This gentleman is a member of the Santa Cruz County Pioneer Association of California. He is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was born on the 16th of July, 1823, and came to California in 1845. He left New York on the 10th of January of that year, in an American bark commanded by Nathaniel Crosby, Jr. They sailed around Cape Horn, stopped at Valparaiso, Callao, and Honolulu. From there they proceeded to Portland, Oregon, and thence to San Francisco, where they arrived in November of that year. He remained on this vessel in the coasting trade between Portland and San Francisco until the 22nd of April, 1847.

History of Santa Cruz County, California
by E.S. Harrison
Published by Pacific Press Publishing Company
San Francisco, Cal., 1892
Transcribed by Yvonne Valentine

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