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 . -ears in El Paso and Fort Bliss, doing scoutduty, having been in the southwest about ayear when Captain Stanton was killed. Afterfive years he was honorably discharged at FortStanton because of disability, having been wound-ed severly. From that point he went to SanAntonio, Tex., and engaged in teaming for theensuing three vears, and in i860 he set out forCalifornia, where he arrived in June after aseries of mishaps because of the Indians.
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 . -ears in El Paso and Fort Bliss, doing scoutduty, having been in the southwest about ayear when Captain Stanton was killed. Afterfive years he was honorably discharged at FortStanton because of disability, having been wound-ed severly. From that point he went to SanAntonio, Tex., and engaged in teaming for theensuing three vears, and in i860 he set out forCalifornia, where he arrived in June after aseries of mishaps because of the Indians. InLos Angeles he teamed for a time and finallywent to Wilmington and did a similar work forthe Banning Company. After a time spent inEl Monte he went toSanta Clara and engagedin well boring, having learned this work inTexas. Returning to El Monte later he pur-chased a ranch of thirtv-four acres; he has sincesold sixteen acres of this, and upon the remain-. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 899 ing eighteen acres is engaged in raising February, 1862, Mr. Quinn was united inmarriage with Miss Elizabeth Slack, a nativeof England, and born of this union were twelvechildren, one of whom is deceased: Those liv-ing are as follows: Eliza J.: Clotildis, wife ofAlbert Kerns, of Savannah; Mary, \\ife of JohnLightfoot, of San Bernanliim; Richard, whomarried Catherine Sullivan ; Lillic, wife of RowanThorpe, of Los Angeles; William, who marriedMaud Kazan!, of San Diego; Herbert; Edith,wife of Edmund Nicholson, of Los Angeles;Mabel: Nita; and Gladys. Mr. Quinn is aRepublican in politics, and in religion is a mem-ber of the Catholic Church at San Gabriel, theoldest church in the state. He is a man of finepersonality, interesting in his reminiscences ofthe pioneer days, and proud of the developmentwhich has taken place during the last fifty yearsin California. He is specially interested on alleducational affairs, having given the best ad-va
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