the old-timers. The first was given on September 8, 1877, to celebrate the admis- sion of California into the Union. The Cali- fornia Pioneers of San Francisco, Native Sons and Mexican Veterans were invited guests. The parade was one of the largest ever seen in San Jose. It consisted of the Native Sons, San Francisco Pioneers, and Santa Clara County Pioneers. There were floats represent- ing pioneer times, such as, "On an Emigrant Train," and "The Steamer California," manned by men who came on that vessel. A local ox carried a pack of an old emigrant's outfit. There was also a mining scene, "Working the Claim," which was very realistic. To make the parade seem real one of the valuable oxen hauling the emigrants dropped dead while on the march. At O'Donnell's Gardens, one of the largest barbecues in the history of the state was carried out successfully. In a trench 200 feet long, three feet deep and three feet wide there were spitted twenty-seven hogs, twenty-five sheep and sixteen beeves. Over 10,000 people were introduced to one of the finest meals they had ever tasted. An English guest said he had eaten the roast beef of old England for forty years, but he felt that he had never partaken real roast beef until that Saturday. Uncle Ike Branham was the chief cook and his assistants were A. Legarde, S. O. Broughton, Henry Lux, D. A. Laddy, A. L. Bascom, J. H. M. Townsend, Geo. Cross and R. T. O'Hanlon. The next great event was

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the State Inauguration Day, celebrated on De- cember 20, 1899, and here the success of an earlier day was repeated. It was the grand- est celebration San Jose had ever had. Mayor C. J. Martin was president ; Alex. P. Murgot- ten, secretary ; Mrs. E. O. Smith, program dir- ector, and Gus Lion, financial director ; S. W. Boring, grand marshal. The old capitol was reproduced and there were three days of joy- making.

Many of the early pioneers have gone over the range, but a few are left in the society. In order to keep up the interest the member- ship now includes all those who have resided fifty or more years in California. At the last annual meeting held at Alum Rock Park on June 5. 1921, officers for the ensuing term were elected as follows: President, William E. Gage ; first vice-president, H. C. Morrell ; sec- ond vice-president, F. B. Kennedy ; third vice- president. J. J. Sontheimer ; secretary, A. P. Murgotten ; treasurer, Mrs. A. P. Hill; aud- itors, Mrs. M. H. Hermann, J. G. Glendenning, C. C. Smith, W. D. Dampman, W. H. Law- rence. Following is the list of active mem- bers: W. C. Andrews, Chas. L. Adams, Mrs. J. Appleton, H. W. Arbogast, J. Q. A. Ballou, Mrs. E. D. B. Bradley, Mrs. Lulu Blanchard, J. C. Black, L. A. Booksin. M. A. Boulware, Miss L. A. Brimblecom, J. B. Burrell, Mrs. E. C. Best, W. K. Beans, Otis Blabon, Dr. J. M. Bowen, W. S. Clayton, Chas. Cable, Mrs. J. R. Cornell, Geo. O. Comstock, J. B. Collins, Harry W. Coe, Mrs. M. T. Daunes, H. A. De Lacy, W. D. Dampman, Mrs. W. D. Damp- man, Chas. Doerr, Mrs. C. Dickson, Peter J. Dunne, Mrs. L. A. Erkson, Mrs. Mary A. Estes, Mrs. L. A. Fowler, Chas. Frost, Mrs. Chas. Frost. Perley F. Gosbey, J. D. Guerraz, Chas. T. Givens, J. W. Gould, H. Guerraz, Miss M. E. Gordon, J. E. Gordon, J. G. Glen- denning, Phil Herold, S. N. Herring, Mrs. S. H. Herring, Mrs. M. H. Herrmann, J. H. Hamon, Mrs. J. H. Hamon, Andrew P. Hill, Mrs. A. P. Hill, Mrs. Eliza Isom, Mrs. A. C. Joseph, Mrs. N. A. Jennings, Mrs. Mary HI. January, A. W. Kennedy, F. B. Kennedy, Frank Kenyon, J. A. Lovell, Mrs. Mattie R. Lewis, A. B. Langford, Alex. P. Murgotten, Mrs. A. P. Murgotten, H. C. Morrell, Mrs. H. C. Morrell, Antone Matty, Mrs. Riley Montry, Thos. Monahan, E. C. Munn, Mrs. E. C. Munn, E. L. Moody, N. E. Manning, Archie McDonald, Mrs. A. McDonald, Mrs. A. W. McDaniels. H. S. McClay, Mrs. E. McCrack- en, Mrs. R. T. O'Hanlon, Jacob Overton, John F. Pyle, H. T. Pyle, Mrs. Mary J. Pyle, F. G. Pyle, Mrs. M. Palmer, Mrs. E. H. Pot- ter, N. A. Pellerano, Henry A. Pfister, Leon- ora Rider, John E. Richards, L. D. Stephens, Albert Schroeder, Fred M. Stern, Chas. D.

Sykes, S. P. Sitton, Mrs. J. E. Saulsbury, C. C. Smith, Mrs. J. C. Selby, Mrs. M. E. Searles, Mrs. S. M. Smith, Mrs. K. Travis, Mrs. J. M. Tarleton, Mrs. C. M. Tennant, Otto F. Van Dorsten, Mrs. Frances Verser, Mrs. L. J. Watkins, E. H. Wemple, Mrs. J. C. Wool, Mrs. G. F. Williams, H. J. Wallace, Mrs. Chas. Doerr, Jasper S. Scott, Mrs. Frank Ful- fer, W. J. Cartner, Gustave Nelson, Mildred M. Overfelt, Irving P. Henning, Edward God- frey, Matilda Godfrey, Mary E. Hatch, Nils Anderson, Emily M. Ilanson, Mrs. J. P. Hil- dreth, Mrs. Mary Stone, Mrs. Otto Van Dor- sten, Mrs. Sue J. Seybolt, Eugene Knicker- bocker, Mrs. Flora J. Saxe, Chas. W. Kenyon, Mrs. E. J. Kell, H. G. Dodds, Mrs. M. E. Pyle, Mrs. Mary Overfelt, O. F. Gohranson, W. F. Chipman, J. G. Reid, John Widney, W. E. Gage, Ed. Haley, Mrs. Emma Laird, Mrs. Luvena Selfridge, Mrs. Louise Collins, Geo. Bray, O. F. Gohranson, Jr., Mrs. B. F. Lirt- zinger, Mrs. M. J. Ashmore, Mrs. J. D. Guer- raz, Mary Z. Oakes, E. T. Sawyer. Charles D. Sykes, former president, died on July 7, 1920, at Boulder Creek.

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History of Santa Clara County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present, Part 42

Author: Sawyer, Eugene Taylor, 1846- Publication date: 1922 Publisher: Los Angeles : Historic Record Co. Number of Pages: 1928

Author: Sawyer, Eugene Taylor, 1846-
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Los Angeles : Historic Record Co.
Number of Pages: 1928