Mendocino County
Biographies
Stewart, James G.
James G. Stewart. Was born in Knox county, Illinois, January 21, 1839, and while he was yet an infant his parents moved to Iowa, where they remained till 1853, when they crossed the plains to Washington Territory, and resided there till 1856. The family then moved to Stewart’s Point, Sonoma county, where James continued to reside till 1861. He then went to the mines in eastern Oregon and Idaho, and followed trading and mining till 1864. In 1865 he came to Mendocino county and began stock-raising and farming with his brother, which he continued till 1867. He then went on a trading expedition through Utah, Montana, Colorado and Kansas, being absent about two years. He then returned to Miller, Mendocino county, and again engaged in stock-raising and farming, and continued in that business till 1875. He then settled on his present place three miles north of Point Arena, which consists of one hundred and forty-five acres. He is unmarried.
SOURCE: History of Mendocino County, California - San Francisco, Cal. Alley, Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1880 p. 526, 527
Transcribed by Pat Howard
Spaulding, Francis M.
Francis M. Spaulding. Was born in Galena, Jo Daviess county, Illinois, December 3, 1846. When he was three years of age his parents came to California via Panama. At the age of eighteen he began the carriage maker’s trade, which he continued for four years at Tomales, Marin county. He then spent one year at Petaluma, working at his trade. In 1877 he came to Point Arena and bought a one-half interest in the carriage and wagon factory of J. C. Holliday, and has since continued in that business. October 27, 1868, he was married to Miss Sophia A. Lamb, a native of Illinois, born January 3, 1850. Their children are: George, Frank, Le Grand and Le Roy.
SOURCE: History of Mendocino County, California - San Francisco, Cal. Alley, Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1880 p. 527
Transcribed by Pat Howard
Barnard, Len
Len Barnard. Was born in Union, Lincoln county, Maine, April 8, 1856. When ten years of age he, with his parents, came to California and settled in Mendocino City, where he has since resided. At nineteen years of age he began the stage business, which he has since followed, and now owns the lines from Ukiah to Mendocino and from Mendocino to Westport. He is unmarried.
SOURCE: History of Mendocino County, California - San Francisco, Cal. Alley, Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1880 p. 531
Transcribed by Pat Howard