San Diego county, California; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement . ay in July, 1905. He was married to his presentwife, Amy C. Wood, August 25, 1909. She was in her maidenhood Amy , a daughter of Captain J. F. Young, a great-grandson jf Betsy Ross,who made the first American flag. Judge Puterbaughs children are: MaudeTroyer, now the wife of John H. Koch, of New York city; and Johnson Wag-oner, an attorney at law of San Diego. WILLIAM BLACK. No man is more familiar with the pioneer history or early conditions ofliving in San Diego county than William Black, wh
San Diego county, California; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement . ay in July, 1905. He was married to his presentwife, Amy C. Wood, August 25, 1909. She was in her maidenhood Amy , a daughter of Captain J. F. Young, a great-grandson jf Betsy Ross,who made the first American flag. Judge Puterbaughs children are: MaudeTroyer, now the wife of John H. Koch, of New York city; and Johnson Wag-oner, an attorney at law of San Diego. WILLIAM BLACK. No man is more familiar with the pioneer history or early conditions ofliving in San Diego county than William Black, who has the distinction of beingthe oldest living settler in Otay valley, building the third house in Otay in has witnessed the development and progress which has taken place in thissection during the years, has seen cities grow and ranch lands develop and toa great extent has been identified with the change. He was one of the earliestfruit growers in this section of the state and has lived to see an industry inwhich he was a pioneer become one of the important sources of wealth of a. WILLIAM HISTORY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY 261 great and prosperous section of California. He was born in Webster, Worces-ter county, Massachusetts, December 8, 1830, and when he was eight years ofage moved with the family to Cambridge, Vermont, where he resided until hewas seventeen, acquiring his education in the public schools. When he laidaside his books he returned to Massachusetts and worked upon a farm untilhe came to California, making the journey by way of the Isthmus of Panamaand landing in San Francisco on the 10th of May, 1852. He was thus one ofthe earliest pioneers in California and in the first days of his residence hereencountered many of the hardships and privations of frontier life. For sometime he mined in Tuolumne and Mariposa counties and for five years workedon a farm near Stockton, in San Joaquin county. Leaving California he wentto British Columbia but after one year returne
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