Profiles of the Signers of the 1849
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rofiles P of the Signers of the 1849 California Constitution with Family Histories Compiled and edited by Wayne R. Shepard from original research by George R. Dorman With additional contributions from the members of the California Genealogical Society 2020 California Genealogical Society Copyright 2020 © California Genealogical Society California Genealogical Society 2201 Broadway, Suite LL2 Oakland, CA 94612-3031 Tel. (510) w663-1358 Fax (510) 663-1596 Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.californiaancestors.org/ Photographs of the signers courtesy of Colton Hall Museum, Monterey, California. Photograph of the signature page from the California Constitution courtesy of the California State Archives, Sacramento, California. CGS Contributors: Barbara E. Kridl Marie Treleaven Evan R. Wilson Lois Elling Stacy Hoover Haines Chris Pattillo Arlene Miles Jennifer Dix iii Contents Preface................................................................................................................... vii The 1849 California Constitutional Convention .................................................... ix Angeles District ...................................................................................................... 1 Jose Antonio Carrillo ........................................................................................ 3 Manuel Dominguez ......................................................................................... 11 Stephen Clark Foster ....................................................................................... 19 Hugo Perfecto Reid ......................................................................................... 23 Abel Stearns .................................................................................................... 29 Monterey District .................................................................................................. 35 Charles Tyler Botts ......................................................................................... 37 Lewis Dent ...................................................................................................... 45 Henry Wager Halleck ..................................................................................... 53 Thomas Oliver Larkin ..................................................................................... 59 Pacificus Ord ................................................................................................... 69 Sacramento District ............................................................................................... 75 Elisha Oscar Crosby ........................................................................................ 77 Lansford Warren Hastings .............................................................................. 89 Morton Matthew McCarver ............................................................................ 99 John McDougal .............................................................................................. 107 William Edward Shannon ............................................................................. 111 Winfield Scott Sherwood .............................................................................. 117 Jacob Rink Snyder ........................................................................................ 123 John Augustus Sutter .................................................................................... 127 San Diego District ............................................................................................... 135 Henry Hill ..................................................................................................... 137 Miguel Telesforo Pedrorena ......................................................................... 147 San Francisco District ......................................................................................... 159 Alfred James Ellis ......................................................................................... 161 Edward Gilbert .............................................................................................. 165 iv The Signers of the California Constitution William McKendree Gwin ............................................................................ 171 Joseph Hobson .............................................................................................. 179 Francis James Lippitt .................................................................................... 185 Myron Norton ............................................................................................... 193 Rodman Price ................................................................................................ 201 William M. Steuart ......................................................................................... 209 San Joaquin District ............................................................................................ 211 John M. Hollingsworth ................................................................................. 213 James McHall Jones ...................................................................................... 221 Benjamin S. Lippincott ................................................................................. 225 Benjamin Franklin Moore ............................................................................. 231 Thomas Lloyd Vermeule .............................................................................. 237 Oliver Meredith Wozencraft ......................................................................... 241 San Jose District .................................................................................................. 247 Joseph Aram.................................................................................................. 249 Elam Brown .................................................................................................. 253 Kimball Hale Dimmick ................................................................................. 263 Julian Hanks .................................................................................................. 269 Jacob David Hoppe ......................................................................................... 279 Antonio Maria Pico ....................................................................................... 287 Pierre Sainsevain ........................................................................................... 297 San Luis Obispo District ..................................................................................... 303 Jose Maria Covarrubias................................................................................. 305 Henry Amos Tefft ......................................................................................... 315 Santa Barbara District ......................................................................................... 321 Pablo de la Guerra ......................................................................................... 323 Jacinto Rodriguez.......................................................................................... 329 Sonoma District .................................................................................................. 333 Robert Baylor Semple ................................................................................... 335 Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo .......................................................................... 343 Joel Patterson Walker ................................................................................... 355 Contents v Other Convention Participants ............................................................................ 363 Walter Colton ................................................................................................ 365 William E. P. Hartnell ................................................................................... 375 Caleb Lyon .................................................................................................... 383 William George Marcy ................................................................................. 391 Samuel Hopkins Willey ................................................................................ 397 Bibliography ....................................................................................................... 403 Index ................................................................................................................... 423 vii Preface In early 2020, the California Genealogical Society’s librarian was cleaning out files in the library and unearthed a box containing a complete manuscript printout and a CD for a book on the signers of the California Constitution. The date on the CD was 2002. We decided to look at the manuscript and see if the material could still be published. It took some digging into CGS history to find out who did the work and when. Through sleuthing, we discovered that the book was compiled and edited by Wayne Shepard usi ng original research that had been done by George R. Dorman (1901–1983). In 1984, Mr. Dorman’s entire collection was donated to CGS, the largest single gift to the library. Mr. Dorman, a CGS member for 47 years, served in various capacities on the Society’s Board. A dedicated genealogist, his research on the signers of the California Constitution was published as a long-running series in the Society’s newsletter and later in The Califor nia Nugget. Mr. Shepard