. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. own the deceasedin his lifetime. The impressive serviceswere conducted by Rev. Dr. Spaulding,and the body was interred in MountainView Cemetery, Oakland. He left awidow and one child, a daughter, whomarried the prominent attorney, Mr. io8 SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN Alexander Heyneman; his wife, A. Gibbs, has since died. Noeulogy was delivered at the grave of A. Gibbs and none was neces-sary, for the dead merchants sterlingcharacter and estimable social traits wereknown and appreciated throughout theco
. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. own the deceasedin his lifetime. The impressive serviceswere conducted by Rev. Dr. Spaulding,and the body was interred in MountainView Cemetery, Oakland. He left awidow and one child, a daughter, whomarried the prominent attorney, Mr. io8 SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN Alexander Heyneman; his wife, A. Gibbs, has since died. Noeulogy was delivered at the grave of A. Gibbs and none was neces-sary, for the dead merchants sterlingcharacter and estimable social traits wereknown and appreciated throughout thecommunity of which he had been forforty years so conspicuous a member. JAMES ODONNELL. James ODonnell was born in Irelandin the year 1831. He came to Americain his young manhood and settled in NewYork at the age of fifteen years. In 1858he decided to risk his fortunes in the newcountry, and came to California, wherehe has held many reponsible positionsboth on the Police Force and in publiclife, and is still hale and hearty at theage of sixty-nine years, in i860 he ^1^.. JAMES O DOSNELL joined the Volunteer Fire Department,becoming a member of Pacific No. 8,commonly called Sailor No. 8. He had previously run with this stayed with them until the paid De-partment went into service, at whichtime he became exempt, and to-day isone of the prominent members of thisassociation. Mayor Sutro appointed himone of the committee to handle the relieffund allowed by the Legislature for theOld Vamps that needed board elected him secretary, a posi-tion he filled with honor. While Mr. ODonnell has not amasseda fortune, at his advanced age he can lookback with pride upon alife well and honor-ably spent, the press having given himdeserving praise on one occasion in par-ticular for hissteadfastnessto atrust. Theevent happened in 1879, while he wasdeputy sheriff. Saville, the forger, wasmaking efforts to escape from the jail,and when an order came from the sheriffto let the p
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