The Merced Express, Saturday, April 3, 1880
California Pioneers.
We give this week what we believe to be a complete list of the names of the California Pioneers now residing in this county. A few names have doubtless been left out, but we have diligent inquiry and believe that we have about all of them. It is now in order for these hardy adventurers of early days to come together and form a Pioneer Society. There are enough of them to organize a splendid association. Don't delay this thing, gentleman; you are dwindling away very fast. Their names are as follows:
AKIN, Wm. B. .......................................................................................Mississippi
BLACKBURN, J. C. ......................................................................................Ohio
BENNETT, P.B. .........................................................................................Ireland
BOST, John W. ......................................................................................Mississippi
CARROLL, Patrick ......................................................................................Ireland
CHAPMAN, Joseph .................................................................................Maryland
CHAMBERLAIN, Adolphus ...................................................................New York
CLOUGH, A. W. ............................................................................New Hampshire
CARGILE, Thomas B. ..............................................................................Kentucky
CHANDLER, R. T. ...................................................................................Georgia
COX, Isom J. ..........................................................................................Tennessee
COCANOUR, John B. ........................................................................Pennsylvania
CHAPMAN, Harry ...............................................................................New York
DEAN, T.C. .............................................................................................Kentucky
DICKENSON, Samuel ..............................................................................Missouri
DICKENSON, G. W. ...............................................................................Missouri
DOWST, W. B. ................................................................................Massachusetts
EVANS, Chas. E. ....................................................................................Louisiana
FEE, Peter ................................................................................................Norway
GRIFFITH, Joshua .............................................................................Pennsylvania
GARDENHIRE, Fred ..........................................................................Pennsylvania
GOLDMAN, M. .........................................................................................Prussia
GIVENS, E.T. .........................................................................................Kentucky
HERNE, Levi ............................................................................................Missouri
HULSE, A. W. ...New York
HOWELL, W. L. Pennsylvania
HICKS, James E. ..Missouri
HAYES, George ...Maine
HUFFMAN, C. H ... .Louisiana
HALSTEAD, G. W. Sr. ....New York
IVETT, John . England
INGALSBE, Albert . ..New York
JONES, J. Y. .. ..Virginia
JOHNSON, Thos. .. Ireland
KIBBY, James . .New York
KELSEY, Erastus .New York
KEYS, John ..Virginia
KUHL, Adam Pennsylvania
LARKIN, Frank ... .New York
LEGGETT, Thos. A. ... ..New York
MONTGOMERY, John M. .Kentucky
MARSH, J. B. . .Massachusetts
MCERLANE, Hugh ...Ireland
MCCREARY, Wm. A. .Alabama
MCFARLAN, Nathan .. ..Tennessee
MCFARLAND, John L. Tennessee
OPENHIEM, Ben ... .Germany
OSTRANDER, Harvey J. ..New York
ODONNELL, John ....Ireland
PECK, James B. New York
PEAK, L. . ..Illinois
POWELL, George W. ....Texas
RUSSELL, George .. . Connecticut
ROGERS, G. W. ..New York
ROBERTSON, James W. Mississippi
RUDDLE, John ..Missouri
REYNOLDS, Rube . Georgia
ROLFE, Nelson Virginia
STONEROAD, N. B. ..Alabama
SPEARS, S. K. . New York
STEVENSON, James J. ..Missouri
STEVENSON, Col. A. ..Kentucky
SMITH, Edward H. . .New York
SCOTT, Samuel .Kentucky
SMITH, John C. ....Ohio
TURNER, George .New York
THURMAN, Wm. H. Tennessee
THURMAN, Eli .Tennessee
TURNER, Nicholas Tennessee
TYSON, Edward H. .. .North Carolina
TURNER, Wm. C. ..North Carolina
WILSON, L. P. ..New York
WHEAT, Job New York
WARD, George ...Missouri
YATES, Adam ..New York
transcribed by Alma Stone., June 2004