A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . a county, Cal., there engaging infarm pursuits. While in that locality the fam-ily experienced some successes and some reversesbut on the whole achieved noteworthy progressand became independent financially. During 1884they became pioneers of San Diego county. Thefather settled at Bonsall in a locality whitherat the time few immigrants had drifted. Hisdeath occurred at Oceanside in 1893, when hewas eighty-four years of age, and he was sur-
A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . a county, Cal., there engaging infarm pursuits. While in that locality the fam-ily experienced some successes and some reversesbut on the whole achieved noteworthy progressand became independent financially. During 1884they became pioneers of San Diego county. Thefather settled at Bonsall in a locality whitherat the time few immigrants had drifted. Hisdeath occurred at Oceanside in 1893, when hewas eighty-four years of age, and he was sur-vived for thirteen years, by his wife, who diedin Oceanside at seventy-nine years of age- in1906. The earliest recollections of Joseph A. Rookerare associated with Utah, for he was only aninfant when the family crossed the plains. Aftercompleting his education in the schools of Ala-meda county he assisted his father on the homefarm, first in Alameda county and later in SanDiego county. During 1888 he took up farmingat Bonsall, where he still owns an eighty-acretract, but recently he removed from that farmto the tract near Vista that forms his present. 7^<6^<<^%.i^-^^y<C-<r7^ HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 1051 home. The neat residence is presided over byhis wife, whom he married in 1887 and whowas Emma DeWitt Knox, a native of have no children of their own, but took intotheir home a niece, Ruth, a daughter of I\ sister, and this chikl they have rearedfrom the age of eighteen months. In her edu-cation they are taking deep interest and are nowsending her to the Fallbrook high school. Thefamily attend the Methodist Episcopal Churchand Mrs. Rooker is a member of that denom-ination. Ever since casting his first ballot has supported Democratic principles, buthas not been a candidate for office nor has hesought local leadership in the party, but in aquiet, unostentatious way he discharges everyduty that falls to a public-spirited,
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