1879 History & Genealogy SOLANO County California CA

Description: This is a scanned copy on CD of the original Book published in 1879. History of Solano County, California COMPRISING AN ACCOUNT OF ITS GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION- THE ORIGIN OF ITS NAME: TOPOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY AND SPRINGS: ITS ORGANIZATION: TOWNSHIP SYSTEM; EARLY SETTLEMENT WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF SCENES AS VIEWED BY THE PIONEERS, THE FIRST AMERICAN ARGONAUTS OF CALIFORNIA; THE BEAR FLAG, THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD; THE PROGRESS OF POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE; THE MEXICAN GRANTS ; THE PRINCIPAL MURDERS; INCIDENTS OF SETTLEMENT, ELECTIONS, AND TABLE OF COUNTY OFFICERS, AND HISTORIES OF ITS CITIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC. AND ALSO A FULL AND PARTICULAR BIOGRAPHY OF ITS EARLY SETTLERS AND PRINCIPAL INHABITANTS. ILLUSTRATED San Francisco, Cal. Wood, Alley & Co., East Oakland 1879 503 pages on 1 CD An essential resource for Genealogists Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect. (Index Pages xii, xiii, xiv missing from CD, however, are shown in Biographical Section below) This book on CD is SEARCHABLE * INDEX HISTORICAL History of Solano County Geographical Situation and Area Topography Geology Springs, Soil and Valleys Its Streams Organization Origin of the Township System in the U. S. and its Extension to California Montezuma Suisun Green Valley Vacaville Benicia Vallejo Tremont County Seat Convention Maine Prairie Silveyville Rio Vista Denverton Elmira The Settlement The American Pioneers of California Agricultural Lands Grazing Lands Swamps and Overflowed Lands Mineral lands Timber Live Stock Improvement Assessed Value of Property for 1876 Good Templars' Home for Orphans White Sulphur Springs Tolenas Springs Marble Quarry POLITICAL HISTORY Early Political History Table showing the State, County, and Township Officers from the year 1850 to 1879, inclusive MEXICAN GRANTS. Suscol Suisun Tolenas Los Putos Rio Los Putos Ulpinos MURDER AND OTHER TRIALS. The People vs. Edward Crocker The People vs. William Kemp The People vs. Beverley G. Wells The Killing of Jonathan Cook by George K. Mann The People vs. Robert B. McMillan The People vs. Philander Arnold The People vs. Joseph Zaesek The People vs. Merrill James The People vs. D. H. Fitzpatrick The People vs. Frank Grady The People vs. William Westphal The People vs. D. G. Gordon The People vs. James Campbell and Annie Robinson The People vs. Pancho Valencia and Guadalupe Valencia The People vs. James Mallon The People vs. James Lawther TOWNSHIP HISTORIES. Benicia Young Ladies' Seminary College of St. Augustine Benicia Lodge. No. 5, F. and A. M. Benicia Chapter, No. 7, R. A. M. Solano Lodge, No. 22, L O. O. F. Pioneer Tannery Benicia Tannery Brown's Tannery Pacific Cement Company Benicia Brewery Solano Hotel Vallejo Methodist Episcopal Church First Presbyterian Church Church of the Ascension First Baptist Church Advent Christian Church Naval Chapter, No. 35, R. A. M. Naval Lodge, No. 8 7, F. and A. M. Solano Lodge, No. 229, F. and A. M. Golden State Lodge, I. O. O. F. Washington Lodge, No. 7, K. of P. Samoset Tribe, No. 22, I. O. of JR. M Farragut Post, No. 12, G. A. R. Vallejo Lodge, No. 75, A. O. U. W Society of California Masonic Hall Association Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery St. Vincent's Benevolent Society Post Office Homestead Association Land and Improvement Co City Water Co Gas Light Co Bank of Vallejo Savings and Commercial Bank Pioneer Brewery Empire Soda Works Foundry and Machine Works Sash Factory Solano Brewery Pioneer Marble Works Farragut Hall Alert Boat Club Bernard House Howard House Vallejo Chronicle Solano Times Vallejo Elevator Carquinez Cemetery Military Organizations Fire Department San Pablo Engine Co. No. 1 Vallejo Schools Mare Island Rio Vista Geology, etc Early Settlement Rio Vista Rio Vista Lodge, No. 208, F. and A. M Rio Vista Lodge, No. 180, I. O.O. F. River View Encampment, No. 6.C. of R. C. Rio Vista H. & L. Co Congregational Church M. E. Church Catholic Church St. Gertrude's Academy Public Schools Newspapers Business Directory Silveyville Dixon Silveyville Lodge, No. 201, F. and A. M. Dixon Chapter No. 28, E. A. M. Hyacinthe Rebecca Lodge, No. 26 Montezuma Lodge, No. 172, 1. O.O. F Othello Lodge, No. 31, K of P. Dixon Lodge, I. O. G. T. Dixon Lodge, No. 50, A.O.U.W. Bank of Dixon Fire Company Catholic Church M. E. Church South M. E. Church Dixon Baptist Church Dixon Tribune Suisun Suisun City Fairfield Court House and Jail M. E. Church, Fairfield Grace Church St. Alphonsis Church, Suisun Congregational Church, Suisun. Suisun Lodge, No. 55, F. & A.M. Suisun Lodge, No. 78, I. O. O. F. Suisun Lodge, No. 49, A.O.U.W. Bank of Suisun Fire Department Water Company Suisun City Mills Suisun Glee Club 301 Newspapers 301 County Hospital Denverton Schools, Churches, etc Denverton Lodge, I. O. G. T. Maine Prairie Lodge of Good Templars Binghamton M. E. Church M. E. Church Cumberland Presbyterian Church Montezuma Collinsville Schools and Churches Vacaville Vacaville Vaca Valley and Clear Lake R. R. Co Baptist Church Seventh-Day Advent Christian Church Davis Hotel California College Green Valley Cordelia 323 Bridgeport 323 Rockville 324 Elmira Elmira L O. O. R of Elmira A. O. U. W BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. VALLEJO. Alvord, Luke Anderson, M. D., Walter Duncan Aspenall, William Aylward, Thomas Bergwell, Gustaf Bingham, George Brooks, William S Brown, Calvin Brown, Samuel Brownlie, Alexander J Brownlie, James Brownlie, John Brownlee, Robert Brownlee, Thomas Butler, O. H. Callander, John Carman, A. S. Colhoun, Edmund R., U. S. N. Condon, James Connolly, Henry Dare, John T Deininger, F Derwin, Michael S Doyle, James Drake, Simon S Edwards, William P Egery, B. D. Farnliam, John Forstenfeld, M. Frisbie, Eleazer Frisbie, Gen. John B. Frisbie, Levi C. Frost, James, M. D. Gookin, Thomas P. Gorham, Abraham Hanks, J. G. Harrier, Daniel W. Harvey, Hon. Joel A. Hilborn, Hon. S. G. Hobbs, Isaac Hubbard, John E. Hubbs, Hon. Paul K. Hubbs, Charles H. Hunter James Jefferis, P. E. Jones, Rev. Edward J. Kennedy, John E. Kitto, Samuel Klink, Rev. N. B. Kloppenburg, D. W. Lamont, James A. Mallett, George F., U. S. N. Much, George W., U. S. N. MacDonald, Rev. David F. McCudden, James McDermott, Robert McDonald, T. P. McDonald, William McGettigen, Edward Mclnnis, J. A. McKnight, Andrew McKnight, A. J. McLeod, John C. McPike, A. J. Murphy, Charles North, John O’Brien, Thomas O’Grady, Frank Pearson, Gustavus C. Powell, A. Richardson, H. D. Robinson, A. T. Roe, George Roney, James Saunders, James Sheehy, Robert Shirland, Frank Simonton, George W. Smith, James G. Steffen, J. Taylor, W. E., M. D. Thompson, J. D. Thompson, H. M. Thornton, T. A. Tobin, J. F. Vanderbilt, W. W. Walker, W. Ward, James Weniger, Charles Wentworth, John Wilson, E. J. Wilson, John Wilson, Joseph Williston, J. E. Young, A. J. SUISUN. Alden, E. B. Barbour, Nathan Bateman, J. K. Bateman, John M. K. Bauman, J. H. Berry, George M. Chrisler, P. J. Clayton, David J. Coghlan, O. R. Crocker, Asa Davisson, Obediah Davisson, W. G. Downing, M. D., W. G. Dunn, Alexander Edwards, James G. Fitch, William Wayne Gillespie, Edgar Ferguson Gillespie, George A. Goodwin, B. H. Gregory, John M. Green, George Haile, Hon.R. C. Hale, David Hammond, E. A. Hooper, Thomas P. Hoyt W. K. Hubbard, Henry Jones, John M. Kennedy, W. T. Kerns, J. W. Kinloch, John G. Lamont, George A. LeGro, Richard P. Leithead, William Lemon, John B. Manka, Christley Marshall, Charles Knox Maxwell, J. C. Miller, Allen C. Miller, John Miles, James L. Murray, Alexander McCreary, D. McDonald, D. C. Palmer, L. L. Palmer, S. G. Pangburn, G. H. Pearce, John W. Perkins, E. D. Quick, W. Rice, Harvey Richardson, J. B. Robbins, R. D. Robinson, W. H. Rush, B. F. Spence, M. D., A. P. Staples, Earnest H. Staples, F. Stockman, D. E. (deceased) Stockman, D. M. Swan, Hon. T. M. Turner, W. H. Taylor, W. H. Vance, M. D., James M. Vest, John Waterman, Robert H. Wells, James T. Wendell, J. F. Wing, Joseph (deceased) Wing, Joseph Jr. Wolf, William Wolfskill, Mathias Woods, John Index Pages xii, xiii, xiv shown below GREEN VALLEY. Baoldwin, J. M. Bihler, Henry Hatch, A. T. Humphreys, James H. Jewell, W. T. Jones, P. S. Pittman, 0. J., (deceased.) Pierce, Lewis Schultz, C, & Co. Wilson, Curtis BENICIA. BENNETT, WILLIAM F. BROWN, JOHN R. BURNS, JAMES CHISHOLM, A. CLYNE, JAMES CUMMINGS, FRANCIS DALTON, ALFRED, DILLON, PATRICK W. BURNER, GEORGE ADAM ENOS, JOSEPH FISCHER, JOSEPH GRAY, SAMUEL C. HANBRIGE, PETER HASTINGS, D. N. HOYT, JOSEPH KINSTREY, THOS. T. KUHLAND, WILLIAM McKAY, THOMAS McNALLY, BERNARD MIZNER, LANSING BOND NICHOLS, J. B. NICHOLS, WILLIAM H. OPPERMAN, JULIUS O'DONNELL, JOHN PERIN, AARON PRESTON, WILLIAM E. QUIGG, CHARLES RAUM, E. C. RIDDELL, GEO. HUSSEY ROSE, ELISHA L. RUEGER JOHN RYERSON, A. P., (deceased) SAGE, TIMOTHY SPALDING, CHARLES VON PFISTER, E. H. WALSH, CAPTAIN JOHN WASTABY, RICHARD VACAVILLE. AMMONS, HENRY B. BASSFORD, H. A. BASSFORD, J. M. BRINCK, H. W. BUCK, L. W. CAMPBELL, ROBT. G. CONNELLY, JAMES CUMMONS, JOHN HARBERT DAVIS, W. B. DAVIS, I. F. DAY, M. D., EDWARD W. DOWNEY, D. M. BUTTON, DAVID DEWEY ESQUIVEL, ANTONIO MARIA EVERSOLE, HENRY ELLIOTT, JAMES MONROE GETCHINS, WILLIAM W. JOHNSON, W. KIDD, W. B. R. KORNS, LEVI LONG, S. W. MARSHALL, R. C. MORTON, HENRY PENA, DEMETRIO PLEASANTS, WILLIAM J. ROGERS, JAMES ROE SCARLETT, J. E. SEAMAN, H. SMITH, W. W. STAHL, J. THISSELL, G. W. TROUTMAN, GEORGE W. WOODERSON, G. F. MAINE PRAIRIE. ELLIOT, GEORGE T. TUCK, J. RIO VISTA. BEGUHL, HENRY BROWN, D. B. BRUNING, JOSEPH BUTLER, N. C CARTER, ROBERT C CURRIE, ALEXANDER DOZIER, W. G. EMIGH, T. P. FERGUSON, WM. FISOUS, JOHN B. GARDINER, JOHN H. GURNEE, JACOB, JOHNSON, CAPT. JAMES MENZIES, THOMAS PIETRZYCKI, M. D., MARCEL POND, DAVID A. SICEAL, M. T. SIDWELL, J. M. SMYTH, HON. MICHAEL SQUIRES, WILLIAM K. STOLL, CHARLES M. ELMIRA. BARRETT, J. H. MARCH, RUDOLPH BUCKHART MELBOURN, THOMAS McMURTRY, JOSEPH WELLS, J. C. WIGHT, F. M. DENVERTON. ARNOLD, OSCAR D. BARKWAY, R. H. BUCKLEY, TIMOTHY FOTHERINGHAM. JOHN KERBY, CLINTON NURSE, S. K. PREVOST, L. MONTEZUMA. ARNOLD, JAMES W. BIRD, JOHN BOND, J. C. DONELL, WILLIAM HOOPER, THOMAS T. HOSKING, WILLIAM MEINS, ROBERT PAGE, W. UPHAM, E. J. WINTER, H. E. TREMONT. AGEE, CHRISTOPHER C. CLOUTMAN, JOSEPH F. FOSTER, GEO. W. GUTHRIE, B. J. HYDE, SEPTA FILMORE HYLAND, WILLIAM SNEAD, S. M. SILVEYVILLE. BROWN, 0. P. COLEMAN, NAPOLEON B. S. GOTTEN, JAMES W. CURREY, ROBERT J. DASHIELL, W. A. DICKSON, THOMAS DINSMORE, REV. J. M. DUDLEY, J. M. EIS, JAMES ADDISON, (deceased) FRAHM, GEORGE HALL, RICHARD MACE, DARIUS MAYES, JOHN S. MERRYFIELD, JUSTICE C. McKINLEY, GEO. C. Mcpherson, Alexander NYE, ALFRED B. REDDICE, HARDIN ROHWER, HANS SILVEY, ELIJAH S. SIMMONS, Jr., REV. J. C. SMYTHE, PETER TIMM, PETER UDEL, DOCTOR 0. C, (deceased) WEIHE, EDWARD,

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