Solano County Biography

William P Edwards

William P Edwards - was born in London, England, on July 8,1821, and in 1837 came to New York, to which place his father had preceded him. Was employed in different mercantile houses in New York and Philadelphia until May 5,1849, when he set sail from the latter city in the bark " Ralph Cross " for San Francisco, where he arrived November 5, of the same year. Mr. Edwards had brought with him a machine for cutting shingles, which he erected on what was known as the Widow Reed's Ranch, in Marin county, but he was forced, after giving it a trial, to succumb to the want of experience in this particular industry. Mr. Edwards thereafter went to the Middle Fork of the Yuba River, to a place called Snow Camp, in the summer of 1850, but returned to San Francisco in the fall of the same year, and after a time engaged in mercantile pursuits, which he continued until 1865, when he settled in Vallejo. Has been Secretary of the Association of California Pioneers since its formation, with the exception of two terms, he is also a member of Vallejo Lodge No. 64, I. O. G. T.

History of Solano County, California
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Transcribed by Julie Appletoft, February 2008

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