. 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. to his home in the east, Mr. Har-vey carried on farming for a time, and follow-ing the death of a brother engaged in the man-agement of a saw, shingle and grist mill in Not-tingham for ten years. Disposing of this prop-erty in 1866, he again came to Cahfornia, bring-ing his family with him, and for a time was em-ployed on a towboat, the Water Witch, plyingon San Francisco bay. He located his family onMontgomery street, where they rema
. 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. to his home in the east, Mr. Har-vey carried on farming for a time, and follow-ing the death of a brother engaged in the man-agement of a saw, shingle and grist mill in Not-tingham for ten years. Disposing of this prop-erty in 1866, he again came to Cahfornia, bring-ing his family with him, and for a time was em-ployed on a towboat, the Water Witch, plyingon San Francisco bay. He located his family onMontgomery street, where they remained for atime, then moved to Thirteenth street and madethat location their home until 1888. In that yearthey removed to Oakland and in 1901 to theirpresent home on Tenth avenue. Mr. Harvey fol-lowed engineering for a time in the various ma-chine shops of San Francisco tmtil his retire-ment, which occurred upon his removal to Oak-land. September 10. 1846, Mr. Harvey was united inmarriage with Miss Keziah H. Thompson; shewas born in Nottingham, N. H., May 20, 1827, adescendant of Scotch ancestry on the paternalside and of New England on her mothers. Lon- I. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 491 ?gevity is a notable trait of the family, Mrs. Har-veys maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Ellison,having attained the remarkable age of one hun-dred and eight years, while she herself is now inber eighty-first year and in the enjoyment ofall her faculties and excellent health. Mr. andMrs. Harvey became the parents of six children,bringing them all to California in 1866: J. War-ren, an engineer in the employ of the nav} } ardin Portsmouth, N. H.; Benjamin F., engineer onthe Water Nymph, on San Francisco bay;George H., a resident of Oakland, and captain ofthe Arab, in the employ of the Pacific MailSteamship Company; Laura E., wife of WilliamLeach, of Oakland; Lewis Perry, captain and?owner of the Water Nymph, now living retiredin Oakland; and Flora M., who is living with hermother. While on
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