Index to Biographies and Portraits in James Miller Guinn’s History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties By Stanley D. Stevens Librarian Emeritus University of California Santa Cruz The content of this article is the responsibility of the individual author. It is the library's intent to provide accurate local history information, however, it is not possible for the library to completely verify the accuracy of all information. If you believe that factual statements in a local history article are incorrect and can provide documentation, please contact the library. 1 Index to Biographies in Guinn’s History ... and Biographical Record of Santa Cruz, San Benito, 1 Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties ... 1903. Compiled by Stanley D. Stevens, 2002-2010 Index to Biographies & Portraits in James Miller Guinn’s History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Santa Cruz San Benito Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties Published by The Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1903. by Stanley D. Stevens Librarian Emeritus University of California Santa Cruz Originally Published 2010 Reformatted 2019 Index to Biographies in Guinn’s History ... and Biographical Record of Santa Cruz, San Benito, 3 Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties ... 1903. Compiled by Stanley D. Stevens, 2002-2010 Index to Portraits in Guinn Facing page Abbott, Carlisle Stewart 573 Alexander, John King 381 Anthony, Elihu 667 Atteridge, Arthur 633 Baldwin, Alfred 271 Baldwin, Levi Karner 679 Beebee, William Lemuel [2nd] 347 Blackburn, William 639 Brooks, Truman 369 Burnett, Melville D. 401 Carr, Jesse Douglas 265 Casey, Katie Hoalton 561 Casey, William Sr. 561 Congdon, Willis R. Sr. (Dr.) 661 Cooley, William R. 545 Corey, Hiram 465 Cox, Peter 685 Davis, George L. 459 Davis, Hiram Lee 621 Dodge, William Reese 433 Eardley, Bedson A. 593 Elberg, Mark 315 Foreman, Solomon Walliston 337 Gagnon, Michael 529 Geil, Samuel Franklin (S. F. Gile) 551 Griswold, William 309 Guinn, James Miller 33 Hartman, Isaiah 645 Hatton, William 603 Hazard, Robert J. 411 Hebert, Zephirin (Zephrin) 523 Hihn, Frederick Augustus 259 Iverson, J. B. (of Salinas) 331 Ivins, Ernest C. Sr. 673 Karner, Zadock 705 King, James Isaac 485 Index to Biographies in Guinn’s History ... and Biographical Record of Santa Cruz, San Benito, 4 Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties ... 1903. Compiled by Stanley D. Stevens, 2002-2010 Kunitz, Johann Ernest H. 651 Leese, David 507 Lull, George W. 417 Mansfield, Colonel H. 453 Manuel, Augustine Antoni 583 McCurry, James M. 353 McFadden, Charles Sr. 615 McKinnon, Duncan 539 McLean, Allan 587 Moreland, Samuel 391 Newsom, David F. (Davis) 443 Parsons, Worthington 627 Pence, Wallace M. 567 Sargent, Bradley Varnum Jr. 725 Simmler, John Jacob 281 Stoesser, Otto 359 Storm, Peter 475 Tidball, Thomas Theodore 375 Tollett, Henry Clay 517 Trafton, John Edmund 423 Trafton, William Arthur 287 Trescony, Julius A. 501 Vanderhurst, William “Judge” 293 Warden, Horatio Moore Sr. 325 Waters, James 495 Weeks, Thomas Jefferson 695 Work, Thomas A. 609 Younger, Charles Bruce Sr. 715 Zabala, Pedro Sr. 303 Index to Text Guinn’s Biographies *** Items in (parens) are as shown or *** Items in [brackets] are supplied by implied in the original Guinn text; the Editor/Indexer. A William Griswold worked for Carlisle Stewart Abbott and Hitchcock 309 Abbott and Benjamin Hitchcock William Vanderhurst went to Salinas when there Abbott Hotel (Salinas) 293 were only two buildings, one was later utilized as dining room of the Abbott Hotel Index to Biographies in Guinn’s History ... and Biographical Record of Santa Cruz, San Benito, 5 Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties ... 1903. Compiled by Stanley D. Stevens, 2002-2010 Abbott, Abiel 573 grd.-fa. of Carlisle Stewart Abbott Abbott, Agnes 295 dau. of John Abbott; wf. of Benjamin Hitchcock Abbott, Alonzo Boynton 623 hsb. of Etta E. Swanton 573- Abbott, Alvin bro. of Carlisle Stewart Abbott 576 port. facing p. 573; Charles G. Chamberlain was 277, supt. of Abbott ranch; Mont. Cty. dairyman- 295, rancher; railroad promoter; erected Abbott House (Salinas); Benjamin Hitchcock was foreman of Abbott, Carlisle Stewart (C. R.) 309, Olema (Alama) (Marin Cty.) Abbott ranch 2 yrs.; 573- CA Assemblyman (Mont. Cty.) 1875-78; William 576 Griswold worked for him & Benjamin Hitchcock for 5 yrs. dau. of Carlisle Stewart Abbott; wf. of Dr. Nelson Abbott, Clara 576 Schofield Giberson dau. of Carlisle Stewart Abbott; wf. of G. Abbott, Donna Maria 576 Chamberlain Abbott, Elizabeth Merriman (Mrs. dau. of Lewis Merriman; wf. of Carlisle Stewart 575 Carlisle Stewart Abbott) Abbott dau. of Emily J. Parshley & Albion Paris Swanton; Abbott, Etta E. Swanton 623 wf. of Alonzo Boynton Abbott Abbott, George 573 great-grd.-fa. of Carlisle Stewart Abbott hsb. of Lydia Boyington Abbott; fa. of Carlisle Abbott, John [1st] 573 Stewart Abbott fa. of Agnes Abbott Hitchcock; fa.-in-law of Benjamin Hitchcock; Benjamin Hitchcock Abbott, John [2nd] 295 managed the Olema, Marin Cty. Abbott ranch 1 yr. wf. of John Abbott [1st]; mo. of Carlisle Stewart Abbott, Lydia Boyington (Boyinghon) 573 Abbott Abeel, David K. (Abell) 519 J.J.C. Leonard got Sea Beach Hotel fr. D.K. Abeel partner of John H. Hollister; bought Santa Rosa Adams, Frank 317 ranch in Pima Cty., AZ Wats. brewery bought by Christian Palmtag; later Adams, George 430 called Pajaro Valley brewery son of R. J. Adcock Sr.; bro. of R. J. Adcock Jr.; Adcock, Joseph Anthony G. 670 Mont. Cty. Recorder bro. of Joseph Anthony G. Adcock; mgr. of his Adcock, Robert James Jr. 670 fa.’s merchandise business Adcock, Robert James Sr. 670 fa. of Joseph Anthony G. Adcock Franciscan Fa. of Mission Santa Barbara; had Aertker, Victor (Rev. Father) 647 charge of Pajaro Valley Orphan Asylum wf. of James Albert Pell Sr.; mo. of Grace Affron Affron, Adel (aka Adele or Addie) 428 Pell, Philip Sheridan Pell, Charles Gibbons Pell and James Albert Pell Jr. Agenda, Monterey Cty. [beets] 653 see bio of Bentley, William H.[or E.] 327, Edward White (2d) was a Trustee; Dr. Charles Agnews, State Institute for Insane 503 Howe Anderson, S. Cruz 327, apples, apricots, beans, berries, oats, onions, Agriculture, Pajaro Valley 495- potatoes, prunes, sugar beets; see also Edward 497 White Jr.; see also Pajaro Valley Index to Biographies in Guinn’s History ... and Biographical Record of Santa Cruz, San Benito, 6 Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties ... 1903. Compiled by Stanley D. Stevens, 2002-2010 Aguirre, Kate M. 502 wf. of Julius A. Trescony decd. dau. of Pauline [Polly] Dunham & Stephen Ainger, Hannah M. Call 299 Call; wf. of Reuben Ainger Ainger, Reuben 299 hsb. of Hannah M. Call Ainger Albaugh, Maggie 596 wf. of J. L. Anderson Albright, Emma Baker 546 wf. of John Albright; mo. of Joseph Albright hsb. of Emma Baker Albright; fa. of Joseph Albright, John 546 Albright 546- son of Emma Baker & John Albright; Wats. & Albright, Joseph 547 Spreckels farmer dau. of Nancy Jane Bunton & Joseph Albright; wf. Albright, Josephine 547 of G. H. Leland dau. of Nancy Jane Bunton & Joseph Albright; wf. Albright, Lena May 547 of Frank Tuttle dau. of Nancy Jane Bunton & Joseph Albright; wf. Albright, Myrtle 547 of Edward J. (E. A.) Kelly Albright, Nancy Jane Bunton 547 [dau. of William Bunton]; wf. of Joseph Albright Albright, Orrel Etta 547 dau. of Nancy Jane Bunton & Joseph Albright Albright, Thomas Joseph 547 son of Nancy Jane Bunton & Joseph Albright Albright, William Henry 547 son of Nancy Jane Bunton & Joseph Albright wf. of William Zoeth Brown; mo. of James A. Aldrich, Phebe 492 Brown Alexander Building (Watsonville) 548 erected by Perry Morton Andrews Alexander, Elmer P. 589 son of John K. Alexander; Mont. Cty. Tax Col. 381- 382, port. facing p. 381; fa. of Elmer P. Alexander; Mont. Cty. Superior Court Judge with whom Alexander, John King 589, George A. Daugherty formed a partnership; 709, Thomas J. Riordan was also a partner 732 Alexander, Mabel E. Chestnut 589 wf. of Elmer P. Alexander Alexander, Ralston Carroll 589 son of Mabel E. Chestnut & Elmer P. Alexander Allen, Ann Reeves 321 wf. of Henry Allen; mo. of Lucy E. Allen Wilson Allen, Anna Gilmore 728 wf. of Thomas Allen; mo. of Thomas F. Allen Allen, Anna J. 728 dau. of Anna Gilmore & Thomas Allen hsb. of Ann Reeves Allen; fa. of Lucy E. Allen Allen, Henry 321 Wilson dau. of Ann Reeves & Henry Allen; wf. of Allen, Lucy E. 321 Singleton W. Wilson General Collamer (Callamore) tendered an appt. to Allen, Robert Thomas Pritchard (1813- Jesse Douglas Carr as postal agent for CA, but 266 1888) (Capt.) (aka Colonel R.T.P. Allen) Pres. Taylor gave appt. to his private secretary’s friend, Capt. Allen hsb. of Anna Gilmore Allen; fa. of Thomas F. Allen, Thomas 728 Allen son of Thomas Allen; Wats. farmer, sugar beets, Allen, Thomas F. 728 potatoes & onions Almond, Lucy 492 mo. of George Butler Index to Biographies in Guinn’s History ... and Biographical Record of Santa Cruz, San Benito, 7 Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties ... 1903. Compiled by Stanley D. Stevens, 2002-2010 Alviso, Isabel 727 wf. of José Ramon Argüello Alyn, L.? [unidentified] 568 director 1871 Watsonville Gas Co. son of Carlotta Gonzalez & Francisco L. (Frank) Alzina, Abe 674 Alzina son of Carlotta Gonzalez & Francisco L. (Frank) Alzina, Albert 674 Alzina widow of Francisco L. (Frank) Alzina; mo. of Alzina, Carlotta Gonzalez 674 Enoch Alzina dau. of Carlotta Gonzalez & Francisco L. (Frank) Alzina, Carrie 674 Alzina 673- son of Carlotta Gonzalez & Francisco L. (Frank) Alzina, Enoch Alzina; S. Cruz Cty. Dep. Sheriff under Milton 674 Besse dau. of Carlotta Gonzalez & Francisco L. (Frank) Alzina, Francisca 674 Alzina hsb. of Carlotta Gonzalez Alzina; fa.