Joseph Munday, a worthy native son, is among the younger men
prominent in the welfare and upbuilding of Richmond. He is deeply interested
in all that pertains to the welfare of the city, and his support can ever be
enlisted in any good cause. Mr. Munday was born in Oakland on December 22,
1876. He is a son of Frank Munday, who has the distinction of making the
first dynamite caps on the Pacific Coast, and has been associated with the
various powder companies in California for many years. He is now in his
eighty-sixth year. The subject of this sketch was educated in the public
schools of Berkeley. He associated himself with the Standard Oil Company and
had charge of the barrel-filling department for five years. During this time
he was active in various movements of interest to Richmond. He has served in
the police department, and his ability has always been recognized. Mr.
Munday was united in marriage to Miss Katie Bennett, a native of Georgetown,
El Dorado County, California. To this union have been born two children, Cly
and Louis. Mr. Munday has served as foreman for the California & Hawaiian
Sugar Refining Company and for the Spreckels Sugar Refinery. Both positions
he has held with unfaltering energy, and has given satisfaction. He is a
member of the Native Sons.
Source: "The History of Contra Costa County, California",
Elms Publ. Co., 1917, pp. 466-467.
Transcribed and submitted by Sally Kaleta, August, 2006.
Henry F. Ellerhorst. - After an eventful period of close
identification with mining interests in the various Western States and
Alaska, Henry F. Ellerhorst came to Contra Costa County and located in
Pinole, where he is now retired and living with his brother Christopher, on
of the representative and highly respected citizens of his locality. Mr.
Ellerhorst was born near Bremen, Germany, in 1838. Here he received his
education, and in 1853 he came to this country and located in Charleston,
South Carolina, where he engaged with his brother, who was in the mercantile
business, and operated a grist mill, remaining three interests. He then
removed to San Francisco, where another brother resided, and operated a
grocery store. He was employed until 1858, when he went to Washoe, Nevada,
then the county seat of Washoe County, and where all the business was
transacted for the Comstock mines. He worked in the mines in Virginia City
and operated a store for four years. He then went to Montana and worked at
mining until 1872, when he removed to San Francisco. Later he went to Alaska
and did placer mining for two years. He sold out and returned to San
Francisco for a time, and later went to Dakota and Idaho, where he remained
for about forty-three years. In 1912 he came to Pinole. Politically, Mr.
Ellerhorst is a Democrat.
Source: "The History of Contra Costa County, California",
Elms Publ. Co., 1917, p. 467.
Transcribed and submitted by Sally Kaleta, August, 2006.
Eugene A. Marshall, prominently connected with the business
interests of Richmond, has been a resident of California all his life. He
was born at Vacaville on July 9, 1862. His father, Robert C. Marshall, was
born in Ohio, and in 1852 came to California. His wife was Sarah McCartney,
native of Indiana. The parents of Mr. Marshall came to the coast in the
pioneer days, locating in Solano County, where the father followed the army
of gold-seekers, after which he took up ranching and later read law. He
passed away in 1893, and his wife died in 1873. The subject of this sketch
acquired his education in the public schools, after which he learned the
painter's trade. This vocation he followed all his life. In 1902 he removed
to Richmond, where he has since resided. During the long period of his
residence in this city he has attained a wide reputation as a broad-minded,
liberal, and public-spirited citizen, and his strict integrity has built up
a lucrative business. In politics, Mr. Marshall is a Republican, but has
never aspired to office. Fraternally, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen
of the World and of the Royal Neighbors. He was united in marriage to Miss
Mabel Mayfield, a native of Colusa, California, April 22, 1887. Their one
son, Carroll, was born in Willows, California, February 5, 1891. Mr. and
Mrs. Marshall are numbered among the highly esteemed citizens of Richmond.
Source: "The History of Contra Costa County, California",
Elms Publ. Co., 1917, p. 468.
Transcribed and submitted by Sally Kaleta, August, 2006.