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Mr. Jones married, in Springfield, Illinois, in February, 1901, Miss Ellen May Van Duyn, and they have four children. The family are very prominent in social circles of San Diego and Mr. Jones has extensive club affiliations, which include membership in the Cuyamaca, the Country and the University Clubs and in the Point Loma Golf Club and the San Diego Rowing Club. Fra- ternally he belongs to the Masonic order, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Loyal Legion and is active in the affairs of the United Spanish War Veterans, having served in the Porto Rican campaign of the Spanish American war with the Fourth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. His public spirit is manifest in the work he does as a director and member of the executive committee of the California-Panama Exposition. His many years of constant identification with one line of work have given him a scientific knowledge of its details and a practical and expert skill in carrying on his business. The San Diego Consolidated Gas & Electric Company has profited by his services in the energies and activities of a thoroughly conscientious business man, who adds to his commercial acumen the advantages of a specialized knowledge which is the foundation of efficiency.
CAPTAIN MATTHEW SHERMAN.
The life history of Captain Matthew Sherman, now deceased, was closely interwoven with the records of San Diego and the development and upbuilding of the Pacific coast country. In fact, no history of the city could be complete without extended reference to him and his business interests, for his labors constituted, at least in part, the foundation upon which the later development and prosperity of San Diego has been builded. His birthplace was at Charleston, Massachusetts, his natal day, October 11, 1827. It is a far reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, but it was farther still in the days when Captain Sherman came to the west, owing to the comparatively primitive methods of travel at that time. Dur- ing the period when the Mexican war was in progress he sailed around Cape
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Horn to San Francisco on the flagship Independence, Commodore Shubrick in command. He aided his country throughout the period of hostilities with Mexico and then returned to the Atlantic coast on the same ship. His next trip to Cali- fornia was made in 1848 or 1849, on the bark, Congress. He served through the Civil war on the Pacific coast as a member of Company F, Fourth Regiment, California Volunteer Infantry, joining the army as a first lieutenant but subse- quently serving as quartermaster and captain to the time when he was honorably discharged at the close of the war in 1865.
During the early period of his residence in California, Captain Sherman was engaged in merchandising in Auburn, Placer county. He took a deep and helpful interest in many matters of public progress, was always interested in progressive citizenship and marched in the parade in San Francisco when California was ad- mitted to statehood in 1850. He came to San Diego in 1861 and in 1868, at the corner of Nineteenth and J streets, built the first house in new San Diego outside of the government buildings. From that time forward until his death his inter- ests centered largely here and his labors were a resultant element in bringing the city to its present condition of growth and prosperity. He was for four years collector of customs in San Diego and was otherwise connected with events of public importance. He built and conducted a grain warehouse and, furthermore, was engaged in the real-estate business, his activities along both lines contributing to his success. He bought one hundred and sixty acres of land in the southeastern part of San Diego, which he laid out into town lots, originally known as the Sherman addition but now known as Sherman Heights. It would be almost impossible to enumerate the interests with which Captain Sherman was connected that bore directly or indirectly upon the welfare and upbuilding of the city. He at all times took an active interest in the affairs of the town and he gave the land on which now stands what is known as the Sherman school, so named in his honor. Through his efforts the San Diego cemetery was laid out. His political support was given to the republican party and in 1891-92 he was mayor of San Diego and was also, for a considerable period, a member of the board of trustees. He belonged to Heintzelmann Post, G. A. R., of which he was the first commander, and he was a member of the Pioneer Society of California, and of the Episcopal church.
In 1867, in Wilmington, near Los Angeles, Captain Sherman was united in marriage to Miss Augusta Jane Barrett, a native of Maine, and to them were born three children : Fannie Barrett, who became the wife of Charles Sloan and died leaving a daughter, Augusta F .; Matthew Barrett, who married Lillian Moore; and Sarah Augusta, who passed away at the age of nineteen and a half months, in 1877.
Mrs. Augusta Jane Sherman was born April 17, 1839, at Sumner, Maine. When a young girl she moved to Boston, where she resided for some time. The stories of California, which she heard while living in the east, created a strong wish to visit the far-away country of the Pacific. In the early sixties her wish was granted, when she came to California by way of Panama. After a short residence in the northern part of the state she came to San Diego, becoming the third school teacher in the county. San Diego at that time was limited to what is now known as Old Town, the present site of the city being brush-covered hills. While teaching school she met Captain Matthew Sherman, whom she married in
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Wilmington, near Los Angeles. Captain and Mrs. Sherman soon returned to San Diego to reside, erecting one of the first houses in the present city at Nineteenth and J streets. Here the three children of the couple were born. Four years' residence with her family in El Cajon valley brought to Mrs. Sherman the friend- ship of the old residents of that valley. Returning to the city the present home at 563 Twenty-second street was erected, about twenty-five years ago. In 1898 occurred the death of her husband. During her widowhood she resided with her son and daughter in the family home. On the morning of July 19, 1911, she ex- perienced the loss of her daughter. Mrs. Sherman lived but a year and a half longer, dying very suddenly Sunday morning, January 5, 1913. Mrs. Sherman was a member of the State of Maine and California Pioneer societies and was one of the old members of the Woman's Relief Corps. Among her friends she num- bered the older residents of the city, those who, like her, saw San Diego grow to a city, and who formed during the city's growth the old, cherished friendships given to the pioneer. She gave the beautiful name of Mount Hope to the cemetery where she was buried.
She was also a member of St. Paul's Episcopal church and at one time was president of the Pioneer Society of California. She gave a bell for the Sherman school and always took an active and helpful interest in many projects relating to the public welfare.
Captain Sherman had always been an interested witness of the growth and development of this section of the country for a half century and had borne an active and helpful part in many movements relating to public progress. He could tell many an interesting tale of the early days and could speak authorita- tively upon matters of public moment of which he had been an eye witness. His work here was fraught with good results and far-reaching influences as that of his late wife, and their memories are honored and revered as those of pioneer settlers of San Diego county.
REV. EUGENE A. HEFFERNAN.
One of the most potent forces in the spread of Catholicism in San Diego, as well as one of the most widely beloved priests in the city, is Rev. Eugene A. Heffernan, pastor of the church of Our Lady of Angels. He is one of the many sturdy and successful citizens which Ireland has given to California and was born in Listowel, County Kerry, June 28, 1880, a son of Thomas and Nora (Murphy) Heffernan.
In the acquirement of an education he attended the national schools until 1895 and then entered St. Michael's College at Listowel, from which he was graduated two years later. His theological studies were begun in the seminary at Carlow, Ireland, and he was ordained to the priesthood in 1903. In the same year he crossed the Atlantic to America and settled in Washington, D. C. where he supplemented his former education by a post-graduate course in the Catholic University. He received his degree from this institution in 1905 and was then sent to Los Angeles as assistant pastor at the cathedral, in which capacity he served until 1907. In the same year he was transferred to Bakers-
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field, where he acted as pastor of St. Joseph's church until November, 1909, when he was transferred to San Diego and assumed charge of his present congregation. In each of his different pastorates Father Heffernan has proved himself fully equal to the management and control of a large city church. As head of the church of Our Lady of Angels he holds an important position in religious circles and, although still a young man, has ably demonstrated his ability to cope with the business affairs under his charge as well as the doctrinal phases of his work. In June, 1912, he began the erection of a fine, modern parochial school adjoining his church. This building was completed at a cost of ten thousand dollars and opened with every promise of success under charge of the Sisters of St. Joseph in September. A man of broad education and liberal reading, Father Heffernan is a worthy representative of the religion in which he believes. He seeks no distinction, however, beyond success in pro- moting the welfare of his parishioners, in aiding the needy and helping the discouraged and in spreading the doctrines which he professes and practices.
CHARLES ELAM ANTHONY.
Charles Elam Anthony's claims to prominence and esteem are so many and varied that it is difficult to estimate which of the interests of his life has been most directly beneficial. He has been active in mining for many years and is today a standard authority on mine and ore values. This knowledge he puts to practical use in his work as a chemist and ore assayer and has won wide recog- nition in San Diego in both lines of work. Moreover, he is one of that fast lessening band of veterans who served the federal government in the Civil war and is entitled to prominence and esteem for his able service in that con- flict. Mr. Anthony was born June 10, 1843, and is a son of Elam and Nancy (Hunt) Anthony. His family is one of the oldest in America and the line can be traced back to 1634. Ancestors of Charles E. Anthony in New England on both his father's and mother's sides, served during the whole seven years of the Revolutionary war and were known in those early times as "the fighting Quakers."
Mr. Anthony of this review was educated in the public schools and supple- mented the usual grammar course by attending the Quaker Seminary of Union Springs, New York. He was brought up in the Quaker religion but regardless of his early training left school upon the first call for volunteers at the outbreak of the Civil war, enlisting as a private in Company A, Nineteenth New York Volunteer Infantry, and was the first resident of his native village to offer his services to the government. His regiment was mustered in April 19, 1861, and after three months was reorganized and the name changed to the Third New York Artillery. It numbered at that time seventeen hundred men. Mr. Anthony served until June 22, 1863, and then received his honorable discharge. He returned to New York and remained in that state until 1870, when he moved to Denver, Colorado, and there mined and prospected for some time. His efforts along this line were successful and he discovered several mines, which later produced large fortunes for their developers. After seventeen years'
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residence in the Colorado mining district the high altitude began to affect his health, and when he received an offer to manage the expedition which was to explore the peninsula of Lower California he immediately accepted and came to San Diego. His duties carried him all over the southern part of the state and the peninsula and when he returned he wrote a treatise on the mineralogy of this section for the International Company of Mexico. After two years and a half he returned to San Diego and resumed his business as chemist and assayer, with which he has been identified since that time.
Mr. Anthony married, in Weedsport, New York, on the 7th of November, 1863, Miss Lucy M. Elmer, and they have six sons and four daughters. Mr. Anthony is considered to be the best informed man in this part of the state on all questions relating to mining lands and the value of ore, this knowledge having been gained by practical experience and deep study and research. In the course of years he has worked out in his laboratory several inventions in chemistry, all of which are now patented and in general use. He has studied scientific mining in all its aspects, has worked carefully and steadily along the lines of his interests and has accomplished many things of importance and lasting value. Moreover, he has gained many friends in San Diego, who honor him for the integrity, forcefulness and loyalty in his character which have influenced every relation of his life, making him a keen thinker, an honorable gentleman and a valorous soldier.
THOMAS L. MAGEE, M. D.
Dr. Thomas L. Magee, a prominent physician of San Diego, has here prac- ticed his profession continuously and successfully for more than a quarter of a century. His birth occurred in Guernsey county, Ohio, on the 14th of Octo- ber, 1836, and when three years of age he was taken by his parents to Illinois, the family home being established in the vicinity of Peoria, in Peoria county. In that city he was reared and educated, attending the public schools. Having determined upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he spent one year in Rush Medical College of Chicago and subsequently entered the medical depart- ment of the University of Nashville at Nashville, Tennessee, from which he was graduated in June, 1863. In 1862 he became first assistant surgeon of the Fifty-first Illinois Infantry, acting in that capacity until May, 1863, when he was commissioned surgeon of the same regiment and thus served until the cessation of hostilities between the north and the south. He likewise served as brigade surgeon in charge of the general field hospitals and was mustered out at Port Lavaca, Texas, in 1865. Dr. Magee took part in every battle fought by the Department of the Cumberland except that of Mission Ridge, being at that time in Libby Prison, from October I until November 28. At the battle of Stone River he was left in charge of the wounded of Sheridan's division for three days or until the Confederate soldiers evacuated the place. At the battle of Chickamauga he was detailed on the field to take charge of the wounded of Sheridan's division and had the care of them for two weeks or
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until they were paroled and sent back through the lines. Though often in the midst of danger and death, he fortunately escaped injury.
In 1865 Dr. Magee returned to Prairie City, Illinois, which remained the scene of his professional labors until 1883, when he came to California and located at Riverside. On the 15th of May, 1885, he opened an office at San Diego and has here followed his profession continuously since, enjoying a liberal and lucrative practice. His ability has been demonstrated in the excellent results which have attended his efforts to relieve suffering and restore health and his standing in the profession is indicated by the fact that he was chosen president of the San Diego County Medical Society. He served in that capacity for one year and for a period of sixteen consecutive years held the office of secretary of the organization. For the past eighteen years he has been local surgeon for the Santa Fe Railroad in San Diego and he is likewise a trustee of the Agnew Sanitarium of this city. He has served as health officer of San Diego during four different terms and has acted as surgeon of the Ninth Regi- ment of the California National Guard, being now retired as major surgeon of that military organization. He serves also as secretary of the United States examining board of pensioners for San Diego.
In August, 1866, at Prairie City, Illinois, Dr. Magee was united in marriage to Miss Sarah E. Sanford, who was a native of New York and passed away on the 9th of October, 1904. To them were born three sons, as follows: Chester Lea, who is a practicing physician of Los Angeles, California; Ernest Delos, an attorney of San Francisco; and Allen Claude, a prominent physician of San Diego.
Politically Dr. Magee is a stanch republican. While a resident of Prairie City, Illinois, he served for two years as president of the board of trustees, and for four years he was a member of the board of education. Since a youth of thirteen he has been identified with the Baptist church and for the past quarter of a century has served as deacon of the First Baptist church of San Diego. He is likewise a worthy exemplar of the Masonic fraternity and for eight years served as master of Golden Gate Lodge, No. 248, of Prairie City, Illinois. He was also assistant lecturer of the grand lodge of Illinois. In Grand Army circles he is well known and honored, being past commander of Heintzel- mann Post of San Diego and also past commander of D. C. Coon Post of this city. Always approachable and kindly, he is animated by a deep and helpful interest in his fellowmen and is ever willing to encourage and assist those who are working toward higher ideals.
B. M. WARNER.
One of the most able, experienced and deservedly prominent street railway men in southern California is B. M. Warner, general superintendent of all the transportation and water companies controlled by the great Spreckel's interests, with offices in San Diego. By virtue of this position alone he is a powerful factor in business circles of the city, but his claims to distinction have a still broader foundation in the methods by which his prosperity has been attained.
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In twenty-three years of earnest and indefatigable work in traction railroad- ing he has risen from a member of a pick and shovel gang to a director in some of the most important transportation companies in the state and to a position of prominence and responsibility in a great corporation. Mr. Warner was born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1867, and was reared upon a farm until he was eighteen years of age.
In the public schools of Erie, Pennsylvania, B. M. Warner received his edu- cation and later attended a business college. After his graduation he secured a position as collector for a furniture company at Toronto, Canada, and he made his residence in the city for two years. At the end of this time he was transferred to Buffalo, New York, where he worked for his former employers and afterward was active in their interests at Reading, Pennsylvania. His duties in the two latter cities consisted of managing a branch store and system- atizing the business done.
In 1888, however, Mr. Warner came west and settled in Kansas City, Mis- souri, where for the first time he became identified with street railroading. His first position cannot be called a responsible one for his duties consisted of driving a mule car for a dollar and a quarter per day. It was important, how- ever, in its influence upon his later career and his promotion came rapidly. He was advanced first to the position of dispatcher and then to gripman and after serving for some time as conductor on a cable line, was made assistant superin- tendent of the electrical division of the Kansas City Street Railroad. These different stages in his progress were all achieved within one year and in 1889 he left Kansas City and came to San Francisco where he obtained employment as a member of a pick and shovel gang, doing railroad construction work, and here also his ability gained him promotion and he was made gripman on the California Street Cable Railroad. Afterward he became inspector, foreman and storekeeper for the Market Street Railroad and after three years was transferred to the supply department as assistant to the general storekeeper. When he severed his connection with this company he entered the employ of the San Francisco & San Mateo Electric Railroad as dispatcher and acted in this capacity until the road was sold to the United Railroads. He then came to San Diego, settling in this city in 1902, and in the same year obtained a position as superintendent and purchasing agent of the Ferry Company and Coronado Railroad. In 1903 he was made general superintendent of all the Spreckels transportation and water companies and was made a director in all the enter- prises in which that corporation is interested. The nine years of his service have fully demonstrated his unusual fitness for the important position. Under his management the interests of the Spreckels Company have been assiduously promoted and transportation problems have been studied and solved, methods have been kept up-to-date and everything accomplished in a systematic and progressive way, showing the careful supervision of a most able and keen business man.
Mr. Warner married in 1909 Miss Mary Perkins, a native of San Diego and a daughter of John Perkins, a pioneer in the settlement of the county. They have one son, Bruce. Mr. Warner is an active member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and is president of the Talent Workers of San Diego and is especially interested in aviation. As vice president of the San Diego
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Aero Club he has done much to encourage and support this science in this section of the state.
In the success which he has attained may be seen the results of practical and comprehensive training. There is no phase of traction transportation with which he is not familiar by reason of personal experience. He has studied conditions, kept pace with advancement and to a large extent promoted progress, and he stands today in the front ranks of able business men. This is a great distance for the driver of a mule car or the member of a pick and shovel gang to have traveled, but it is merely the natural outcome of the industry, executive force and power of original thinking which earned him his first advancement.
ALBERT SCHOONOVER.
Albert Schoonover, one of the most able and successful lawyers of San Diego, who lias also won distinction as a public official, was born in Bonaparte, Iowa, February 1I, 1870, and is a son of Isaac E. and Margaret Schoonover. The parents removed to Attica, Indiana, when Mr. Schoonover was a child and there the father became prosperous and well known as an attorney. At the present time he is serving as judge of the circuit court, his ability and com- prehensive knowledge winning him prominence in office.
Albert Schoonover's early ambitions were all directed to the legal profession. He studied law under his father and proved an apt and brilliant pupil, possessing all the concentration, the exactness and discrimination necessary to success as an attorney. He was admitted to the bar February 9, 1891, and entered into partnership with his father in the same year. Their association continued until 1897, at which time Albert Schoonover interrupted his practice to assume his duties as state representative. He served ably and efficiently in this office until 1899 and then moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he practiced his profession until February, 1903. Here he was in 1900 a candidate for the office of secretary of state of Indiana, but was defeated with the balance of the state ticket. He came to San Diego, in 1903, where he has since resided. Suc- cess in law often carries with it prominence in politics and Mr. Schoonover has extended his activities to include work in the service of the public. As a member of the Indiana legislature he proved a useful and valuable official, giving to each question careful consideration and supporting the men and measures which he deemed of the greatest good to the commonwealth. In San Diego he served from 1905 to 1907 with distinction as assistant district attorney. In his law practice he has won honorable position by reason of his compre- hensive knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence, his close application and his strong presentation of each cause before the court and jury.
On the 5th of July, 1893, in Attica, Indiana, Mr. Schoonover was united in marriage to Miss Emma S. Green and they have two children: Hanson, aged eighteen, who is attending high school; and Manson, seventeen years old, a student of Captain Davis' Military School at Pacific Beach, California.
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