Lives of Nevada County Pioneers v5 (2024) (559 pages)

Lives of Non-Residents (version 2019a) tional Association of Calif. and the [New School] Presbytery of San Francisco at Nevada City, Nevada County. Summer 1853—Organized the Greenwich Street Church in San Francisco. May 6, 1854—Son Evarts born. July 1855—Resigned as pastor of Greenwich Street and went to Downieville. Oct 4, 1855—Son Evarts died. April 26, 1856—Son Henry May born in Downieville. Jan 1, 1858 —House untouched in fire at Downieville. Jan 17, 1858—Preached sermon at Nevada City and collected donations for relief of the Downieville Congregational Society. Oct 3, 1858— Daughter Helen Webster born. April 24, 1859—Preached sermon at Nevada City Congregational Church. May 8, 1860 —Son George Chase born. May 11, 1860—Son George died. June 3, 1860 —Wife died at Downieville. July 2, 1861—Married his wife’s sister Helen Webster (b. Jan 12, 1836 at Thomaston, Maine), whose husband, the Rev. D. W. Pickard, had died in 1859 or 1860. April 17, 1862—House caught fire at Downieville but was saved by firemen. Sept 3, 1862—Elected Sierra County supt. of schools. Nov 1, 1862—Son James Haven born. Sept 5, 1864—Daughter Caroline Woodhull born. 1865—Resigned pulpit at Downieville and moved to Petaluma. Nov 22, 1866—Son Chauncey Pickard born and died. 1868—Became the pastor at Third Congregational Church, San Francisco. Sept 9, 1868 —Son Gardner Perry born. 1873—Financial agent of the Pacific Theological Seminary. 1874—Pastor of Bethany Sunday School and in charge of Chinese Missionary work in Calif. 1885—Daughter Helen Webster married Fred Searls, son of Niles and Mary Searls of Nevada City. 1921—Published his memoirs: Gospel Pioneering: Reminiscences of Early Congregationalism in Calif. 1853-1920. Oct 1925—Died. JESSE H. RECTOR (1815_) (WHIG, DEM) Jan 21, 1815—Born in Fauquier County, Virginia. son of Vincent Rector and Artemesia Bowie. 1836—Moved with parents to Pike County, Missouri. —Prop. of Elk Lick Springs Hotel. 1840—Married Cynthia Simpson Strother (b. Fauquier Co. Virginia, daughter of French Strother). Bought 120 acres in Pike County. Nov 4, 1842—Son Elijah John born in Pike County. Nov 7, 1847—Son Bayliss S. born in Pike County. —Daughter Elizabeth B. born. —Daughter Lucinda Jane born. —Daughter Martha A. born. —Daughter Jennie born. —Daughter Janie born. 1848 —Justice of the peace for Pike County. 1873— Appointed postmaster of Elk Lick Springs, Missouri. 15 WILLIAM J. REYNOLDS (1816-__) 1816—Born in Southwark, England. —Worked as a ship carpenter. 1838 —Sailed for Valparaiso, Chile. 1839—Sailed from Valparaiso to Yerba Buena, Calif. —Entered the shipwright and blacksmith trade at San Francisco Bay with John Rose and J. C. Davis. 1841—Built a schooner at the future site of Napa. 1845—Built a barge at future site of Napa and traded up and down streams emptying into San Francisco Bay, trading general merchandise for hides and tallow. Built sailing vessels for the river and coastal trade. 1847—He, John Rose and Mr. Davis contracted with Salvador Vallejo to build a mill on the east side of the Napa River, 7 miles above the future city. July 1848 — Went to the Yuba River prospecting for gold with Rose and others who had worked on the mill. early 1849—He and Rose mined and sold provisions at Rose’s Bar on the Yuba River. Aug 1, 1850—He, Rose and George Kinlock ended the partnership known as Rose & Reynolds & Co. 1852—Settled in Sonoma. 1873 — Was living in Sonoma. JOHN ROSE (1817) March 17, 1817—Born in Leith, Scotland. 1837—Became a ship carpenter. Went to London to ship for the East Indies but sailed instead to Peru, and San Blas and Yerba Buena, Mexico. Oct 1839—Arrived at Yerba Buena, Calif. aboard a Mexican hide and tallow trading boat. 1839-1843 — Voyaged up and down the Pacific coast to Peru and Chile. 1843— Was at Monterey, Calif. 1844—Went to Yerba Buena to build ships with J. D. Davis and William J. Reynolds. —Became a Mexican citizen. —Treasurer of the Yerba Buena town council at San Francisco Bay. —Fought as a lieutenant in the Sanchez campaign. 1848 — Was building a grist mill on the Napa River for Salvador Vallejo when gold was discovered at Sutters saw mill on the American River. July 1848—He and his workmen went to the Yuba River above its junction with the Feather River. There they mined for gold on shares at a place that became known as Rose’s Bar. (Drawing of Rose’s Bar on page 296 of Edwin Gudde’s California Gold Camps.) Early 1849—He and William J. Reynolds mined and operated a supply store, which earned them enough to become land promoters at the new town of Marysville. Built an adobe building at Rose’s Corral (on what would become the Hartung property between Anthony House and Bridgeport in Nevada County; in as late as 1948 the stone and adobe fireplace were still there, according to Hoover & Rensch in Historical Spots in California). Aug 1, 1850—He, Reynolds, and George Kinlock (or Kimball) ended the partnership agreement known as Rose & Reynolds & Co. D. W. C. Rice of Marysville was empowered to settle all affairs of the concern. 1850—Built another corral in Penn Valley, near the cabin of Mr. Badeau, who accompanied Charles Fremont on one his first trips over the Sierra Nevada. The property was owned later by Jack Taylor (father of Ben Taylor) and owned by

Lives of Non-Residents (version 2019a) tional Association of Calif. and the [New School] Presbytery of San Francisco at Nevada City, Nevada County. Summer 1853—Organized the Greenwich Street Church in San Francisco. May 6, 1854—Son Evarts born. July 1855—Resigned as pastor of Greenwich Street and went to Downieville. Oct 4, 1855—Son Evarts died. April 26, 1856—Son Henry May born in Downieville. Jan 1, 1858 —House untouched in fire at Downieville. Jan 17, 1858—Preached sermon at Nevada City and collected donations for relief of the Downieville Congregational Society. Oct 3, 1858— Daughter Helen Webster born. April 24, 1859—Preached sermon at Nevada City Congregational Church. May 8, 1860 —Son George Chase born. May 11, 1860—Son George died. June 3, 1860 —Wife died at Downieville. July 2, 1861—Married his wife’s sister Helen Webster (b. Jan 12, 1836 at Thomaston, Maine), whose husband, the Rev. D. W. Pickard, had died in 1859 or 1860. April 17, 1862—House caught fire at Downieville but was saved by firemen. Sept 3, 1862—Elected Sierra County supt. of schools. Nov 1, 1862—Son James Haven born. Sept 5, 1864—Daughter Caroline Woodhull born. 1865—Resigned pulpit at Downieville and moved to Petaluma. Nov 22, 1866—Son Chauncey Pickard born and died. 1868—Became the pastor at Third Congregational Church, San Francisco. Sept 9, 1868 —Son Gardner Perry born. 1873—Financial agent of the Pacific Theological Seminary. 1874—Pastor of Bethany Sunday School and in charge of Chinese Missionary work in Calif. 1885—Daughter Helen Webster married Fred Searls, son of Niles and Mary Searls of Nevada City. 1921—Published his memoirs: Gospel Pioneering: Reminiscences of Early Congregationalism in Calif. 1853-1920. Oct 1925—Died. JESSE H. RECTOR (1815_) (WHIG, DEM) Jan 21, 1815—Born in Fauquier County, Virginia. son of Vincent Rector and Artemesia Bowie. 1836—Moved with parents to Pike County, Missouri. —Prop. of Elk Lick Springs Hotel. 1840—Married Cynthia Simpson Strother (b. Fauquier Co. Virginia, daughter of French Strother). Bought 120 acres in Pike County. Nov 4, 1842—Son Elijah John born in Pike County. Nov 7, 1847—Son Bayliss S. born in Pike County. —Daughter Elizabeth B. born. —Daughter Lucinda Jane born. —Daughter Martha A. born. —Daughter Jennie born. —Daughter Janie born. 1848 —Justice of the peace for Pike County. 1873— Appointed postmaster of Elk Lick Springs, Missouri. 15 WILLIAM J. REYNOLDS (1816-__) 1816—Born in Southwark, England.

—Worked as a ship carpenter. 1838 —Sailed for Valparaiso, Chile. 1839—Sailed from Valparaiso to Yerba Buena, Calif. —Entered the shipwright and blacksmith trade at San Francisco Bay with John Rose and J. C. Davis. 1841—Built a schooner at the future site of Napa. 1845—Built a barge at future site of Napa and traded up and down streams emptying into San Francisco Bay, trading general merchandise for hides and tallow. Built sailing vessels for the river and coastal trade. 1847—He, John Rose and Mr. Davis contracted with Salvador Vallejo to build a mill on the east side of the Napa River, 7 miles above the future city. July 1848 — Went to the Yuba River prospecting for gold with Rose and others who had worked on the mill. early 1849—He and Rose mined and sold provisions at Rose’s Bar on the Yuba River. Aug 1, 1850—He, Rose and George Kinlock ended the partnership known as Rose & Reynolds & Co. 1852—Settled in Sonoma. 1873 — Was living in Sonoma. JOHN ROSE (1817) March 17, 1817—Born in Leith, Scotland. 1837—Became a ship carpenter. Went to London to ship for the East Indies but sailed instead to Peru, and San Blas and Yerba Buena, Mexico. Oct 1839—Arrived at Yerba Buena, Calif. aboard a Mexican hide and tallow trading boat. 1839-1843 — Voyaged up and down the Pacific coast to Peru and Chile. 1843— Was at Monterey, Calif. 1844—Went to Yerba Buena to build ships with J. D. Davis and William J. Reynolds. —Became a Mexican citizen. —Treasurer of the Yerba Buena town council at San Francisco Bay. —Fought as a lieutenant in the Sanchez campaign. 1848 — Was building a grist mill on the Napa River for Salvador Vallejo when gold was discovered at Sutters saw mill on the American River. July 1848—He and his workmen went to the Yuba River above its junction with the Feather River. There they mined for gold on shares at a place that became known as Rose’s Bar. (Drawing of Rose’s Bar on page 296 of Edwin Gudde’s California Gold Camps.) Early 1849—He and William J. Reynolds mined and operated a supply store, which earned them enough to become land promoters at the new town of Marysville. Built an adobe building at Rose’s Corral (on what would become the Hartung property between Anthony House and Bridgeport in Nevada County; in as late as 1948 the stone and adobe fireplace were still there, according to Hoover & Rensch in Historical Spots in California). Aug 1, 1850—He, Reynolds, and George Kinlock (or Kimball) ended the partnership agreement known as Rose & Reynolds & Co. D. W. C. Rice of Marysville was empowered to settle all affairs of the concern. 1850—Built another corral in Penn Valley, near the cabin of Mr. Badeau, who accompanied Charles Fremont on one his first trips over the Sierra Nevada. The property was owned later by Jack Taylor (father of Ben Taylor) and owned by