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Title Page vol 1 The New California

Biography of James William Jesse, M. D. of Santa Rosa

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James William Jesse, M.D., born in Mexico, Missouri, in 1857, was a leading physician and surgeon in Santa Rosa, California. Educated at Columbia College in Missouri and the College of the City of New York, he earned his M.D. and began practicing in Santa Rosa in 1890. Dr. Jesse served as mayor, city health officer, and county physician, and was a surgeon for major railroads and the Red Cross Sanitarium. He was president of the Santa Rosa Medical Society and active in Masonic and Elk fraternities. Dr. Jesse married Mary E. Higgins, and their daughter, Marie, studied at Mills College.

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Title Page vol 1 The New California

Biography of Earnest Martin Hoen

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Ernest Martin Hoen, an accomplished architect, was born in Santa Rosa, California, in 1872. He is the son of Berthold (“Barney”) Hoen, a German immigrant and city founder of Santa Rosa, and Marie Andersen Gade Hoen, a Danish immigrant from a distinguished family. Ernest graduated from Washington University’s Manual Training School in St. Louis in 1889 and established a successful architectural career in San Francisco and Sacramento. In 1899, he married Edna Lewis of Sacramento, and they have a son, Martin Lewis Hoen. Ernest is active in the Masons and the Elks, and is a dedicated Republican.

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

Biography of Ralph Thomsen of Salinas California

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A contractor whose success is the clearest evidence of his ability and worth is Ralph Thomsen, of 330 California street, Salinas, in which city, as well as in other parts of Monterey county, he has established for himself a reputation for dependability. He makes a specialty of interior and exterior decorating, is well-informed as to

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