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A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) (713 pages)
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HISTORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. 601
ties, and also has a large area set to prunes and
almonds and other fruits, and carries on a
general farming and stock-raising business.
In 1882 he married the eldest daughter of
General Alexander, a distinguished officer of
the United States army.
nn
rr MEHL, proprietor of the Eagle Hotel,
a5) Marysville, is a native of Germany, born
me ° October 3, 1859. He isa son of Martin
and Mary (Zigler) Mehl. His father was a
farmer all his life, and died in Germany in
1889. His mother still resides in that country.
When a youth Mr. Mehl crossed the Atlantic,
landed at New York city, and from there came
by rail to Marysville, California, arriving here
April 2, 1877. He has three brothers in the
United States, one in Colusa County, this State;
one in Wallace, Idaho, and anuther in Marysville, this State. Mr. Mehl purchased the
Golden Eagle Hotel on the first of March, 1887,
since which time he has conducted it. Everything is managed in first-class style, and guests
receive prompt and courteous attention.
In 1888 the subject of our sketch chose for
his life companion Miss Jennie McLaughlin.
One child has been born to them, whom they
have named Ines. Mr. Mehl is a member in
good standing of the I. O. O. F., Oriental Lodge,
No. 45.
——-8A
OSEPH M. BASSFOD, Sr., a farmer west
4 of Vacaville, is a native of New York city,
born December 10, 1821, where he was
reared and educated until he attained the age of
eleven years. He was then sent to Nazareth
Hall, Pennsylvania, and there completed his
education in Moravian School, at which institution he remained for two years, and then returned to New York, where he engaged in
farning, and also learned the ship-joiner’s trade,
Janwhich vocation he followed several years.
uary 9, 1850, he sailed for California as shipjoiner on the steamer Carolina, Captain Marke
in command. He located at Benicia and worked
at his trade until 1854, when he concluded to
try his fortune once more upon a farm. In
1861 he went to Napa County, California,
where he remained six years, returning to this
section of the country. He located three and a
fourth miles west of Vacaville, where he owns
eighty acres of fine land, fifty of which is planted
to the finest kind of fruit, and among the same
isa chvice variety of cherries, which he disposes
of on the trees and otherwise. He is one among
the earliest shippers in the valley.
Oar subject was twice married, first in New
York, June 16, 1845, to Julia F. Sprague, who
came to California in 1852, and they had eight
children, viz.: Fordham C., George W., Joseph
M., Jr, H. A., Frank J., Beache B., Amelia
and Julia F.
His second marriage was in June, 1868, to
Catherine McGrasey, and they had three children,
z.: Mary C., Abram T. and Ida. Our subject
is an old pioneer, jovial and fond of a good time
generally, which is typical of this class of oldtime Californians. Althongh his whiskers are
silvered by the frosts of many winters, still his
eyes retain that brightness which is peculiar to
men who are fund of the rod and gun.
Aurora, Indiana, September 1, 1842, son
of Isaac Snook, a native of Pennsylvania.
His father was a cabinet-maker by trade but
was for a long time extensively engaged in road
contracting and building. He came to California in 1852. In 1836 he married Elizabeth
Sopris, by whom he had three children, two of
whom are living. Their grandfather was a German, who came to Pennsylvania in 1801 and
settled in Bucks County, on the Delaware
River, thirty miles above Philadelphia. The
subject of this sketch was educated in his native
State and there learned the cooper’s trade. Ile
Cp acer SUTTON SNOOK was born in