in alphabetical order | |  William Lysander Adams (1821-1906) — also known asWilliam L. Adams;Will Adams — ofYamhillCounty, Ore.; Forest Grove,WashingtonCounty, Ore.; Hood River,Hood RiverCounty, Ore.Born in Painesville,LakeCounty, Ohio,February5, 1821.Republican.Schoolteacher;went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;preacher;newspapereditor; probate judge in Oregon, 1850;U.S.Collector of Customs at Astoria, Ore., Oregon, 1860;physician.Died in Hood River,Hood RiverCounty, Ore.,April26, 1906 (age85 years, 80days).Interment atIdlewildCemetery, Hood River, Ore. | | Benjamin Parke Avery (1828-1875) — also known asBenjamin P. Avery — of California. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November11, 1828.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;newspapereditor; U.S. Minister toChina, 1874-75, died in office 1875.Died, ofkidneydisease, in Peking (Beijing),China,November8, 1875 (age46 years, 362days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | George Washington Baker (1829-1896) — also known asGeorge W. Baker — of Athens,AthensCounty, Ohio.Born near Athens,AthensCounty, Ohio,May 2,1829.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; colonel in theUnion Army during the Civil War;mayor ofAthens, Ohio, 1867-68; postmaster atAthens,Ohio, 1889-91.DiedJuly 12,1896 (age67 years, 71days).Burial location unknown.  | Homer Griswold Barber (1830-1909) — also known asHomer G. Barber — of Vermontville,EatonCounty, Mich.Born in Benson,RutlandCounty, Vt.,November25, 1830.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;merchant;banker;member ofMichiganstate senate 20th District, 1871-72.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Died in Vermontville,EatonCounty, Mich.,March15, 1909 (age78 years, 110days).Interment atWoodlawn Cemetery, Vermontville, Mich.  | Julius Solon Barber (1824-1908) — also known asJulius S. Barber — of Coldwater,BranchCounty, Mich.Born in Benson,RutlandCounty, Vt.,April 6,1824.Republican.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;merchant;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Branch County 2nd District,1867-68; postmaster atColdwater,Mich., 1873-82.Episcopalian.Died in Coldwater,BranchCounty, Mich.,January18, 1908 (age83 years, 287days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.| |  Relatives: Sonof Daniel Barber and Cynthia (Dyer) Barber; married1854 toEmeline (Chalmers) Baker. | | | | Image source: History and BiographicalRecord of Branch County (1906) |
| | | Washington Montgomery Bartlett (1824-1887) — also known asWashington Bartlett — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,February29, 1824.Democrat.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;lawyer;journalist;newspaperpublisher;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1883-87;Governor ofCalifornia, 1887; died in office 1887.Died in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,September12, 1887 (age63 years, 196days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | William B. Beeson (d. 1872) — of Niles,BerrienCounty, Mich.Physician;merchant;villagepresident of Niles, Michigan, 1841;went to California for the1849 Gold Rush; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1859.Died in1872.Burial location unknown. | | Frederick H. Billings (1823-1890) — Born in Royalton,WindsorCounty, Vt.,September27, 1823.Republican.Vermontsecretary of civil and military affairs, 1846-48;lawyer;went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; president, NorthernPacificRailway,1879-81; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont,1880.Died in Woodstock,WindsorCounty, Vt.,September30, 1890 (age67 years, 3days).Interment atRiverStreet Cemetery, Woodstock, Vt. | | Sempronius Hamilton Boyd (1828-1894) — also known asSempronius H. Boyd;PonyBoyd —of Springfield,GreeneCounty, Mo.Born inWilliamsonCounty, Tenn.,May 28,1828.Republican.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;lawyer;GreeneCounty Clerk of Court, 1854-56;mayorof Springfield, Mo., 1858-60; colonel in the Union Army duringthe Civil War;U.S.Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1863-65, 1869-71;delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,1864;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Missouri, 1864-68; district judge inMissouri 14th District, 1865; U.S. Minister toSiam, 1891-92.Died in Springfield,GreeneCounty, Mo.,June 22,1894 (age66 years, 25days).Interment atHazelwoodCemetery, Springfield, Mo. | | David Colbreth Broderick (1820-1859) — also known asDavid C. Broderick — of New York;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born inWashington,D.C.,February4, 1820.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1846;went to California for the1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1850-52;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1851-52;U.S.Senator from California, 1857-59; died in office 1859.Irishancestry.Mortallywounded in aduel onSeptember 13, 1859 withDavidS. Terry, chief justice of the California Supreme Court, and diedinSanFrancisco, Calif.,September16, 1859 (age39 years, 224days).Original interment atLaurelHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment in 1942 atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | Charles Henry Bryan (1822-1877) — also known asCharles H. Bryan — of Marysville,YubaCounty, Calif.; Virginia City,StoreyCounty, Nev.Born in Ellicottville,CattaraugusCounty, N.Y.,October20, 1822.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1854;justice ofCalifornia state supreme court, 1854-55;delegateto Nevada state constitutional convention, 1863.Died inCarsonCity, Nev.,May 14,1877 (age54 years, 206days).Interment atLoneMountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev. | | Ephraim Willard Burr (1809-1894) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Warren,BristolCounty, R.I.,March 7,1809.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;banker;insuranceexecutive;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1856-59.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,July 20,1894 (age85 years, 135days).Interment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | John Goulder Campbell (1827-1903) — also known asJohn G. Campbell — of Prescott,YavapaiCounty, Ariz.Born in Glasgow,Scotland,June25, 1827.Democrat.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;merchant;hotelowner; member ofArizonaterritorial House of Representatives, 1868-74;YavapaiCounty Supervisor;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1879-81; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Arizona Territory,1880(not seated).Scottishancestry.Died in Prescott,YavapaiCounty, Ariz.,December22, 1903 (age76 years, 180days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Prescott, Ariz. | | George Quayle Cannon (1827-1901) — also known asGeorge Q. Cannon — of Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Liverpool,England,January11, 1827.Democrat.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;memberUtah territorial council, 1865-66, 1869-72;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Utah Territory, 1873-81; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Utah Territory,1880(not seated).Mormon.Had five wives and 32 children; spent six months in federalpenitentiaryforcohabitation.Died in Monterey,MontereyCounty, Calif.,April12, 1901 (age74 years, 91days).Interment atSaltLake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. | | Horace Walpole Carpentier (1824-1918) — also known asHorace W. Carpentier — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Galway,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,1824.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;lawyer;banker;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 5th District, 1853, 1853-54;mayorof Oakland, Calif., 1854-55; president oftelegraphcompanies which developed a system oftelegraphlines in California and connecting to the Eastern U.S.Philanthropist; also left more than $1 million to Columbia Universityand to Barnard College on his death in 1918.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January31, 1918 (ageabout 93years).Intermentsomewherein Galway, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof James Carpenter and Henrietta Carpenter. |
| | David Williams Cheesman (1824-1884) — also known asD. W. Cheesman — of Oroville,ButteCounty, Calif.Born in Hagerstown,WayneCounty, Ind.,December22, 1824.Republican.Lawyer;went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of California, 1859; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from California,1860;treasurer, U.S. Mint at San Francisco, 1861.DiedNovember24, 1884 (age59 years, 338days).Original interment atOddFellows Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment to unknown location.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard Williams Cheesman and Hannah (Rowand) Cheesman; married1849 to UraniaK. Macy. |
| | Daniel Choate (1828-1899) — of San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in China,KennebecCounty, Maine,September9, 1828.Republican.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;merchant;realestate developer; postmaster atSanDiego, Calif., 1876-81.Methodist.Died in San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,1899(ageabout70 years).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.  | William Judson Clark (b. 1825) — also known asWilliam J. Clark — of Southington,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Southington,HartfordCounty, Conn.,August19, 1825.Republican.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;nut and boltmanufacturer; member ofConnecticutstate senate 2nd District, 1883-84.Member,UnionLeague;OddFellows.Burial location unknown. | | Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell (1832-1915) — also known asJeremiah V. Cockrell — of Sherman,GraysonCounty, Tex.; Anson,JonesCounty, Tex.; Abilene,TaylorCounty, Tex.Born near Warrensburg,JohnsonCounty, Mo.,May 7,1832.Democrat.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;lawyer;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; district judgein Texas, 1885-93;U.S.Representative from Texas 13th District, 1893-97.Slaveowner. Died in Abilene,TaylorCounty, Tex.,March18, 1915 (age82 years, 315days).Interment atAbilene Municipal Cemetery, Abilene, Tex. | | Cornelius Cole (1822-1924) — of Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Lodi,SenecaCounty, N.Y.,September17, 1822.Republican.Lawyer;went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from California, 1856-60;U.S.Representative from California at-large, 1863-65;U.S.Senator from California, 1867-73.Died in Hollywood, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,November3, 1924 (age102 years,47 days).Interment atHollywoodForever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif. | | John Conness (1821-1909) — ofElDorado County, Calif.; Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.; Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Abbey, County Galway,Ireland,September22, 1821.Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen;went to California for the1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1853-55, 1860-62 (12th District 1853-54, 18thDistrict 1854-55, 1860-62); Union Democratic candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1861;U.S.Senator from California, 1863-69.Died in Jamaica Plain, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January10, 1909 (age87 years, 110days).Interment atCedarGrove Cemetery, Dorchester, Boston, Mass. | | Peter P. Cornen (1815-1893) — of Ridgefield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March13, 1815.Democrat.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;real estatebusiness;oilproducer;banker;member ofConnecticutstate senate 11th District, 1867; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1871.Episcopalian.Member,OddFellows.DiedMarch23, 1893 (age78 years, 10days).Interment atScott's Cemetery, Ridgefield, Conn. | | Aylett Rains Cotton (1826-1912) — also known asAylett R. Cotton — of Lyons,ClintonCounty, Iowa; Clinton,ClintonCounty, Iowa;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Austintown,MahoningCounty, Ohio,November29, 1826.Republican.Lawyer;went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;ClintonCounty Judge, 1851-53;ClintonCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1854; mayor of Lyons, Iowa, 1855-57;delegateto Iowa state constitutional convention 23rd District, 1857;member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1868-71;Speaker ofthe Iowa State House of Representatives, 1870-71;U.S.Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1871-75.Member,Freemasons.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,October30, 1912 (age85 years, 336days).Interment atWoodlawnMemorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | Alexander Parker Crittenden (1816-1870) — also known asAlexander P. Crittenden — ofSantaClara County, Calif.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Virginia City,StoreyCounty, Nev.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,January14, 1816.Lawyer;went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1849-51, 1852-53 (Los Angeles District 1849-51,5th District 1852-53).Shotandmortallywounded by his ex-lover, Laura D. Fair,on board aferry boat in San Francisco Bay, and died two days later, inSanFrancisco, Calif.,November5, 1870 (age54 years, 295days). Fair was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death, butthe state supreme court ordered a new trial, and she was acquitted.Interment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | Charles Crocker (1822-1888) — of Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,September16, 1822.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;merchant;banker;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 9th District, 1861-62; one of the builders of theCentral PacificRailroad;first president of the Southern PacificRailroad.Died in Monterey,MontereyCounty, Calif.,August14, 1888 (age65 years, 333days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | James McGrew Cunnard (b. 1831) — also known asMike Cunnard — of California. Born inGuernseyCounty, Ohio,December16, 1831.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 24th District, 1862-63.Burial location unknown. | | John Currey (b. 1814) — of Peekskill,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.; Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born inWestchesterCounty, N.Y.,October4, 1814.Democrat.Lawyer;went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; Anti-LecomptonDemocratic candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1859;justice ofCalifornia state supreme court, 1864-.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Currey and Reban (Ward) Currey; married1845 toCornelia Elizabeth Scott; married1881 toCornelia Ferris. |
| | Sherman Day (1806-1884) — Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,February11, 1806.Engineer;historian;went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1855-56; U.S. Surveyor General of California,1868-71.Died in Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,December14, 1884 (age78 years, 307days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | Pedro de Alcantara Brazileiro de Saisset(1829-1902) —also known asPedro de Saisset — of San Jose,SantaClara County, Calif.Born in Paris,France,1829.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;ConsularAgent for France inSanJose, Calif., 1886-1902.Frenchancestry.Died in San Jose,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,March16, 1902 (ageabout 72years).Entombed atSantaClara Mission Cemetery, Santa Clara, Calif. | | Isaac Harding Duval (1824-1902) — also known asIsaac H. Duval — of Wellsburg,BrookeCounty, W.Va.Born in Wellsburg,BrookeCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),September1, 1824.Republican.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; generalin the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofWestVirginia state senate 1st District, 1866-67;U.S.Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1869-71;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Wheeling, West Virginia, 1879;member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates 1st District, 1887-90;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from WestVirginia,1896.Died in Wellsburg,BrookeCounty, W.Va.,July 10,1902 (age77 years, 312days).Interment atBrookeCemetery, Wellsburg, W.Va. | | Joseph Palmer Dyer (1827-1891) — also known asJ. P. Dyer — of Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.BornJanuary29, 1827.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;mayorof Sacramento, Calif., 1857.DiedJuly 7,1891 (age64 years, 159days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof George Dyer and Jane (Pendleton) Dyer; married,October5, 1853, to Deborah Curtis; great-grandnephew ofNathanPendleton (1754-1841); first cousin twice removed ofNathanPendleton (1779-1827); second cousin ofCalvinCrane Pendleton; second cousin once removed ofCharlesMarsh Pendleton,JamesMonroe Pendleton andCyrusHenry Pendleton; second cousin twice removed ofDanielBurrows; third cousin ofEdwardWheeler Pendleton,CharlesHenry Pendleton,HarrisPendleton,ChaunceyC. Pendleton,NathanWilliam Pendleton,JamesPendleton andEckfordGustavus Pendleton; third cousin once removed ofLorenzoBurrows,CorneliusWelles Pendleton andClaudiusVictor Pendleton; fourth cousin ofEnochC. Chapman. | | | | Political families:Lenoir-Avery-Moreheadfamily of North Carolina;Packer-Burrowsfamily of Mystic, Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | John Edwards (1805-1894) — Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,October24, 1805.Democrat. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1845-46;went to Californiafor the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofIndianastate senate, 1853; member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1856-61;Speaker ofthe Iowa State House of Representatives, 1859-61;delegateto Iowa state constitutional convention 9th District, 1857;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1871-73.Died inWashington,D.C.,April 8,1894 (age88 years, 166days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | James Graham Fair (1831-1894) — also known asJames G. Fair — of Virginia City,StoreyCounty, Nev.Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),December3, 1831.Democrat.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;real estatebusiness;U.S.Senator from Nevada, 1881-87; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Nevada,1888(member,CredentialsCommittee).Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,December28, 1894 (age63 years, 25days).Originally entombed atLaurelHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;re-entombed atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif. | | David Fairchild (c.1791-1866) — of California. Born about 1791.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 18th District, 1860-61.DiedSeptember17, 1866 (ageabout 75years).Interment atPilotHill Cemetery, Pilot Hill, Calif.  | Stephen Johnson Field (1816-1899) — also known asStephen J. Field — ofYubaCounty, Calif.Born in Haddam,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,November4, 1816.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 14th District, 1851-52;justice ofCalifornia state supreme court, 1857-63;chiefjustice of California state supreme court, 1859-63;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1863-97;arrestedin San Francisco, August 16, 1889, onchargesof being party to the allegedmurderofDavidS. Terry; released on bail; ultimately the killing was ruled tobe justifiable homicide.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,April 9,1899 (age82 years, 156days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John H. Fitzgerald (1834-1871) — of Wickenburg,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,1834.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofArizonaterritorial House of Representatives, 1871.Killedhimself by swallowingstrychnine,at Mill City (now part of Phoenix),MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,July 22,1871 (ageabout 37years).Burial location unknown. | | Ferris Forman (1808-1901) — of Vandalia,FayetteCounty, Ill.; Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.; Stockton,SanJoaquin County, Calif.Born in Nichols,TiogaCounty, N.Y.,August24, 1808.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Illinois, 1839-41; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1845-46; colonel in the U.S. Army during theMexican War; Democratic Presidential Elector for Illinois,1848;went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; postmaster atSacramento,Calif., 1853-57;secretaryof state of California, 1858-60; colonel in the Union Army duringthe Civil War;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention 13th District, 1870;FayetteCounty State's Attorney.Died in Stockton,San JoaquinCounty, Calif.,February11, 1901 (age92 years, 171days).Interment atSanJoaquin Catholic Cemetery, Stockton, Calif. | | John White Geary (1819-1873) — also known asJohn W. Geary — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born near Mt. Pleasant,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,December30, 1819.Republican.Civilengineer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; postmaster atSanFrancisco, Calif., 1849; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1849;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1850-51;Governorof Kansas Territory, 1856-57; general in the Union Army duringthe Civil War;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1867-73.Methodist.Died after suffering aheartattack, in Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.,February8, 1873 (age53 years, 40days).Interment atHarrisburgCemetery, Harrisburg, Pa. | | Addison Crandall Gibbs (1825-1886) — also known asA. C. Gibbs — of Gardiner,DouglasCounty, Ore.Born inCattaraugusCounty, N.Y.,July 9,1825.Republican.Lawyer;went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;U.S.Collector of Customs at Gardiner, Ore., Oregon, 1854;Governor ofOregon, 1862-66;U.S.Attorney for Oregon, 1871-73.Died in London,England,December29, 1886 (age61 years, 173days).Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings (1816-1897) — also known asNapoleon B. Giddings — of Fayette,HowardCounty, Mo.; Nebraska City,OtoeCounty, Neb.; Savannah,AndrewCounty, Mo.Born near Boonsborough,ClarkCounty, Ky.,January2, 1816.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;went to Californiafor the 1849 Gold Rush;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Nebraska Territory, 1855; colonel in theUnion Army during the Civil War.Died in Savannah,AndrewCounty, Mo.,August3, 1897 (age81 years, 213days).Interment atCityCemetery, Savannah, Mo. | | Thomas Jefferson Green (1802-1863) — of North Carolina; Texas; California. Born inWarrenCounty, N.C.,1802.Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1823; general in theTexas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Bexar, 1837;went toCalifornia for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1850.Sponsored the bill in the California Senate tocreatethe University of California.Died in North Carolina,December12, 1863 (ageabout 61years).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in1905 atFairviewCemetery, Warrenton, N.C. | | William Semple Green (1832-1905) — also known asWill S. Green — of Colusa,ColusaCounty, Calif.BornDecember26, 1832.Democrat.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;hotel-keeper;steamboatcaptain;newspapereditor and publisher; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 25th District, 1867-69;Californiastate treasurer, 1898-99; promoter of irrigation projects.Elected to the California NewspaperHall ofFame.DiedJuly 2,1905 (age72 years, 188days).Intermentsomewherein Colusa, Calif.; memorial monument atWillS. Green Memorial, Near Hamilton City, Glenn County, Calif. | | William McKendree Gwin (1805-1885) — also known asW. M. Gwin — of Mississippi;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born near Gallatin,SumnerCounty, Tenn.,October9, 1805.Democrat.Physician;U.S.Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1841-43;went toCalifornia for the 1849 Gold Rush;delegateto California state constitutional convention, 1849;U.S.Senator from California, 1850-55, 1857-61.Engaged in aduelwithJ.W. McCorkle, June 1, 1853; there were no injuries; twicearrestedfor allegeddisloyaltyduring the Civil War.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September3, 1885 (age79 years, 329days).Entombed atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | William Stephen Hamilton (d. 1850) — of Wisconsin. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; member ofWisconsinterritorial legislature, 1840;went to California for the 1849Gold Rush.Died in Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,October7, 1850.Interment atSacramentoCity Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif. | | Serranus Clinton Hastings (1814-1893) — also known asS. Clinton Hastings — of Lawrenceburg,DearbornCounty, Ind.; Bloomington (now Muscatine),MuscatineCounty, Iowa; Benicia,SolanoCounty, Calif.Born in Watertown,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,November22, 1814.Democrat.MemberIowa territorial council, 1838-46;U.S.Representative from Iowa at-large, 1846-47;justice ofIowa state supreme court, 1848-49;went to California for the1849 Gold Rush;justice ofCalifornia state supreme court, 1849-51;chiefjustice of California state supreme court, 1849-51;Californiastate attorney general, 1852-54.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,February18, 1893 (age78 years, 88days).Interment atSt.Helena Public Cemetery, St. Helena, Calif. | | John Coffee Hays (1817-1883) — also known asJack C. Hays — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Cedar Lick,WilsonCounty, Tenn.,January28, 1817.Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War ofIndependence; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from California,1876.Joined the Texas Rangers in the 1830s (later named to Texas RangersHall of Fame). Sheriff of San Francisco in 1850; U.S. SurveyorGeneral for California, 1853; one of the founders of the city ofOakland.DiedApril21, 1883 (age66 years, 83days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | Harmon Gregg Heald (1824-1858) — also known asHarmon G. Heald — of California. Born in Ohio,January29, 1824.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 11th District, 1856-57.Died in Healdsburg,SonomaCounty, Calif.,December17, 1858 (age34 years, 322days).Interment atHealdsburgCemetery, Healdsburg, Calif. | | Hans Christian Heg (1829-1863) — of Wisconsin. Born in Lierbyen,Norway,December21, 1829.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; abolitionist;Wisconsin state prison commissioner, elected 1859; colonel in theUnion Army during the Civil War.Norwegianancestry.Suffered wounds inbattle,and died the next day, at Chickamauga,WalkerCounty, Ga.,September20, 1863 (age33 years, 273days).Interment atNorwayLutheran Cemetery, Wind Lake, Wis.; statue atState Capitol Grounds, Madison, Wis. | | Tyler Davis Heiskell (1823-1897) — also known asTyler D. Heiskell — ofStanislausCounty, Calif.;TulareCounty, Calif.Born inLeeCounty, Va.,December1, 1823.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 18th District, 1856-57;delegateto California state constitutional convention, 1879.Died inTulareCounty, Calif.,December8, 1897 (age74 years, 7days).Interment atOakdale Citizens Cemetery, Oakdale, Calif. | | William Chalmers Hendricks (1825-1892) — also known asWilliam C. Hendricks — of California. Born in Ligonier,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,1825.Democrat.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; delegateto Democratic National Convention from California,1880(ConventionVice-President);secretaryof state of California, 1887-91.Died in Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,January24, 1892 (ageabout 66years).Intermentsomewherein Oroville, Calif. | | Thomas Jefferson Henley (1808-1875) — also known asThomas J. Henley — of New Washington,ClarkCounty, Ind.; Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Richmond,WayneCounty, Ind.,June 18,1808.Democrat.Lawyer;banker;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1832-42;Speaker ofthe Indiana State House of Representatives, 1840;U.S.Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1843-49;went toCalifornia for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate assembly from Sacramento District, 1850-51; DemocraticPresidential Elector for California,1852(voted forFranklinPierce andWilliamR. King); postmaster atSanFrancisco, Calif., 1853-54.Died inMendocinoCounty, Calif.,May 1,1875 (age66 years, 317days).Interment atValley View Cemetery, Covelo, Calif. | | James Farquhar Hibberd (1816-1903) — also known asJames F. Hibberd — of Ohio; Richmond,WayneCounty, Ind.Born near New Market,FrederickCounty, Md.,November4, 1816.Physician;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1845-47;went to Californiafor the 1849 Gold Rush;mayorof Richmond, Ind., 1875-77.Member,American MedicalAssociation;AmericanPublic Health Association.Died in Richmond,WayneCounty, Ind.,September8, 1903 (age86 years, 308days).Interment atEarlhamCemetery, Richmond, Ind. | | Samuel Hungerford (c.1800-1875) — also known as"Colonel" — of Novi Township (now Novi),OaklandCounty, Mich.Born about 1800.Supervisorof Novi Township, Michigan, 1833-34;went to California forthe 1849 Gold Rush.DiedApril 7,1875 (ageabout 75years).Burial location unknown. | | Hiram Abiff Imus Jr. (c.1804-1876) — also known asHiram A. Imus — of Galena,Jo DaviessCounty, Ill.;Santa CruzCounty, Calif.Born in Cayuga,CayugaCounty, N.Y., about 1804.Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;went toCalifornia for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 3rd District, 1859-60.Died in Santa Cruz,Santa CruzCounty, Calif.,October4, 1876 (ageabout 72years).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Santa Cruz, Calif.  | David Howell Jerome (1829-1896) — also known asDavid H. Jerome — of Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November17, 1829.Republican.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;hardwaremerchant;lumberbusiness; member ofMichiganstate senate, 1863-68 (27th District 1863-66, 26th District1867-68); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1868;member ofMichiganstate constitutional commission 8th District, 1873;Governor ofMichigan, 1881-82; defeated, 1882.Episcopalian.Died in Watkins Glen,SchuylerCounty, N.Y.,April23, 1896 (age66 years, 158days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Saginaw Township, Saginaw County, Mich. | | James Kerr Kelly (1819-1903) — also known asJames K. Kelly — ofClackamasCounty, Ore.; Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in Blanchard,CentreCounty, Pa.,February16, 1819.Democrat.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;lawyer;member ofOregonterritorial legislature, 1853;delegateto Oregon state constitutional convention from Clackamas County,1857; member ofOregonstate senate, 1860;U.S.Attorney for Oregon, 1860-62;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1871-77; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Oregon, 1876;justice ofOregon state supreme court, 1878-80;chiefjustice of Oregon state supreme court, 1878-80; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Oregon,1888.Died inWashington,D.C.,September15, 1903 (age84 years, 211days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Charles West Kendall (1828-1914) — of Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.; Hamilton,White PineCounty, Nev.;Denver,Colo.Born in Searsmont,WaldoCounty, Maine,April22, 1828.Democrat.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;newspapereditor;lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 12th District, 1862-63;U.S.Representative from Nevada at-large, 1871-75.Died in Mt. Rainier,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,June 25,1914 (age86 years, 64days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Thomas Butler King (1800-1864) — also known asT. Butler King — of Waynesville,BrantleyCounty, Ga.; Frederica, St. Simons Island,GlynnCounty, Ga.Born in Palmer,HampdenCounty, Mass.,August27, 1800.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1832-37, 1859;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1833;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1839-43, 1845-50 (at-large 1839-43,1st District 1845-50); delegate to Whig National Convention fromGeorgia, 1844;went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;U.S.Collector of Customs at San Francisco, Calif., California,1851-53.Slaveowner. Died in Waresboro,WareCounty, Ga.,May 10,1864 (age63 years, 257days).Interment atChristChurchyard, Frederica, St. Simons Island, Ga. | | William Lew May (c.1793-1849) — also known asWilliam L. May — of Jacksonville,MorganCounty, Ill.; Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Kentucky, about 1793. Democrat.Registerof U.S. Land Office at Springfield, Illinois, 1829-33; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1829-31;U.S.Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1834-39;mayorof Springfield, Ill., 1841;went to California for the 1849Gold Rush.Slaveowner. Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,September29, 1849 (ageabout 56years).Intermentsomewherein Sacramento, Calif. | | Joseph Walker McCorkle (1819-1884) — also known asJoseph W. McCorkle;J. W.McCorkle —of Dayton,MontgomeryCounty, Ohio;SutterCounty, Calif.; Virginia City,StoreyCounty, Nev.;Washington,D.C.Born in Piqua,MiamiCounty, Ohio,June 24,1819.Democrat.Lawyer;postmaster atDayton,Ohio, 1845-49;went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 14th District, 1851-52;U.S.Representative from California 2nd District, 1851-53.Engaged in aduelwith U.S. SenatorW.M. Gwin, June 1, 1853; there were no injuries.Died in Branchville,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,March18, 1884 (age64 years, 268days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Piqua, Ohio. | | Joseph Chambers McKibbin (1824-1896) — of Downieville,SierraCounty, Calif.Born in Chambersburg,FranklinCounty, Pa.,May 14,1824.Democrat.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1852-53;U.S.Representative from California at-large, 1857-59; defeated, 1858;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;generalcontractor.Died in Marshall Hall,CharlesCounty, Md.,July 1,1896 (age72 years, 48days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Robert H. McKune (1823-1894) — of Scranton,LackawannaCounty, Pa.; Wilkes-Barre,LuzerneCounty, Pa.Born in Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,August19, 1823.Democrat.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; served inthe Union Army during the Civil War;mayorof Scranton, Pa., 1875-78.Member,Freemasons.While attempting to quell a riot in 1877, he wasattacked,and his skull was fractured.Died, ofheartfailure, in Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,October9, 1894 (age71 years, 51days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Dunmore, Pa.| | Relatives:Married1844 to ElmiraSmith. |
| | Hector B. Meredith (1826-1885) — of Folsom,SacramentoCounty, Calif.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inWinchester,Va.,April30, 1826.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 9th District, 1855-56.Died from complications of a badfall, inNew York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 29,1885 (age59 years, 29days).Interment atOld Lutheran Cemetery, Winchester, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof James S. Meredith and Elizabeth B. (Eaty)Meredith. |
 | Daniel Azro Millington (1823-1891) — of Winfield,CowleyCounty, Kan.Born in Hubbardton,RutlandCounty, Vt.,May 16,1823.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;newspapereditor;postmaster;mayorof Winfield, Kan., 1875-76.Died ofheartfailure, in Winfield,CowleyCounty, Kan.,May 7,1891 (age67 years, 356days).Interment atUnionCemetery, Winfield, Kan.| | Relatives: Sonof Solomon Millington and Clarinda (Richardson) Millington; married,May16, 1848, to Mary Ann Smith. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Bill Bottorff, Winfieldhistorian |
| | John L. Morse — Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1846-47;went to Californiafor the 1849 Gold Rush.Burial location unknown. | | Edward Neblett (1818-1907) — of Weaverville,TrinityCounty, Calif.; Santa Rosa,SonomaCounty, Calif.Born inPrinceGeorge County, Va.,July 18,1818.Whig.Hatter;went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;TrinityCounty Sheriff, 1855-57; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 21st District, 1858-59;banker;hardwarebusiness;mayorof Santa Rosa, Calif., 1876-78.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Died in Santa Rosa,SonomaCounty, Calif.,January19, 1907 (age88 years, 185days).Interment atSanta Rosa Rural Cemetery, Santa Rosa, Calif. | | David Hopkinson Nichols (1828-1900) — also known asDavid H. Nichols — of Boulder,BoulderCounty, Colo.Born in Hardwick,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.,March16, 1828.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;went to Californiafor the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofColoradoterritorial House of Representatives, 1865;delegateto Colorado state constitutional convention, 1865;LieutenantGovernor of Colorado, 1893-95.Died in Boulder,BoulderCounty, Colo.,December16, 1900 (age72 years, 275days).Interment atColumbiaCemetery, Boulder, Colo. | | Alanson Walker Nightingill (1826-1870) — also known asAlanson W. Nightingill;"Lance" —ofCarsonCity, Nev.Born in Ashland,AshlandCounty, Ohio,May 17,1826.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;delegateto Nevada state constitutional convention, 1863;Nevadastate comptroller, 1864-66.Member,OddFellows.Died inCarsonCity, Nev.,February12, 1870 (age43 years, 271days).Interment atMarysvilleCemetery, Marysville, Calif.| | Relatives:Married1869 toLillian A. Meder. | | | | Epitaph: "None knew him but to lovehim, none named him but to praise." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Otis (1826-1875) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,August11, 1826.Republican.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;importerand exporter; Republican Presidential Elector for California,1860;delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1872(delegation chair);mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1873-75; died in office 1875.Unitarian.Died, ofdiphtheria,inSanFrancisco, Calif.,October30, 1875 (age49 years, 80days).Original interment atLaurelHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | Edward Wheeler Pendleton (1825-1889) — also known asEdward W. Pendleton — of Sturgis,St. JosephCounty, Mich.Born in Broadalbin,FultonCounty, N.Y.,December13, 1825.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;hotel-keeper;merchant;member ofMichiganstate senate 10th District, 1879-80.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Died in Sturgis,St. JosephCounty, Mich.,May 18,1889 (age63 years, 156days).Burial location unknown. | | Edmund Winston Pettus (1821-1907) — also known asEdmund W. Pettus — of Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.Born inLimestoneCounty, Ala.,July 6,1821.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;went to Californiafor the 1849 Gold Rush; circuit judge in Alabama, 1855-58;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Alabama,1876,1880,1884,1888,1892(speaker);U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1897-1907; died in office 1907.Member,KuKlux Klan.Slaveowner. Died in Hot Springs,MadisonCounty, N.C.,July 27,1907 (age86 years, 21days).Interment atLiveOak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.  | James A. Pinney (b. 1835) — of Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born inFranklinCounty, Ohio,September29, 1835.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;bookseller;mayorof Boise, Idaho, 1881-85, 1889-93, 1905-07.Burial location unknown.| | Image source:City of Boise |
| | William Adam Piper (1826-1899) — of California. Born inFranklinCounty, Pa.,May 21,1826.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;went toCalifornia for the 1849 Gold Rush;merchant;U.S.Representative from California 1st District, 1875-77.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,August5, 1899 (age73 years, 76days).Original interment atOddFellows Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment atGreenlawnMemorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | James Harvey Ralston (1807-1864) — also known asJames H. Ralston — of Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.;SacramentoCounty, Calif.; Virginia City,StoreyCounty, Nev.; Austin,LanderCounty, Nev.Born inBourbonCounty, Ky.,October12, 1807.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; circuitjudge in Illinois 5th Circuit, 1837; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1837-39; Democratic PresidentialElector for Illinois,1840;member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1841-45; candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois, 1841; member ofIllinoisDemocratic State Committee, 1841-46; served in the U.S. Armyduring the Mexican War;went to California for the 1849 GoldRush; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1853-54; candidate forchiefjustice of California state supreme court, 1856;delegateto Nevada state constitutional convention, 1863.Member,Freemasons.Died after becoming lost in asnowstorm,inNyeCounty, Nev.,May 8,1864 (age56 years, 209days).Intermentsomewherein Austin, Nev. | | Charles Sturtevant Randall (1824-1904) — also known asCharles S. Randall — of New Bedford,BristolCounty, Mass.Born in New Bedford,BristolCounty, Mass.,February20, 1824.Republican.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; memberofMassachusettsstate senate, 1883;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1889-95 (1st District 1889-93,13th District 1893-95); defeated (Independent Republican), 1898.Died in New Bedford,BristolCounty, Mass.,August17, 1904 (age80 years, 179days).Interment atRuralCemetery, New Bedford, Mass. | | Edmund Randolph (1820-1861) — of California. Born in Virginia,June 9,1820.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate assembly from San Francisco District, 1849-51.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,September8, 1861 (age41 years, 91days).Original interment atLaurelHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.| | Relatives: SonofPeytonRandolph (1779-1828) and Maria (Ward) Randolph; grandson ofEdmundJenings Randolph; grandnephew ofGeorgeNicholas,WilsonCary Nicholas andJohnNicholas; great-grandson ofRobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780); great-grandnephew ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; first cousin once removed ofRobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857) andEdmundRandolph Cocke; first cousin twice removed ofFrancisBeverley Biddle; first cousin thrice removed ofRichardBland,BenjaminHarrison (1726-1791) andWilliamFitzhugh; second cousin ofPeterMyndert Dox; second cousin once removed ofHarryBartow Hawes; second cousin twice removed ofTheodorickBland,ThomasJefferson,BeverleyRandolph,CarterBassett Harrison,WilliamHenry Harrison andJohnRandolph of Roanoke; third cousin ofThomasMarshall andJamesKeith Marshall; third cousin once removed ofJohnMarshall,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,EdmundJennings Lee,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,HenrySt. George Tucker andJohnScott Harrison (1804-1878); third cousin twice removed ofBurwellBassett; fourth cousin ofFrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,NathanielBeverly Tucker,CarterHenry Harrison,BenjaminHarrison (1833-1901),WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,JohnBreckinridge Castleman andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926); fourth cousin once removed ofJohnWayles Eppes,ThomasJefferson Coolidge,FitzhughLee,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,RussellBenjamin Harrison,JohnAugustine Marshall,RichardEvelyn Byrd,CarterHenry Harrison II,FrederickMadison Roberts andWilliamWelby Beverley. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Norman Dunning Rideout (1832-1907) — also known asN. D. Rideout — of Marysville,YubaCounty, Calif.;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Bowdoinham,SagadahocCounty, Maine,January6, 1832.Republican.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;merchant;banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1876,1892.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,July 2,1907 (age75 years, 177days).Interment atEastLawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Benjamin Rideout and Margaret (Macomber) Rideout; married1858 to PhebeMason Abbott. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Jetur Rose Riggs (1809-1869) — also known asJetur R. Riggs — of Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.Born near Drakesville (now Ledgewood),MorrisCounty, N.J.,June 20,1809.Republican.Physician;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1836;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofNewJersey state senate from Passaic County, 1856-58;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1859-61.Died in Drakesville (now Ledgewood),MorrisCounty, N.J.,November5, 1869 (age60 years, 138days).Interment atPresbyterianCemetery, Succasunna, N.J. | | Charles Lawrence Robinson (1818-1894) — also known asCharles Robinson — of Belchertown,HampshireCounty, Mass.; Springfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.; Fitchburg,WorcesterCounty, Mass.; Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.; Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.Born in Hardwick,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,July 21,1818.Physician;went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;restaurantkeeper; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 12th District, 1851-52;delegateto Kansas state constitutional convention, 1855;Governor ofKansas, 1861-63; defeated (Democratic), 1890; member ofKansasstate senate, 1875-77; candidate forU.S.Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1886.Died near Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.,August17, 1894 (age76 years, 27days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan. | | Richard Roman (1811-1875) — of Victoria,VictoriaCounty, Tex.Born inFayetteCounty, Ky.,1811.Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War ofIndependence; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1836-37, 1838-39;mayorof Victoria, Tex., 1844; member ofTexasRepublic Senate, 1844-45; major in the U.S. Army during theMexican War;went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;Californiastate treasurer, 1849-54; U.S. Consul inGuaymas, 1854-56.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,December22, 1875 (ageabout 64years).Burial location unknown. | | George Henry Sanderson (1824-1893) — also known asGeorge H. Sanderson — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,1824.Republican.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1891-93.Died, ofpneumonia,February1, 1893 (ageabout 68years).Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Henry Selby (1820-1875) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 14,1820.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;merchant;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1869-71.Died, ofpneumonia,inSanFrancisco, Calif.,June 17,1875 (age55 years, 34days).Burial location unknown. | | Jacob K. Shafer (1823-1876) — of Stockton,SanJoaquin County, Calif.; Idaho.Born near Broadway,RockinghamCounty, Va.,December26, 1823.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;lawyer;mayorof Stockton, Calif., 1852;SanJoaquin County Judge, 1853-62;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1869.Died in Eureka,EurekaCounty, Nev.,November22, 1876 (age52 years, 332days).Interment atMasonicCemetery, Eureka, Nev. | | Wilson Shannon (1802-1877) — of St. Clairsville,BelmontCounty, Ohio; Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.Born in Mt. Olivet,BelmontCounty, Ohio,February24, 1802.Democrat.Lawyer;Governor ofOhio, 1838-40, 1842-44; defeated, 1840; U.S. Minister toMexico, 1844-45;went to California for the 1849 GoldRush;U.S.Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1853-55; defeated, 1832;Governorof Kansas Territory, 1855-56, 1856; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Kansas,1864,1876.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died in Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.,August30, 1877 (age75 years, 187days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan. | | William Sharon (1821-1885) — of Carrollton,GreeneCounty, Ill.; Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.; Virginia City,StoreyCounty, Nev.Born in Smithfield,JeffersonCounty, Ohio,January9, 1821.Republican.Lawyer;went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;banker;miningbusiness;real estatebusiness;U.S.Senator from Nevada, 1875-81.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,November13, 1885 (age64 years, 308days).Original interment atLaurelHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | James Harvey Slater (1826-1899) — of Corvallis,BentonCounty, Ore.Born near Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,December28, 1826.Democrat.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;lawyer;newspaperpublisher; member ofOregonterritorial House of Representatives, 1857-58; member ofOregonstate house of representatives, 1859; District Attorney 5thDistrict, 1868;U.S.Representative from Oregon at-large, 1871-73;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1879-85.Died in La Grande,UnionCounty, Ore.,January28, 1899 (age72 years, 31days).Interment atMasonicCemetery, La Grande, Ore. | | Henry Smith (1788-1851) — of Texas. Born in Kentucky,May 20,1788.Delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;ProvisionalGovernor of Texas, 1835-36;impeachedas governor by the provisional council in 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Treasury, 1836-38; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1840;went to Californiafor the 1849 Gold Rush.Died inLos AngelesCounty, Calif.,March 4,1851 (age62 years, 288days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof James Smith and Magdalen (Woods) Smith. |
| | Benjamin Stark (1820-1898) — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.; New London,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,June 26,1820.Democrat.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;lawyer;member ofOregonterritorial House of Representatives, 1852; member ofOregonstate house of representatives, 1860;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1861-62; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Oregon,1864;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut,1868;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1874.On June 6, 1862, aresolutionto expel him from the U.S. Senate for allegeddisloyaltyto the Union, requiring two-thirds to pass, failed on a vote of21 in favor to 16 opposed.Died in New London,New LondonCounty, Conn.,October10, 1898 (age78 years, 106days).Interment atCedarGrove Cemetery, New London, Conn. | | Amos Steck (1822-1908) — ofDenver,Colo.Born in Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,January8, 1822.Republican.Lawyer;went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;mayor ofDenver, Colo., 1863-64;chiefjustice of Colorado territorial supreme court, 1870; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Colorado,1880.Died inDenver,Colo.,November17, 1908 (age86 years, 314days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Denver, Colo. | | Edward Augustus Stevenson (1831-1895) — also known asEdward A. Stevenson — ofElDorado County, Calif.;TehamaCounty, Calif.; Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born in Lowville,LewisCounty, N.Y.,June 15,1831.Democrat.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1854-56, 1860-61 (18th District 1854-56, 13thDistrict 1860-61);Speaker ofthe California State Assembly, 1860;memberIdaho territorial council, 1866-68, 1876-78;Governorof Idaho Territory, 1885-89; appointed 1885; candidate forGovernor ofIdaho, 1894.Died bysuicide,fromlaudanum,at Paraiso Springs,MontereyCounty, Calif.,July 6,1895 (age64 years, 21days).Interment atPioneerCemetery, Boise, Idaho. | | Owen Paul Sutton (1821-1881) — also known asOwen P. Sutton — of California. Born in Naples,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,August8, 1821.Republican.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;banker;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 8th District, 1863;real estatebusiness.Member,Freemasons.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,September1, 1881 (age60 years, 24days).Original interment atLaurelHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment in 1946 atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | David Smith Terry (1823-1889) — also known asDavid S. Terry — of Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Stockton,SanJoaquin County, Calif.Born in Christian County (part now inToddCounty), Ky.,March 8,1823.Lawyer;went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; advocated theextension of slavery to California;justice ofCalifornia state supreme court, 1855-59;chiefjustice of California state supreme court, 1857-59; killed U.S.SenatorDavidC. Broderick in aduelnear San Francisco in 1859;triedformurder,but acquitted; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegateto California state constitutional convention, 1878-79; candidatefor Presidential Elector for California,1880;his wife Sarah Althea Hill claimed to be the widow and heir ofwealthy U.S. SenatorWilliamSharon; in September, 1888, when her claim was finally rejectedby U.S. Supreme Court JusticeStephenJ. Field (acting as a Court of Appeals judge for California), sheand Terry caused an altercation in the courtroom and werejailedsix months forcontemptof court.Five months after his release from jail, he encountered Justice Fieldand slapped him in the face; he was thenshotthrough the heart andkilled byU.S. Deputy Marshal David Neagle, the justice's bodyguard, in thetrainstationdiningroom at Lathrop,San JoaquinCounty, Calif.,August14, 1889 (age66 years, 159days). Neagle was arrested by local authorities, but laterreleased on the demand of the U.S. government.Interment atStocktonRural Cemetery, Stockton, Calif. | | Cameron Erskine Thom (1825-1915) — also known asCameron E. Thom — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Glendale,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Culpeper,CulpeperCounty, Va.,June 20,1825.Democrat.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;lawyer;LosAngeles County District Attorney, 1854-57, 1869-73, 1877-79;member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1858-59; served in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;mayorof Los Angeles, Calif., 1882-84.Protestant.Member,Freemasons.Died in Glendale,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,February2, 1915 (age89 years, 227days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Los Angeles, Calif. | | Charles Ames Washburn (1822-1889) — also known asCharles A. Washburn — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Livermore,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,March16, 1822.Republican.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1856(member,CredentialsCommittee); Republican Presidential Elector for California,1860(voted forAbrahamLincoln andHannibalHamlin); U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner toParaguay, 1861-63; U.S. Minister toParaguay, 1863-68;novelist;inventedan earlytypewriter.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January26, 1889 (age66 years, 316days).Burial location unknown. | | Henry Jackson Wells (1823-1912) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.; Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Charlestown, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,November16, 1823.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1881-83.Baptist.Died in Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,November24, 1912 (age89 years, 8days).Burial location unknown. | | Joseph Rodman West (1822-1898) — of Louisiana. Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,September19, 1822.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; general in the Union Armyduring the Civil War;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1871-77;memberDistrict of Columbia board of commissioners, 1882-85;Presidentof the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1882-83.Died inWashington,D.C.,October31, 1898 (age76 years, 42days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Stephen Girard Whipple (1823-1895) — also known asStephen G. Whipple — of Eureka,HumboldtCounty, Calif.Born in Williston,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,November5, 1823.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1854-55, 1857-58, 1863 (12th District 1854-55,1857-58, 27th District 1863); served in the Union Army during theCivil War.Member,Freemasons;GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Eureka,HumboldtCounty, Calif.,October21, 1895 (age71 years, 350days).Interment atMyrtleGrove Cemetery, Eureka, Calif. | | John Whiteaker (1820-1902) — also known as"Honest John" — of Eugene,LaneCounty, Ore.Born inDearbornCounty, Ind.,May 4,1820.Democrat.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;Governor ofOregon, 1859-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromOregon,1864;member ofOregonstate house of representatives, 1865-70; member ofOregonstate senate, 1876;U.S.Representative from Oregon at-large, 1879-81; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Oregon, 1880;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Portland, Oregon, 1885-90.Died in Eugene,LaneCounty, Ore.,October2, 1902 (age82 years, 151days).Interment atMasonicCemetery, Eugene, Ore. | | Frederick A. Woodworth (d. 1865) — of California. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1857.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,February12, 1865.Burial location unknown. | | George Washington Wright (1816-1885) — also known asGeorge W. Wright — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.;Washington,D.C.; Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston,SuffolkCounty), Mass.Born in Concord,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,June 4,1816.Merchant;banker;went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;U.S.Representative from California at-large, 1850-51.Died in Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston,SuffolkCounty), Mass.,April 7,1885 (age68 years, 307days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass.
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