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Date: 19 Jan 2005 16:18:33 -0700

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JY.2ADE/3870 Message Board Post: I am transcribing the “The Western Shore Gazetteer and Commercial Directory - Yolo County,” in sections and placing it on the Yolo County CA USGenWeb Project web site that I maintain. You can view the transcription of the book at this URL: <http://www.cagenweb.com/yolo/yollnk.htm>; The section below is in the “Residents and Occupations” section. The following excerpts on are from “The Western Shore Gazetteer and Commercial Directory, For the State of California, Yolo County,” compiled and published annually by C. P. Sprague & H. W. Atwell, Woodland, Yolo County, 1870, pp. 435-439. (Be sure to look through the entire letter section because the surnames are not in strict alphabetical order.) Residents and Occupations (Robinson - Rowe). ROBINSON, J. H., Ohio; baggage-master California Pacific Railroad, Washington, Washington Precinct and Township; Post-office, Sacramento. ROBERTS, Robert, Penn.; farmer, residence 2 1/2 miles W from Knight’s Landing, 10 miles NW from Woodland, one hundred and sixty acres of land, all in cultivation; value, nine thousand five hundred dollars; staple, wheat; East Grafton Precinct, Grafton Township; Post-office, Grafton. ROBERTSON, W. J., Ky.; blacksmith and wagon-maker, shop corner of Front and Ash streets, Davisville; value of residence and shop, twenty-five hundred dollars, North Putah Precinct, Putah Township; Post-office, Davisville. ROBERTSON, Joseph, Mo.; laborer, residence Davisville, North Putah Precinct, Putah Township; Post-office, Davisville. ROBERTSON, P. C., Ill.; lumber-merchant, residence Woodland Lumber Yard, West street south of Main, near California Pacific Railroad [H]. [See adv.] ROBERTS, D. D., Ohio, farmer, fourteen hundred acres of land, Division 2; value, two thousand dollars; North Putah Precinct, Putah Township; Post-office, Davisville. ROBERTS, John, N. Y.; night-watchman at Davisville; North Putah Precinct, Putah Township; Post-office, Davisville. ROBERTS, Thomas, England; bricklayer and mason, residence 1/2 mile W from Knight’s Landing, 11 miles N from Woodland; East Grafton Precinct, Grafton Township; Post-office, Grafton. ROBERTS, Ed., Penn.; Supervisor Third District, farmer, residence 2 1/2 miles W from Knight’s Landing, 9 1/2 miles NW from Woodland; one hundred and sixty acres of land, Division 3, all in cultivation; value, eight thousand dollars; capital invested, eight hundred dollars [H]; East Grafton Precinct, Grafton Township; Post-office, Grafton. ROBERTS, Robert H. Ky.; laborer, Davisville, North Putah Precinct, Putah Township; Post-office, Davisville. ROBERTS, W. J., Tenn.; Yolo Livery Stables, Main street, Woodland, opposite Good Templars’ Hall; capital invested, twenty-five hundred dollars. [See adv.] ROBERTS, W. J., Ohio; laborer, North Putah Precinct, Putah Township; Post-office, Davisville. ROBERTS, George W., Va.; laborer, residence Cacheville, Cacheville Precinct, Cache Creek Township; Post-office, Yolo. ROBINSON, Albert, Mass.; laborer, California Pacific Railroad, Washington Precinct and Township; Post-office, Sacramento. ROBINSON, Henry, Mo. (colored); farmer, rents land, residence 3 miles E from Buckeye, 12 miles SW from Woodland; Buckeye Precinct and Township; Post-office, Buckeye. ROBINSON, A. W., Me.; farmer, rents land, residence 3 miles S from Woodland, Woodland Precinct, Cache Creek Township; Post-office, Woodland. ROBINSON, Moses N., Me.; farmer, West Grafton Precinct, Grafton Township; Post-office, Grafton. ROBINSON, A. R., Me.; farmer, West Grafton Precinct, Grafton Township; Post-office, Antelope. ROBINSON, Daniel, N. Y.; farmer, residence 4 miles W from Buckeye, 18 miles SW from Woodland; three hundred and twenty acres of land, Division 3, all in cultivation; value, ten thousand dollars; capital invested one thousand dollars; Buckeye Precinct and Township; Post-office, Buckeye. ROBYER, Victor, N. Y.; laborer, Cacheville Precinct, Cache Creek Township; Post-office, Yolo. ROCK, J. W., N. Y.; carpenter, foreman of Steam Navigation Company’s yard, Washington, of WILCOX & ROCK, rectifiers; Washington Precinct and Township; Post-office, Sacramento. ROCKHOLD, S. M., Md.; laborer, Cacheville Precinct, Cache Creek Township; Post-office, Yolo. RODOLPH, James, Mo.; laborer, Cache Creek Township; Woodland Precinct; Post-office, Woodland. RODOLPH, Godfrey, Switzerland; farmer, residence 2 miles N from Cottonwood, 10 miles W from Woodland; three hundred and sixty acres of land, Division 3, all in cultivation; value, nine thousand six hundred dollars; capital invested, one thousand dollars; eight acres of vineyard [see “Vineyards”]; East Cottonwood Precinct, Cottonwood Township; Post-office, Cache Creek. RODE, Bennett, Penn.; farmer, Cacheville Precinct, Cache Creek Township; Post-office, Yolo. RODMAN, Levi, N. Y.; farmer, South Putah Precinct, Putah Township; Post-office, Davisville. RODMAN, Wm., N. Y.; farmer, South Putah Precinct, Putah Township; Post-office, Davisville. RODRIGUES, J. M.; farmer, one hundred and sixty acres of land, Division 3; value, fifteen hundred dollars; North Putah Precinct, Putah Township; Post-office, Davisville. ROGERS, J. C., N. Y.; farmer, rents land 1 mile from Washington, 19 miles SE from Woodland; Washington Precinct and Township; Post-office, Sacramento. ROGERS, James L., Ohio; laborer, North Putah Precinct, Putah Township; Post-office, Davisville. RORHBACK, D. H., Md.; farmer, rents land 2 1/2 miles NW from Woodland; Woodland Precinct, Cache Creek Township; Post-office, Woodland. ROLLINS, Chares S., Me.; laborer, residence Fairview Precinct, Grafton Township; Post-office, Prairie. ROLLER, J. W., ; printer, boards at Overland House, Woodland; Woodland Precinct, Cache Creek Township. ROOB, Michael, Germany; farmer, residence North Putah Precinct, Putah Township; Post-office, Davisville. RONEY, John A., Ky.; hotel-keeper, Capay City; buildings and two lots; value, eighteen hundred dollars; West Cottonwood Precinct, Cottonwood Township; Post-office, Capay. ROOT, Wm. R., N. Y.; farmer, residence 6 miles NW from Cacheville, 11 miles NW from Woodland; one hundred and sixty acres of land, Division 4, railroad survey; value, one thousand dollars; West Grafton Precinct, Grafton Township; Post-office, Yolo. ROSBORRO, S. R., Tenn.; Pastor of First Congregational Church, Woodland; residence corner of Second and Court streets. ROSE, Joseph, Azores, gardener, on Sacramento River, 33 miles SE from Woodland; fifty-five acres of land, Division 1; value, twenty-two hundred dollars; staple, vegetables; Merritt Precinct and Township; Post-office, Freeport, Sacramento County. ROSEBERRY, Barney H., Penn.; grocer, Knight’s Landing, store corner of Railroad and Front streets; four hundred acres of land in Washington Township; value, twenty-five hundred dollars; East Grafton Precinct, Grafton Township; Post-office, Grafton. ROSE, Enos, Azores; gardener, on Sacramento River, 33 miles SE from Woodland; Merritt Precinct and Township; Post-office, Freeport, Sacramento County. ROSS, Thomas; physician and surgeon, office Main street, opposite College, Woodland. ROTHERY, Benj., N. Y.; farmer, residence 5 miles SW from Cottonwood, East Cottonwood Precinct, Cottonwood Township; Post-office, Cache Creek. ROTH, John, Penn.; farmer, 2 1/2 miles NW from Prairie, 14 miles NW from Woodland; one hundred and sixty acres of land, sixty acres in cultivation; value, one thousand dollars; Fairview Precinct, Grafton Township; Post-office, Prairie. ROTH, Mrs. C., Germany; farmer, residence 3 miles NW from Prairie, 14 miles NW from Woodland; one hundred and sixty acres of land, Division 3; value, one thousand dollars [H]. ROAT, James, Tenn.; farmer, residence 4 miles W from Prairie, 15 miles NW from Woodland; two hundred and eighty acres of land, Division 3, all in cultivation; value, ten thousand dollars; staple product, wheat; West Grafton Precinct, Grafton Township; Post-office, Prairie. ROUSE, Richard, Ind.; farmer, Capay Valley, 5 miles N from Capay City, 25 miles NW from Woodland; three hundred and twenty acres of land, Divisions 3 and 4, twenty acres in cultivation; value, thirty-five hundred dollars; West Cottonwood Precinct, Cottonwood Township; Post-office, Capay. ROURKE, M. J., N. Y.; farmer, residence 2 miles S from Antelope, 20 miles NW from Woodland; one hundred and sixty acres of land, Division 3, all in cultivation; staple product, wheat; value, fifteen hundred dollars; West Grafton Precinct, Grafton Township; Post-office, Antelope. ROLLINS, F. N., Me.; fisherman, mouth of Babel Slough, Merritt Precinct and Township; Post-office, Freeport, Sacramento, County. ROWE, L. L., Ind.; farmer, residence 3 miles W from Antelope, 23 miles NW from Woodland; West Grafton Precinct, Grafton Township; Post-office, Antelope. ROWE, L. S.; laborer, East Grafton Precinct, Grafton Township; Post-office, Grafton. Transcribed by Peggy B. Perazzo Yolo County CAGenWeb Project Coordinator http://www.cagenweb.com/yolo/ Stone Quarries and Beyond http://www.cagenweb.com/quarries/