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 . one of her sons is in the employ of the quart r-niaster of the station of Manila. PhilippineIslands. Mr. Blakeslee is a Republican in having cast his first vote for Henry Clay,in 1844. He served as justice of the peace ofSolano county, Cal. Fraternally he is a mem-ber of a Masonic Lodge of Los Angeles and hasbeen a Master Mason for fifty-seven vears. THOMAS F. CURTIS. As proprietor ofthe Oxnard foundry Thomas F. Cur
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 . one of her sons is in the employ of the quart r-niaster of the station of Manila. PhilippineIslands. Mr. Blakeslee is a Republican in having cast his first vote for Henry Clay,in 1844. He served as justice of the peace ofSolano county, Cal. Fraternally he is a mem-ber of a Masonic Lodge of Los Angeles and hasbeen a Master Mason for fifty-seven vears. THOMAS F. CURTIS. As proprietor ofthe Oxnard foundry Thomas F. Curtis is demon-strating the fact that the man who is Uioroughlyexperienced in the practical work of a businessin which he is engaged makes the best manager,Mr, Curtis is a native of England, his birthhaving occurred March 16, 1867, in London,His father Thomas, was born at Cornwall, wherehe engaged in the blacksmith business for manyyear, his death taking place in London whenthe son, Thomas F,. was but six years of mother is a native of London, where sheis still living. Of the family of four childrenMr. Curtis was the oldest and the onlv son. He. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 919 attended the common schools of Sutton, Surrey,England, for seven years after his fathers death,and when thirteen became an apprentice at themoulders trade under his uncle, John Curtis, atSt. Agnes, Cornwall. After working there forseven and a half years Mr. Curtis decided tocome to America anil upon his arrival at Trenton,N. J., accepted a position with the Trenton Lockand Hardware Company, holding it for twoyears. In the spring of 1900 he crossed the con-tinent and entered the employ of the Union IronWorks at San Francisco as a moulder. Hissplendid workmanship was soon recognized andhis employers made him foreman of the coredepartment, which position he occupied eightyears out of the ten he spent with that handled many important assignments andworked on all the big battleships bu
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