. History of Sonoma County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present time. dent thatprevented him from continuing his former active labors. Finally he sold hisfine property to the Italian-Swiss Company for $23,000, and with his family-took up his abode in Cloverdale. It was there that he passed away March 26,1891, his death closing a career that had been ennobling and uplifting. Observa-tion had led him to the conviction that intemperance was the greatest evil w
. History of Sonoma County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present time. dent thatprevented him from continuing his former active labors. Finally he sold hisfine property to the Italian-Swiss Company for $23,000, and with his family-took up his abode in Cloverdale. It was there that he passed away March 26,1891, his death closing a career that had been ennobling and uplifting. Observa-tion had led him to the conviction that intemperance was the greatest evil withwhich we as a nation had to contend, and as long as his health permitted heworked indefatigably to stem the corrupting tide, both by lectures and personalwork. The marriage of James P. Whitaker, September 28. 1858, united him withMiss Jane Carroll, who was born in County Monaghan, Ireland, and came tothe United States with her parents when an infant. She received exceptionaleducational advantages in the public schools of New York City, and after com-ing to Sonoma county, Cal, in 1855, was engaged in teaching here until hermarriage. Four children were born of this union, as follows: Gilbert, a resi-. (7 HISTORY OF SONOMA COUNTY 713 dent of San Francisco; Lottie, the wife of Augustus Martin, of San Francisco;Fred and Wallace J., the latter also a resident of San Francisco. While the parents were living in Marin county Fred Whitaker was born nearTomales, October 11, 1863. Although he was reared to a full knowledge ofranch life, his inclination tended in other directions, and in following the line ofwork for which nature intended him he is not only successful, but is happy andcontented. While still a youth he showed a decided taste for things mechan-ical, and fitted himself for an engineers position, and for the past fifteen yearshe had been the efficient engineer of the Cloverdale water works, and for aconsiderable time he has also been a member of the volunteer fire department
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