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 . to secure cattle, which he brought to North-ern California and sold at a large profit. Onone of these trips he was a passenger on theWinfield Scott, which was wrecked, all butone passenger, however, escaping. The lastdays of Mr. Thompson were spent with in Oakland, where his death was a man of prominence and ability, heldin highest esteem by all who knew him, andas a citizen of unusual power was selected atdifferent ti
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 . to secure cattle, which he brought to North-ern California and sold at a large profit. Onone of these trips he was a passenger on theWinfield Scott, which was wrecked, all butone passenger, however, escaping. The lastdays of Mr. Thompson were spent with in Oakland, where his death was a man of prominence and ability, heldin highest esteem by all who knew him, andas a citizen of unusual power was selected atdifferent times to represent the people in po-sitions of honor and responsibility. A Demo-crat politically, he was twice elected to thestate legislature on the Republican ticket,where he served his constituency with abilityand honor. By marriage he had allied his for-tunes with those of another old and promi-nent family of Virginia, his wife being MaryAdams Williams, a native of that state andthe descendant of a Revolutionary familywhose location on American soil long ante-dated that struggle in the history of our coun-irv. ]\Irs. Thompson died en route to Cali-. JhU l^^-^x.^^ HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. fornia at the sink of the Humboldt river. Shewas the mother of four children, namely:Reese Bovven, of Oakland; John Chattan, ofStockton; Mary Eliza, Mrs. Yerby; and Vica,wife of Thomas Wheeler, of Milton, Cal. Since her husbands death Mrs. Yerby hasdivided her time between Los Angeles andthe home ranch, the latter consisting of twen-ty acres of peet land, which is rented forgardening purposes. In religion she is a mem-ber of the Seventh Day Adventists Church,of Los Angeles, and liberally supports itscharities and progressive movements. She isa woman of rare worth and character, enjoy-ing a wide circle of friends, and giving thebest of her life to those about her. JOHN ROBERTS. Indissolubly associatedwith the early history of Long Beach is thename of John Roberts, who as the first m
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