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 . n-tana, where he met with considerable success inthe mining and prospecting enterprises in whichhe engaged until 1866. He then came to LosAngeles, the overland trip through Utah andacross the mountains being an uneventful his arrival here he secured a school atSanta Ana, teaching Spanish for one year, andfollowing this located on a ranch, which he boughtfrom a Spaniard, and engaged in farming. Heremained on this place until recent
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 . n-tana, where he met with considerable success inthe mining and prospecting enterprises in whichhe engaged until 1866. He then came to LosAngeles, the overland trip through Utah andacross the mountains being an uneventful his arrival here he secured a school atSanta Ana, teaching Spanish for one year, andfollowing this located on a ranch, which he boughtfrom a Spaniard, and engaged in farming. Heremained on this place until recently, when heretired from active work and disposed of theranch for $170,000. Mr. Golden was married to ^liss Katherinei\k-Elroy, a native of county Antrim, Ireland,and they are the parents of six children, all ofwhom are now living under the parental are: Mary Elizabeth, James, Winifred P., Agnes K. and Margaret T. The en-tire family belongs to the Roman Catholic Golden is a well informed man and in poli-tics is independent, giving his vote to the menwhom he believes will most honestly and effi-ciently perform their J^^ HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 865 JONAS S. KILLIAN. Southern Californiaowes much to such men as Mr. KiUian, whosestrongest efforts have been for the upbuildingand development of the country ever since hissettlement here in 1887. He installed the firstpumping plant of the section, the first gasengine_and centrifugal pump outside of LosAngeles, and by costly experiments demon-strated the feasibility of pumping water forirrigation. He has been a large upbuilder ofthecountry, and is now the proprietor of threehundred and twenty acres of walnut is liberal and hospitable, numbers hisfriends widely throughout the country, and isjustly entitled to the high position he holdsamong the representative citizens of this sec-tion. i\Ir. Killian was born in Pickens county,Ga., near Jasper. June 3, 1856, the seventhin a family
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