. History of the state of California and biographical record of Oakland and environs, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present. se for a few months, and then sold out. Dur-ing these years he had also interested himselfin other matters; with Uncle Ben Bliven heengaged in the raising of stock and the growingof large tracts of wheat. He also had investedheavily in Cherokee Flats, which after great ex-pense and many discouragements became a greatgold producer, one bar of metal cast being worth$73,000, one of the most valuable in the world. Having accumulated a com
. History of the state of California and biographical record of Oakland and environs, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present. se for a few months, and then sold out. Dur-ing these years he had also interested himselfin other matters; with Uncle Ben Bliven heengaged in the raising of stock and the growingof large tracts of wheat. He also had investedheavily in Cherokee Flats, which after great ex-pense and many discouragements became a greatgold producer, one bar of metal cast being worth$73,000, one of the most valuable in the world. Having accumulated a competence, in 1880 came to San Francisco and decided tomake this city his home. In 1888 he erected hispresent residence at No. 2160 Vallejo street,and here he is spending the twilight of his daysin peace and plentv, renewing his youth with theyounger generation and proving always an en-tertaining and interesting companion. He wasmarried in 1857 to Miss Augusta Elliot, a nativeof Bath, Me. Thev have one daughter, OliveEveleth, who is the wife of George W. Brooks,secretary and superintendent of the Califor-nia Insurance Company of San Francisco, and. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. :;47 they are the parents of four daughters, Loraine,Madeline, Eveleth and Frances. Mr. Harris isa member of the Unitarian Church and a liberalcontributor to its charities. In memory of theearly days in California he belongs to the So-ciety of California Pioneers and is foremost inhis efforts to keep intact everything that re-calls that time in which a statehood was built,and mens lives and characters were given tothis cause. FRANKLIN WARNER. Remembered as a helpful pioneer of Californiaand especially of the city of Oakland, is thelate Franklin Warner, an early educator of thestate and later an important factor in the realtyactivity of this city. He was born September16, 1818, in Pittsford, Vt., the descendant of anold New England family prominent in colonialhistory during the Revolutionary
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