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Cutter, Captain E. P. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, born Sep- tember 16, 1835. When quite young his parents moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he received his primary education, and fitted for Har- ford College. In 1851 he went to sea, his first trip being to Australia on board the "Sea Bird." Became master of a vessel in 1856, which plied between Australia and New Zealand, which he commanded for two years, when he returned to his home in Cambridge, after which time he made foreign voyages until 1863, when he came to California. He was next engaged as Freight Agent for the Oakland and San Francisco Railroad for a period of nine months, after which he was employed by an oil firm in San Francisco for a few months. He then came to Sonoma valley and com- menced farming and fruit growing, which business he continued until March 30, 1871, when he was chosen superintendent of the Buena Vista Winery, which position he now holds. Married Mary C. Morton, April 16, 1865, she
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being a native of Boston. Ephraim M., born August 1, 1866, and Charles S., born August 1, 1873, are the names and births of their children.
Domeniconi, A. Was born in Switzerland, September 8, 1841. He came to America at the age of eighteen years, and afterwards to San Fran- cisco, where he was employed until 1863. From there he proceeded to Vir- ginia City, Nevada, and returning purchased a ranch in Napa valley. At the end of three years he went back to San Francisco, and came to this county May 21, 1874, and purchased the winery and distillery he now con- ducts. Married March 3, 1877, Amelia Gazzolo, and has one child, Severino, born May 9, 1878.
Haubert, Jacob. Was born in Germany October 20, 1831. Came to America in 1848, first settling in New York City, where he sojourned for a few months, when he went to Brooklyn, and in the Fall of 1851 came to California via Panama, arriving in San Francisco November 10, 1851, where he began the bakery business which he followed until 1858, when he moved upon his present estate of two hundred and sixty acres. Married Miss Mary Gerstung on January 3, 1854. She was born in Germany January 3, 1828. Henrietta, born September 26, 1855; Mary, born May 2, 1857; August, born August 2, 1858; Emma, born September 23, 1861, are the names and births of their children.
Hooper, George F. The subject of this memoir, whose portrait appears in this work, was born at Old Point Comfort, Virginia, on August 12, 1826. Served in the Mexican war of 1846, and was with Colonel Doniphan when he effected his famous march. At the close of that expedition he was appointed a Lieutenant in the Fifteenth United States Infantry, with which regiment he served till the close of hostilities, when he was appointed a sub- assistant surveyor in running the boundary line in accordance with the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, between the territory of the United States and Mexico. In 1852 he established the first trading post in Fort Yuma in the south-east corner of the State, and there started the house of George F. Hooper & Co., which he continued until 1860 when he removed to San Francisco. In 1867 Colonel Hooper retired from business and visited the Eastern States, came back after a short stay, and on the establishment of the First National Gold Bank in San Francisco was elected to the presidency, a post he resigned in 1876, on coming to reside on his remarkably beautiful ranch in Sonoma valley, where he has since lived and taken a prominent share in the introduction of choice vines and rare fruits, all of which sur- round a noble mansion of great beauty, the verandahs of which command a prospect of wonderful splendor. Colonel Hooper married Frances Mary, daughter of the Honorable William Halstead, of Trenton, New Jersey, who died on February 17, 1879.
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Johnson, Orrick. Born in Baltimore county, Maryland, on January 18, 1823. Resided in the city till 1831, when he left for Zanesville, Ohio. Re- turned to Baltimore in 1833, and in 1837 went to Princess Anne, Somerset county, Maryland, returning to Baltimore in 1844; was clerk for Sangster & Co. till 1849. On January 19, 1849, left Baltimore on the ship "Jane Parker," via Cape Horn, arriving in San Francisco July 21st of that year. He was a member of the Howard Mining Company, and on their arrival in San Francisco they abandoned the idea of mining, and the company dis- banded. Mr. Johnson, however, remained in the city, and began teaming, which he carried on extensively till the winter of 1849-50. The prices they received for hauling goods were enormous, receiving as high as ten dollars for hauling one package of London Porter a distance of one block. In the Winter of 1849-50 he embarked in the restaurant business, keeping the Globe Restaurant, where he continued until the May fire of 1850, when his property was burned. But he immediately rebuilt and rented the same for seven hundred dollars per month, but his property was again destroyed by fire in the January following, and he again rebuilt and rented for six hun- dred dollars per month. In a short time his property was for the third time destroyed by fire. In 1851 he was nominated by the Whig party for Street Commissioner and was elected by two hundred and sixty-three majority, but counted out by T. McGuire, E. McGowan and Cyrus Shay, and Dennis McCarthy declared elected. In 1850 he engaged in the Livery business in San Francisco on the north-west corner of Kearny and Pine streets, which he continued until 1860 ; he then moved to Kearny and Summer streets. October 1st he opened the Pioneer Riding Academy on Montgomery, between Jackson and Pacific streets, which he kept two years, giving riding lessons to three hundred and twenty scholars, and also doing an extensive livery business. In 1862 he made a business tour to Virginia City, and was induced to return to San Francisco and dispose of his single teams at auction. In August, 1863, with his family and stock went to Virginia City, and there erected a livery stable at a cost of seven thousand dollars. Being in poor health, he in a short time removed to San Jose, where he resided for four years, when he returned to San Francisco and engaged in the stock brokerage business, which he followed till 1868. In April, 1869, he com- menced the auction and commission business on Market street, opposite the Market and near Second street. Sold out September 1st of the same year. July, 1879, purchased his present home in Sonoma county, where he and his family now reside. Mr. Johnson married Miss Mary Alice Miller on Decem- ber 31, 1856, she being born in New Orleans, Louisiana, July 10, 1840, by which union there are nine living children : Orrick, born October 19, 1857; Henry Clay, April 19, 1861, and now Assistant Librarian of the Indepen- dent Order of Odd Fellows in San Francisco ; Alice L., February 9, 1863; Lucian Herman, April 28, 1864; Grace A., June 7, 1866 ; Claude O., April
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20, 1869 ; Leonide B., May 15, 1872 ; Stella C., July 8, 1876, and Zelma, June 3, 1879.
Justi, Charles. Was born in Saxony, Germany, on September 1, 1806, and was educated in the German language. Here, too, he served an appren- ticeship for nine years to the machinist's trade. In 1835, he emigrated to the United States, first settling in New York, where he resided until 1837, and then moved to Charleston, South Carolina, engaging in the watch-maker's trade till 1849, thence, via Cape Horn, to California, arriving in San Fran- cisco November 7th of that year. Here he at once proceeded to manufacture watches, continuing in this business until 1853, when he bought the steamer " Georgia," running her between the points of San Francisco and the Embar- cadero in Sonoma township. After engaging in this business till 1854, he sold out and came to this township, settling on his present farm at Glen Ellen, and was appointed Post Master for that place in 1872, and is the present incumbent. Married Mary Meyer in Charleston, South Carolina, on September 2, 1846. She was born in Bavaria, Germany, January 27, 1826. Charles, born July 14, 1847; August, born May 4, 1849; Hulda, born Feb- ruary 9, 1855; Hannah, born November 4, 1859; Tillie, born March 20, 1861; Leopold, born October 21, 1865; and Freddie, born July 19, 1867, are their living children. Lost four-Alinda, Otto, May and Laura.
Leiding, C. F. A native of Bremen, Germany, born May 28, 1824, where he received his education and resided until 1850, when he sailed around Cape Horn to California, arriving in San Francisco in 1851. He came to Sonoma in May of the above year, and was engaged in raising vege- tables for a few years. In 1858 he began merchandising in Sonoma city, which he continued until 1872, when he visited his native country, returning in 1873. In 1875 he moved upon his present estate, of forty-two acres, adapted to fruit growing. Married Miss Minnie Mondigel, November 29, 1859, she being a native of Germany.
Mayer, Lewis W. Was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, August 18, 1823. His father was a weaver by trade, but followed manufacturing wine, grape-growing and farming. Lewis W. Mayer emigrated to America in 1840, arriving in Philadelphia on July 4th of that year, where he found employ- ment in a weaving establishment, until the Mexican war broke out, when he enlisted, in Philadelphia, for the regular army, being one of the company of artillery, commanded by Captain Tompkins, which were then attached successively to the corps of Generals Sherman, Ord and Halleck. July 12, 1846, he embarked in the "Lexington " for California, via Cape Horn; landed at Monterey on January 28th of the following year, and was there quartered until the close of the Mexican war. In 1849 he proceeded to the mines, and in 1850 visited his home in Philadelphia, shortly after coming back to California. In 1852 he once more returned to Philadelphia, and on
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29th of May, married Johanna S. Etzel, a native of that city, who was born July 31, 1833. He here pursued mercantile affairs for some time, but finding that the climate of California was more suited to his health, accom- panied by his wife, he once more proceeded to that State, and on arrival located in El Dorado county, there combining mercantile pursuits with mining and grape-growing. In 1864 he transferred his location to Sonoma. county, and, after acting as superintendent of vineyards and wine-making for five years, in 1871 settled on his present property, being now engaged in the culture of vines and the making of wine. Mr. Mayer is a member of the California Pioncer Association. His children are: Frederick D., born March 3, 1853; Rosina H., March 16, 1857; Corinna A., March 12, 1860; William J., August 31, 1862 (died the same day); Theresa S., Decem- ยท ber, 6, 1869; Lewis B., February 29. 1872, and Bertha Cornelia, July 27, 1874.
Morse, E. E. Was born in Hanover, Grafton county, New Hampshire, August 17, 1823. Here he was educated and resided until 1844, and then removed to Boston, Massachusetts, where he was engaged in the common avocations of life, until the year 1849. On November 22d of that year, he sailed from Boston, on the brig " Kate Heath," for California, arriving in San Francisco May 1, 1850. He immediately proceeded to the mines in Cala- veras county, remaining eleven months, and returned to San Francisco and began teaming, pursuing the same until 1871, then moved to Sonoma town- ship, this county, settling on his present farm, where he has since resided. Mr. Morse married Sarah M. Wiederhold, in the Island of Nantucket, on June 20, 1855. She was born on that Island, September 14, 1834. Their children are: Emma L., born February 24, 1856, and Nellie A., born May 23, 1868.
Pauli, G. T. The subject of this, sketch whose portrait appears in this. work, was born in Australia, August 18, 1827, but moved with his parents to Hamburg, Germany, when quite young, and there received his education. At the age of twenty-one he proceeded to Rio de Janeiro, but, on hearing of the discovery of gold in California, he transferred his location to Valpa- raiso, there to await a confirmation of the intelligence. In January 1849, he left that city for the land of gold, and arrived during the last days of May of that year in San Francisco. His first employment was as clerk for Lewis. Adler, in Sonoma. In November 1849, he left that position and established a business of his own there, in partnership with Francis Schultze, which was continued until 1852, having branch stores in Napa and Santa Barbara, with an office in San Francisco. In December of that year Mr. Pauli became the sole proprietor of the Sonoma establishment, which he managed until the Summer of 1855, when, disposing of his interest to L. Kamp, he com- menced a wholesale grocery business in San Francisco, having associated with Mr. Janssen; this firm was dissolved in 1857. After residing on his farm in
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Sonoma valley for a space, in 1858 he re-opened a store in the town of Sonoma, which he still continues. In 1869 he was elected by the Demo- crats to the office of County Treasurer for two years. In 1871 he was re-elected by the same party; in 1873 he accepted the same nomination, and was the only one elected on the tax-payers' Ticket; in 1875 he was defeated for the same office on the Independent ticket, and in 1879 received the nom- ination on the Democratic ticket for the State Treasurership, which he declined on account of failing health. He is still a resident of the town of Sonoma, though in 1876 he moved his residence to Santa Rosa while hold- ing office. Mr. Pauli married, January 14, 1852, Eliza Silva, a native of Chili, who died March 17, 1872, by whom there was a family of six children, three of whom are now alive.
Schetter, Otto. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 27, 1832. After receiving his education he remained on his father's farm till the death of both his parents in 1851. Emigrated to California in December 1852. Arrived in San Francisco about the 1st of February, 1853, and spent a few months mining near Grass Valley. Came to Sonoma in July, 1853, and has resided there at intervals ever since. In the Spring of 1854 he went into the hay and grain business in San Francisco, having considerable trade with Sonoma. In 1857 he returned to Sonoma and engaged in sheep-raising. In 1861 he returned to San Francisco and engaged in a general commission and grain business, and with the exception of a three years' absence, princi- pally in Alpine county, California, he continued in that business until 1870, being the first of the firm of Schetter & Pearse, and afterward of the firm of Schetter & Piquet. In 1870 he returned to Sonoma, and the same year engaged in farming and sheep-raising in Berryesa valley. Napa county, return- ing to Sonoma in 1874. In 1877 he was appointed United States Internal Revenue Store-keeper, at Sonoma, which position he resigned in June 1879. In 1878 he was appointed by the Legislature one of three commissioners for the Pueblo of Sonoma, to settle its affairs and procure a patent for its lands, which office he now holds. He is at present and has for some years been engaged in the livery stable and staging business in Sonoma, the firm being Schetter & Carriger. He was married in Sonoma, April 11, 1860, to Eliza- beth J., daughter of N. Carriger of that place; they had nine children: Mary J., Rosina E., Nicholas H., Della, Cynthia L., Ada, May, David T., and Francis E .; lost one, Nicholas H., died in May 1870.
Sears, Franklin. Born in Orange county, Missouri, June 28, 1817, At the age of ten years with his parents he moved to Saline county, where they resided until June 10, 1844, when he emigrated across the plains and settled in Oregon. In 1845 he proceeded to California, and in 1846 came to this county, where he has resided almost continuously ever since. His farm comprises seven hundred and forty acres in the Sonoma valley, and is under good cultivation. Mr. Sears, like all old pioneers, has been engaged in many
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occupations, but has made farming his principal business. He has been prominently identified with all the interests of the county, and is always ready and willing to do anything that will tend to advance the interests of the county of his choice. Married Miss Margaret Swift July, 1851. Rachel J., widow of J. R. Snyder, and Granville C. P. are the names of his living children.
Shattuck, David Olcott. Whose portrait appears in this work, is a native of Colchester, New London county, Connecticut, born March 21, 1800. Here he received a common school education. In 1820 he proceeded to South Carolina, where he found employment for a short time on the canal above Columbia. After drifting about for some time, he found his way into North Carolina and in the Spring of 1821 he taught one term of school in Mecklenburg county, when he proceeded to Chatham county and there engaged in school teaching until 1823, and while here he was licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal church. He then returned to the place of his birth and taught school one term. During this time his name had been proposed to the Virginia Conference and accepted, and he was appointed to the Hanover Circuit in Virginia, which position he held three years. He married in Wake county, North Carolina, on May 7, 1827, Miss Elizabeth Ann Saunders, at which time he was engaged in teaching school in Johnson county. Late in the year he moved to Duplin county, North Carolina, and followed his former occupation until 1829. In December of this year he emigrated to Haywood county, in the Western District of Tennessee. Here he was admitted to the Bar and practiced his profession in Brownsville for four years. In 1833 he took up his residence in Carrolton, Carroll county, Mis- sissippi, where he practiced law until 1837, when he was elected District Judge of the Seventh Judicial District. In 1841, while still officiating as Judge, he was nominated by the Whig party for Governor. The all- important question was at that time "Shall the State pay its bonds?" The Whig party said yes in decided terms, while the Democracy said no empha- tically. The Democrats were successful, however, and elected their man, Mr. Shattuck being defeated by only two thousand votes in the State. He then resumed the practice of law until 1843, when he was elected Professor of law in the Centennary College at Brandon, Rankin county, Mississippi. After holding this position for one and one-half years, the Trustees found it necessary to remove the president, which they did, and elected Mr. Shattuck to fill the chair made vacant by the former president. On account of finan- cial difficulties and a poor title, the college had to be abandoned. Soon after they purchased at auction the Louisiana State college buildings, which were afterwards known as the Centennary College of Louisiana. He resigned the position of president in 1849. Under his management the college was in a flourishing condition, and was entirely freed from debt, with two hundred students in attendance. Soon after his resignation, he took passage on a
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schooner to Panama and from there on a sailing vessel to San Francisco, arriving in April, 1850. He immediately began practicing law in San Francisco, and in the Fall of 1850 was elected Judge of the Superior Court. At this time the business of the court was managed by three Judges, and Mr. Shattuck, believing this a useless expense, as one Judge could do all the its business, accordingly, in 1852, petitioned the Legislature that the same should be remodeled and one Judge perform the whole duty, which was accomplished, and he therefore resigned the Judgeship and practiced law. In 1854 he was elected Judge of the Superior Court, as remodeled, and discharged the duties of that office until 1857, when the act establishing said court was repealed upon Mr. Shattuck's petition. He again resumed his profession. In 1861 he was defeated on the Democratic ticket for Con- gress. In 1862 he came to this county and settled upon his estate in Sonoma valley (purchasing it in 1850), where he has since resided, with the exception of three years he spent in Mexico. Returning in 1867, he retired from business and political life. His wife, who died July 9, 1875, was born in Wake county, North Carolina, January 6, 1804. As is seen by the fore- going, Mr. Shattuck has lead a very active life, is an ornament to society and possesses those traits of character that are elevating and ennobling. He is now nearly eighty years of age, but remarkably well preserved. Mr. Shattuck claims the credit of never having sought a nomination for any office, from any Convention. That while in office he never received a gift from any person, " to blind his eyes withal," and that he has performed the duties of every office held by him with conscientious assiduity and fidelity. He reflects with pleasure upon the four months' campaign he made in 1841 in Mississippi against the repudiation of her debts, and justice and truth require him to say that while by the popular vote of that State a majority of two thousand were in favor of repudiation, yet the repudiation in the main was voted by those who had nothing to pay-all of the wealthy counties gave a majority for payment. Mr. Shattuck looks also with satis- faction to the conservative course taken by him in the various mobish excite- ments and Vigilance Committees of San Francisco; in saving Barden from violent death; in preventing a collision of forces in 1856, and in pouring oil upon the troubled waters generally to the extent of his powers. He looks with sadness upon his many errors, but they have taught him to view with charity the shortcomings of others. Their children are: Frank W., born February 14, 1828; Dickson P., born November 2, 1829; David O., born September 17, 1831; John S., born October 1, 1833; Mary E., born August 17, 1835; James W., born October 15, 1837; Jane T., born December 27, 1839; Albert, born November 17, 1841; Elizabeth S., born December 22, 1843; Robert P., born March 4, 1847.
Snyder, Jacob R. (deceased.) The subject of this sketch was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the year 1812. During the memorable
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struggle of that year his father, John Snyder, carried on the business of a flour merchant, but the British squadron in the Chesapeake having captured three cargoes of his flour while bound from Philadelphia to Baltimore, he was unable to meet his liabilities, and consequently became bankrupt. Shortly after the close of the war he turned his attention, with renewed energy, to brickmaking, a business he successfully followed up till the day of his death. John Snyder was no ordinary man. Taking for his motto that of the philosophical Franklin, that a trade was a fortune to its possessor, and having experienced in his more youthful days the wisdom of the sage's maxim, he brought up each of his sons to some useful branch of mechanical labor, earnestly exhorting them to have a laudable ambition, each to excel in his particular business. At an early age, Jacob R. Snyder was apprenticed to a house carpenter, but his foresight soon induced him to cast a longing eye to the beautiful West, and during his probation he matured a plan for emigrating to the land of his ardent desire. In the year 1834 we find him settling on the banks of the Ohio river, where the present town of Albany, Indiana, now stands, but which was then an almost unbroken forest. Here he remained for some time, but being thoroughly imbued with that restless spirit of enterprise so essentially American, in 1845 he determined to remove to California. In pursuance of this project, in company with nine others he proceeded to Independence, from whence, after having made the necessary preparation for so arduous a journey, he finally started for California. Having suffered incredible hardships, the little band separated on reaching Johnson's Ranch, on Bear river, on September 23, 1845, Mr. Snyder con- tinuing his travels till he reached San Francisco, where he remained some time. At this juncture, the Californians manifested a strong desire to resist the tide of immigration that now commenced to flow in from the United States, and to drive out those who already occupied the country. Mr. Snyder, therefore, in 1846, organized an expedition to meet the opposition of the natives, and applied to the Governor for a grant of land, with the view of building a fort for the protection of immigrants. The Governor, however, being somewhat suspicious of the designs of the Americans, and fearing their restless energy, refused to make the grant. Mr. Snyder subsequently joined Colonel Fremont's expedition at Monterey, and from his knowledge of the country and his acquaintance with the manners of the people, he was of essential service in bringing that expedition to a successful issue. He was connected with military affairs for some time, being commissioned as Quartermaster of Fremont's California Battalion, an office he held until the conclusion of the Mexican war, when he was appointed by Governor Mason Surveyor-General of the Middle Department of Califor- nia.In the exercise of the arduous duties attached to this office he acquired the esteem and confidence of the people, and resigned it, amid universal regret, to enter into business in Sacramento. In 1849 he was chosen a Delegate to the
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