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A group of Sonoma county pioneers, known as the Bullshead Club, in 1892; from the top, Row 1, left to right: John P. Overton (January 9, 1859-January 1, 1941), elected Mayor of Santa Rosa in 1904; James Madison "Matt" Roney (1833-1893), merchant, retail and wholesale wine and liquor sales; Walter C. Good 1862-2-August 22, 1900), hardware merchant; William H. Lee (May 29, 1853-October 19, 1938), trucking and warehouse business; Frank Steele (August 11, 1848-April 13, 1930), farmer; Harry C. Brown (1868- ), proprietor, Sonoma Abstract Bureau; Frank Cornue (1859-1923), banker; Isaac DeTurk (November 19, 1834-March 16, 1896), vintner; Julius Ort (July 29, 1827-December 22, 1906), argriculturist and stock grower; Frederick G. Nagle (August 16, 1848-August 17, 1928), County Recorder; Rufus A. Templem (1835?- ), teacher; Joel D. Barnett (1845-December 10, 1897), State Assembly member from Sonoma County; Row 2, left to right: Alfred W. Dana (May 3, 1842-May 7, 1893), farmer; Calvin S. Farquar (December 20, 1848- ), lawyer; Louis W. Julliard (June 29, 1861-June 9, 1919), Attorney and State Senator; James W. Ragsdale (1848-2012-May 31, 1932), merchant; Henry Baker (1852-1911), blacksmith; Luther W. Burris (1855-1928), banker and Councilman; Joseph E. Hall (August 28, 1850-November 8, 1933), farmer; Charles F. Rohrer (1851-October 24, 1915), merchant; David N. Carithers (March 19, 1837-June 19, 1901), dry goods and clothing store proprietor; William A. Ware (April 21, 1876-May 31, 1959), grocery store merchant; John S. Taylor (November 27, 1828-March 26, 1927), farmer, stock raiser, owner of White Sulphur Springs Resort;Walter S. Davis (February 21, 1857-October 18, 1916), real estate broker and insurance agent; Row 3, left to right: Judge John G. Pressley (May 24, 1833-July 5, 1895), Superior Court Judge; Rev. Dr. T. H. B. Anderson (May 26, 1842- ), pastor of the Santa Rosa Methodist Episcopal Church; Thomas L. Thompson (May 31, 1838-February 1, 1898), editor and journalist; Rev. Dr. Avery Sheppard (1816?- ), clergyman; Allison B. Ware (April 7, 1847-December 17, 1914), state district attorney; Horace W. Byington (1828-12-April 23, 1907), Internal Revenue agent; Judge Albert P. Overton (April 1, 1830-April 13, 1898), merchant, lawyer, banker and County Judge; Thomas S. Jennings (1838?- ), wholesale grocer; Thomas J. Brooke (April 23, 1831-July 18, 1914), wheat farmer; Jacob Harris (August 24, 1827-May 6, 1901), grape grower; Judge John Brown (1827-1911), County Judge, County Clerk, County Recorder, County Auditor; Row 4, left to right: Alonzo S. Hewitt, manager of Murphy Sawmill and inventor of sawmill devices; Obadiah H. Hoag (February 20, 1837-April 24, 1908), member of state legislature, lawyer, realestate and insurance agent; Capt. Peter N. Stofen (May 29, 1836-1910), Steam shipping business; Thomas J. Geary (January 1, 1854-July 6, 1929), lawyer, federal congressman, author of the Chinese Exclusion Act; Mark L. McDonald (May 5, 1833-March 8, 1917), developer of the McDonald Addition; Julio M. Carrillo (December 20, 1824-October 30, 1889), farmer; Manville Doyle (1September 1, 1831-August 21, 1916), established Exchange Bank; Samuel I. Allen (October 18, 1846-1918), farmer, business, Sheriff, and member of the state legislature; Allen B. Lemmon (5/?/1848-1919), US postmaster, editor of the Santa Rosa Republican; Edward P. Colgan (October 1, 1856-November 20, 1905), state controller, sheriff and carriage and wagon manufacturer; Guy E. Grosse (March 7, 1839-May 22, 1907), horticulturalist; Oliver M. Newman (1860-1913), farmer and teamster.
Social Issues and Associations Stofen, Peter N., 1836-1910 Hoag, Obadiah H., 1837-1908 Hewitt, Alonzo S Brown, John, 1827-1911 Harris, Jacob, 1827-1901 Jennings, Thomas S Taylor, John Shackelford, 1828-1927 Overton, Albert P., 1830-1898 Byington, Horace W. (Horace William), 1828-1907 Ware, Allison B., 1847-1914 Sheppard, Avery Thompson, Thomas L., 1838-1898 Anderson, T. H. B., 1842- Pressley, John G., 1833-1895 Davis, Walter S., 1857-1916 Overton, John P., 1859-1941 Allen, Samuel I., 1846-1918 Newman, Oliver M., 1860-1913 Grosse, Guy E., 1839-1907 Colgan, Edward P. (Edward Power), 1856-1905 Lemmon, Allen B., 1848-1919 Geary, Thomas J., 1854-1929 Doyle, Manville, 1831-1916 McDonald, Mark L., 1833-1917 Brooke, Thomas J., 1831-1914 Hall, Joseph E., 1850-1933 Burris, Luther W. (Luther William), 1855-1928 Baker, Henry, 1852-1911 Ragsdale, James W., 1848-1932 Julliard, Louis W., 1861-1919 Farquar, Calvin S., 1848- Dana, Alfred W., 1842-1893 Barnett, Joel D., 1845-1897 Nagle, Frederick G., 1848-1928 Carrillo, Julio Maria, 1824-1889 Carithers, David N., 1837-1901 DeTurk, Isaac, 1834-1896 Cornue, Frank, 1859-1923 Brown, Harry C., 1868- Steele, Frank, 1848-1930 Lee, William H., 1853-1938 Good, Walter C., 1862-1900 Roney, James Madison, 1833-1893 Rohrer, Charles F., 1851-1915 Ware, William A., 1876-1959 Ort, Julius, 1827-1906 Temple, Rufus A 1889-1895 Clubs United States California Sonoma Santa Rosa
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