Solano County
Biographies
HENRY B. AMMONS
born in Richmond, Madison county, Kentucky, in 1821, and in the year 1826, moved with his parents to Montgomery Co., Missouri, thence to Howard county, where his father died in 1846. He then moved to Clay, where he enlisted, 1846, in 1st Regular Mounted Volunteers, commanded by General A. W. Doniphan, Co. C, under Captain O. P. Moss, and with it took part in the Mexican war. With his regiment he went from the frontier to Santa Fe, thence to Chihuahua, Buena Vista and New Orleans, where he obtained his discharge in 1847. After his return home Mr. Ammons entered into mercantile pursuits, which he continued till 1849, when he came to California by way of the plains, arriving at Long’s Bar, Butte county, in September of that year, where he embarked in merchandising. In 1852, he moved to Solano Co., Cal., where he set about stock raising. At the general election of 1853, Mr. Ammons was elected County Assessor, which office he held for two years, and then was appointed a Deputy Sheriff for two years following. He afterwards engaged in farming, until 1871, when he was made a Notary Public which office he now holds.
History of Solano County…. – San Francisco, Cal. - Wood, Alley & Co., East Oakland, pub 1879
pp 454
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler
GEORGE H. BAKER
born April 9, 1852, in Vermont, where he was educated, and at the age of fifteen, emigrated with his parents to California, making the trip by water, landing at Sacramento June 4, 1867, and resided there one year, where his father followed farming. From there Mr. Baker went to San Francisco for two years, thence to Colusa Co., where he engaged in the trade of a carpenter, and settled in this county in the spring of 1875, still working at his trade. In the fall of this year he purchased a tract of land in Vaca Valley, containing twenty acres, and added fifty acres thereto in the spring of 1878, all of which is adapted to the raising of cereals and fruit. He married, December 16, 1877, Miss Luella Hawkins, who was born January 3, 1858, by whom he has one child, Duff G., born October 8, 1878.
History of Solano County…. – San Francisco, Cal. - Wood, Alley & Co., East Oakland, pub 1879
pp 454
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler
H. A. BASSFORD
was born June, 1854, in Benicia, Solano county, California, and in 1862 moved with his parents to Napa, Napa county, but the family returned to Solano county, settling in Lagoon Valley, in June, 1869, where the subject of this sketch now resides on the old homestead. Married Miss Addie Lassell, of San Francisco, on September 5, 1876. She was born in October, 1857, in Smithfield, Maine. They have one child.
History of Solano County…. – San Francisco, Cal. - Wood, Alley & Co., East Oakland, pub 1879
pp 454
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler
J. M. BASSFORD
was born in Benicia, Solano county, June 25, 1852, which he left with his parents in 1858, and settled in Napa county. Moved with Mr. Bassford, Sr., into this county June, 1868, and located on what is known as the Sunny Dale Farm, three miles west of Vacaville, where he resided until September 5, 1876, when he took charge of the Barker Tract, known as the Cherry Glen Farm, containing 308 acres, where he now resides, and is engaged in raising fruit in great abundance. He married Miss Ida C. Barker, September 5, 1876. She was born in Napa county, Cal., Dec. 31, 1857, by whom he has one child, Lillie C., born June 13, 1878.
History of Solano County…. – San Francisco, Cal. - Wood, Alley & Co., East Oakland, pub 1879
pp 455
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler