Marin County
Biographies
HENRY ELPHICK
HENRY ELPHICK. Was born in England March 31, 1839. In 1848 he emigrated to America with his parents and first settled in Herkimer county, New York. Here he was educated, and on February 20, 1861, came to this State via Panama, arriving in San Francisco in March of that year. He took up his residence for a short time at Half Moon Bay, thence he went to Sonoma county, near Bloomfield, and came to his present ranch, where he is engaged in dairying, five years ago this Fall. Married Lizzie Bates November 20, 1871. She was born in San Francisco January 7, 1853. Their children are as follows: Elijah, aged eight years; Henry, aged six years; Martha Elizabeth, aged four years; and James, aged one year.
History of Marin County, California; Including Its Geography, Geology, Topography and Climatology; by J. P. Munro-Fraser, Historian; Alley, Bowen & Co., Publishers, San Francisco, California, 1880
Transcribed by Betty Wilson
SOLOMON EPHRAIM
SOLOMON EPHRAIM. The subject of this sketch was born in Posen, Prussia, on January 6, 1852. He was educated in his native country, receiving a collegiate course. In the year 1871 he emigrated to California, arriving in San Francisco in June of that year. He came to Marin county in 1874 and settled in Tomales, where he was employed in the store of E.H. Kowalsky, remaining till 1877, when he, in company with Henry I. Kowalsky, went into business at Marshall, Marin county. This partnership lasted till the interest of H.I. Kowalsky was purchased by his brother, E.H. Kowalsky, and the business is now conducted by this firm, known as Ephraim & Kowalsky. They are engaged in general merchandising, and are shippers of produce to San Francisco.
History of Marin County, California; Including Its Geography, Geology, Topography and Climatology; by J. P. Munro-Fraser, Historian; Alley, Bowen & Co., Publishers, San Francisco, California, 1880
Transcribed by Betty Wilson
W. R. FAIRBANKS
W.R. FAIRBANKS. Was born December 29, 1838, at Hyde Park, Vermont. He was made an orphan when but a mere child, and at the age of ten he, in company with his cousins, the Heyman boys, came to California via the Horn and arrived at San Francisco on the 14th of May of that year. He and his cousins proceeded at once to the Mokelumne Hill mines, where the subject of this sketch remained until 1855 when he went to New York, where he resided for ten years, when he returned to this coast and took up his residence in Tomales, this county. He then owned and ran the stage line between the above-named place and Petaluma for a term of seven years. In 1873 he purchased his present farm of one hundred and sixty acres, located one and a half miles east of Tomales. Mr. Fairbanks married January 22, 1872, Belinda Scanlin, a native of Ireland. Their children are: George Henry, born November 9, 1872; William B., born September 29, 1874; Joseph F., born March 26, 1876; and Mary E., born March 21, 1878.
History of Marin County, California; Including Its Geography, Geology, Topography and Climatology; by J. P. Munro-Fraser, Historian; Alley, Bowen & Co., Publishers, San Francisco, California, 1880
Transcribed by Betty Wilson
JAMES L. FALLON
JAMES L. FALLON. Born in county Roscommon, Ireland, August 19, 1828. He came to the United States in 1849, and settled in Boston, Mass., where he resided till he came to this State in 1853 via Panama, arriving in San Francisco March 5th of that year. He remained in San Francisco about five years, and then went to the mines at French Gulch, where he remained a little over one year, then returned to San Francisco, where he remained till he came to Tomales township in 1859, and lived on the coast till he came to his present ranch. He married Delia Dunning, who was born in Ireland August 24, 1837. Their children are: Mary J., born June 9, 1861; Annie A., born October 3, 1863; Katie E., born October 23, 1863; Ellie F., born November 11, 1867; Emma J., born September 5, 1869; Ida L., born October 7, 1872; James L., born March 18, 1874.
History of Marin County, California; Including Its Geography, Geology, Topography and Climatology; by J. P. Munro-Fraser, Historian; Alley, Bowen & Co., Publishers, San Francisco, California, 1880
Transcribed by Betty Wilson