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  • Tait, James A.
    ...ware business". He may have lived in an 1870/71 house that still stands on California Street. James was a Soc. of Pioneers member, along with sons Joseph, Robert, and William. [[Tait, Robert S.|Robe
    1 KB (143 words) - 20:01, 6 November 2023
  • Bagnall, John D.
    ...ohn-douglas-bagnall 1824-1907]) was a carpenter and millwright who came to California in 1849. Chase says that he built a building on Mission Street in Santa Cru [[Category:Persons in Society of Pioneers]]
    838 bytes (109 words) - 18:58, 18 December 2023
  • Brown, Charles
    ...rown" (''see'' Elliot, p.10). It's possible that this Charles Brown was in California that early, although obituaries described Brown as a "pioneer of '48". [[Category:Persons in Society of Pioneers]]
    1 KB (206 words) - 20:12, 26 October 2023
  • Hale, Titus
    ...Cruz County. The Find-a-grave page reproduces Hale's Society of California Pioneers autobiography. [[Category:Persons in Society of Pioneers]]
    1 KB (143 words) - 18:10, 19 October 2023
  • Swan, John A.
    ...clear whether he ever lived in Santa Cruz, but visited often and knew many pioneers of our area, including [[Martin, Thomas|Thomas Martin]], [[Kooser, Benjamin
    735 bytes (105 words) - 15:39, 13 August 2023
  • Swan, Lyman
    ...Mateo. The [[Princes of Surf (2015)|three princes introduced surfing]] to California during visits to Santa Cruz. Local history author Geoffrey Dunn did extensi ..., Antoinette, son Alfred, and daughter Olivia (Underhill) were all Soc. of Pioneers members.
    2 KB (257 words) - 19:16, 1 November 2023
  • Bennett, Vardamon
    ...foot in Santa Cruz County, his family did. Bennett and his family came to California in 1843, after trekking west via the Oregon Trail the previous year. Wife M Son Winston and daughter Mary (Shelby) were Soc. of Pioneers members. Son Mansell V. ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160099586/man
    2 KB (346 words) - 20:29, 8 November 2023
  • Sawin, Reuben H.
    .../19060775/reuben-heywood-sawin 1802-1884]), born in Massachusetts, came to California in 1849 and to Santa Cruz County in the same year, helping [[Blackburn, Wil [[Category:Persons in Society of Pioneers]]
    994 bytes (133 words) - 17:58, 18 January 2024
  • Adams, David L.
    ...memorial/152191483/david-lewis-adams 1837-1895]), born in Indiana, came to California in 1846. According to the 1879 biography in Elliot (p.27-28), Adams' family [[Category:Persons in Society of Pioneers]]
    977 bytes (147 words) - 19:37, 17 September 2023
  • Gagnon, Michael
    ...Gagnon''' (1822-1904), born in Canada, traveled worldwide before coming to California (and the gold fields) in 1849, and to the Watsonville area in 1852, where h [[Category:Persons in Society of Pioneers]]
    502 bytes (63 words) - 19:01, 18 December 2023
  • Baxter, John A.
    ...a hardware store on Main Street. Both John and his wife Sarah were Soc. of Pioneers members. Son John W. Baxter inherited the business interests, and has a bio [[Category:Persons in Society of Pioneers]]
    560 bytes (79 words) - 18:59, 18 December 2023
  • Besse, John N.
    ...om/memorial/24292037/john-nelson-besse 1830-1924]), born in Maine, came to California in 1850, to Santa Cruz in the 1860s, and later to Watsonville. In 1884, he [[Category:Persons in Society of Pioneers]]
    767 bytes (113 words) - 18:44, 14 January 2024
  • Parrish, Joshua
    ...orial/107525794/joshua-parrish 1816-1898]), born in Ohio, came overland to California as a 49er, soon settling in the [[Soquel]] area. Parrish was one of the lar [[Category:Persons in Society of Pioneers]]
    604 bytes (76 words) - 20:52, 7 November 2023
  • Ashley, Otis
    ...hley, Jr.''' (1820-1904), born in New York, came over the Sierra Nevada to California in 1846, "twenty days ahead of the Donner party" (Harrison, p.232). After s Ashley, his wife Sarah (Mathers), and son Albert Otis were all Soc. of Pioneers members.
    844 bytes (121 words) - 19:26, 30 October 2023
  • Woods, John
    ...87]), after serving a year in the Mexican-American war, was already in the California gold country in 1848 when gold was discovered. Later that year, he came to Woods was a charter member of the Soc. of Pioneers. Daughters Emma and Laura Woods were honorary members.
    791 bytes (113 words) - 20:27, 23 October 2023
  • Bennett, James F. J.
    ...al/24685479/james-fitzjames-bennett 1819-1891]), born in New York, came to California in 1849, and to Santa Cruz County by the early 1850s. A miller by trade, Be ...[[Imus-Rice family|Jane (Rice)]] and daughter Dollie were honorary Soc. of Pioneers members.
    615 bytes (81 words) - 19:09, 6 May 2024
  • Corcoran, James
    ...ory Journal Issue 4, in [[The Missing Pioneers (1998 article)|"The Missing Pioneers"]].
    877 bytes (126 words) - 18:37, 26 October 2023
  • Corcoran, Thomas
    ...in Stockton, where he was known as an artist. Thomas joined the Society of Pioneers chapter in Stockton, but was elected to membership in Santa Cruz "by proxy" [[Category:Persons in Society of Pioneers]]
    856 bytes (126 words) - 17:10, 27 October 2023
  • Dorn, Nicodemus A.
    ...son-dorn 1830-1903]), born in Kentucky of Dutch-immigrant parents, came to California in 1849, and to the Green Valley area of the Pajaro Valley in 1853 (''Ripti ...ed in [[Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California (1893)]].
    2 KB (219 words) - 19:23, 19 February 2024
  • Ford, Robert F.
    '''Robert F. Ford''' (Harrison p.264) came and went from California several times beginning in 1850. He eventually settled in Watsonville in 18 [[Category:Persons in Society of Pioneers]]
    329 bytes (41 words) - 20:38, 25 December 2023

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