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Subject: [CAAMADOR] Amador County History -- Braigan, Brinn, Brown, Brusie, Breese, Botto, et. al.
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 22:06:36 EDT
>From History of Amador County published by the Federation of Amador County
Women's Clubs, April 1927, pp. 95-97:
"Mrs. (sic) Henry Bradigan came to Oleta in '52, and started farming among
the Indians. He finally had 580 acres of land. In the winter he
hydraulicked as long as that work was permitted, farming in season. The
above data was furnished by Mrs. L. E. Frinchaboy, a daughter. Mrs.
Frinchaboy is president of the P.T.A., established in Oleta in 1925."
***
"Mr. and Mrs. Morris Brinn live in San Francisco whither they moved when Mr.
Brinn retired after 50 years of successful mercantile and mining enterprises
begun in Sutter Creek in 1860. Mr. Brinn came to California in 1855, to join
his brothers, pioneer merchants of Butte City (Amador Co.) who had built a
fine stone structure for their business; the walls of which are still
standing. Morris Brinn likewise built a permanent structure, which is now
Malatesta and Son's Store; and a beautiful home, now the property of Mrs. B.
C. Clark, and residence of Mr. and Mrs. John Brignole. Morris Brinn married
Miss Rose Marks, (1866) sister of Mose M. Marks of Sutter Creek. Their two
daughters -- Estella (Mrs. Dudley Helm) married in 1901, lived many years in
Mexico, now in San Francisco; and Rae (Mrs. Franklin Royer), of Los Angeles.
Mr. and Mrs. Royer have one daughter."
***
"A. C. Brown came to the state in '49, went back east and brought his family
in '51--a wife and six children. Of this family group not one is left; but
in the beautiful colonial home which he built in the early sixties, George
Brown, the son who was born after the family's arrival, lives with his wife.
They have no children, nor did any of the Brown sons leave offspring, so the
name perishes so far as this branch is concerned. Margaret Brown Folger left
two sons and a daughter, living in the state. Judge Brown accumulated much
valuable property, and it has been held intact. Will Rogers used the Brown
home for the setting of his picture 'Boys Will Be Boys'. Judge Brown held
many offices of trust, in county and state, and kept his law offices open,
even to the age of eighty-five years. He mined in Shasta in '50 and it was
he who named the town Shasta. He was always an active Democrat, as is George
Brown, who was county assessor in 1918-22. Mrs. Brown is an ardent church
woman. Their old-fashioned harden is one of the show places in our city."
***
"Luther Brusie, physician and druggist, came to Ione from Connecticut in
1850. Many of the valley pioneers today speak feelingly of this man who was
to them friend and physician. Dr. Brusie was Justice of the Peace at Lancha
Plana for many years, and went to the Assembly in '79-'80. He had three
children--Harriet, wife of John Marchant, now a resident of Sutter Creek;
Miss Mary Brusie, Secretary of the Homeless Children's Agency, fostered by
the Native sons and Daughters of the Golden West, and Judson, lawyer and
legislator, who died in early manhood. He was the author of 'Lonesome Town',
one of Kolb and Dill's features, and of several other plays. Mrs. Ralph
McGee (Margaret Marchant), is a grand-daughter of Dr. Brusie, and Luther
Brusie Marchant, Chairman of Music at Mills College, is his grandson."
***
"The Misses Martha and Mary Brown, daughters of the pioneer physician, Dr.
James Brown, died within the last two years. The family came from Missouri
in '49, the eldest son, John A. being born on the plains. The latter married
Miss Virginia Hayden, first president of Amapola Parlor, N.D.G.W. Their only
daughter, Miss Frances, is a nurse in the Sutter Hospital."
***
"J. Ward Brown came to Butte City in '56, mined for a time and then devoted
himself necessarily to fruit and bee culture. He had three children, all
deceased. Ernest Brown, a grandson, and his mother, Mrs. Clara Brown, live
on Broadway, Jackson. There are two little grandchildren. Mrs. Clara Brown
devotes much time to her aged mother, Mrs. Peter Ferrari, also a Butte
pioneer, now in her eighties, with a comfortable home in South Jackson."
***
"Raymond Breese was for years County Clerk, one of the most popular officials
ever in the Court House. He married a daughter of the pioneer Gibsons, who
kept the wayside inn at the Bridgeport bridge near Oleta. Bon Breese, the
only son, took up his father's work for a time after the latter's untimely
death. Three of the four daughters were Amador teachers, and one a nurse.
The family moved to Oakland where Bon Breese has an important position in the
Central Bank. His wife was Mabel Wheeler of Plymouth."
***
"Although the esteemed pioneer Constantino Botto passed away in 1879, the
handsome home erected in 1860 on Sutter Hill, is still the domicile of his
descendants. The ranch was purchased from Allan Tibbits, one time owner of
the Central Eureka. Mrs. Botto died in 1912. Of the ten children, only two
are living; Miss Louise Botto and Mrs. Tillie Dennis (Mathilda Botto). The
only son, Emil, died in 1925. His widow, formerly Miss Mary Gross, resides
on the Botto ranch. She is principal of the Amador City Grammar School.
Mrs. Thomas Gorman (Mary Botto) died in 1910; and Mrs. James Bona (Anna
Botto) in 1926. At a family gathering shortly before Mrs. Botto's death, a
photograph representing five generations was taken. There are now eight
grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Mrs. Mary Botto, widow of John Botto who died in 1895, leaving her with three
children, may well take pride in her family. Joseph J. Botto, who as a boy
worked in the office of the 'Amador Record', is now in charge of the
California Press of San Francisco. In 1916 he married Miss Esther Martin,
daughter of Judge O. E. Martin of Amador City. They have two daughters,
Daniel Louis Botto is superintendent of the Allen Estate Company's holdings
at Arno. In 1911 he married Miss Tillie Foppiano and they have three
children. Mrs. Rose Botto Rugne, who has one son, is agent at Sutter Creek
for the Telephone Company."
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