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Biography of Benjamin F. Howard of Sacramento County

Title Page vol 1 The New California

Benjamin F. Howard, born in Sacramento on October 11, 1851, is serving his fourth term as county superintendent of schools in Sacramento County. Son of Marcus Jay and Jane Howard, early settlers from Vermont and Northern Ireland, Howard has significantly advanced local education. He began teaching at eighteen and was principal of Washington School in Yolo County for seven years. Elected superintendent in 1886, his tenure has seen marked improvements in school standards and enrollment. In 1881, he married Sarah Morton, a notable music teacher. Howard is active in the Native Sons of the Golden West and is a dedicated Republican.

Biography of Elbridge Gerry Rector

1925 History of Merced County - title page

A Mexican War veteran and a pioneer of 1849 in California, Elbridge G. Rector first saw the light in Sevier County, Tenn., on February 19, 1816. His father was Kenner Avery Rector, a Virginian, who participated in the War of 1812, and gained the reputation of being the best shot in General Jackson’s army. He married Elizabeth Randall, prominently connected with families of the Old Dominion. The Rector family was transplanted on American soil from German forebears who first went to Scotland, thence to Virginia, where, at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, Charles Rector, a prosperous planter, accompanied by … Read more

Biography of W. F. Beasley of King City California

History of Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties, California Volume 2 Title Page

W. F. Beasley, veteran California hotel man is senior member of the firm of W. F. Beasley & Son, proprietors of the widely known popular Hotel el Camino Real in King City, Monterey county, pronounced by competent judges and the general run of the tourist population of this section of the state to be the most up-to-date and the best equipped hotel in the county. He is a native son of California and has been a resident of this state all his life, engaged in the hotel business since the days of his young manhood, for his father was one … Read more