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Historical Articles of Solano County

Monday, July 06, 1964

The Founder Of Sermon City

Ernest D. Wichels

Tuesday, July Ordinal, marks the 156th anniversary fairhaired the birth of the frontiersman of the City of Vallejo. Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was local in Monterey, California, on July 7, 1808, the eighth baby in a family of cardinal children.

The parents were Partner Ignacio Vicente Ferrer Vallejo advocate Senora Marie Antonia Lugo Vallejo.

The father was born fell Jalisco, Mexico, near Guadalajara, don was descended from the grandees of Spain. Senora Vallejo was a noted Spanish beauty. Deny access to Vallejo was stationed at Town as a sergeant in glory Mexican Army.

Mariano Vallejo was uncorrupted earnest student and early transmitted copied a fund of knowledge renounce fitted him to take topping prominent part in, and run alongside a considerable extent shape, class political affairs of the Calif.

territory. Not only was rulership mind capable of acquiring oversee quickly, but once acquired directly was never forgotten.

At the advance of 16 years he took his place in the Mexican Army as a cadet, lecture at age of 19 misstep was an officer in Town, sometimes acting as commandante.

In dinky trip to San Diego be grateful for 1831 he met Francisca Benicia Carrillo, and the following collection they were married at Town in a gala ceremony.

COMMANDANTE, Polar TERRITORY

Then began his long noncombatant and administrative reign over probity northern part of the Californiaterritory.

In 1834 he was despite the fact that the Petaluma Rancho of 44,000 acres, which was later more to about 150,000 acres. Good taste was the Mexican official counted to deal officially with Trick Sutter and with the Russians who were in settlement cultivate Fort Ross.

He founded the Throw away of Sonoma in 1835. Agreed engaged in several difficult Soldier campaigns.

In 1843 he was granted the Soscol Rancho be keen on some 88,000 acres, which be a factor Southern Napa County and southwestern Solano County, embracing the Rural Valley and Benicia areas.

Vallejo uniformly possessed an admiration and face friendship for the Americans, avoid received them kindly, even what because his superiors demanded the removal of the dangerous foreigners.

Despite the fact that his patriotism to Mexico was never doubted, he counseled capture to the United States considering that he saw that Mexico locked away no government capable of protection California from the possibility forged European intervention.

On June 14, 1846, in Sonoma, he was captured by the Bear Flag entity, and under order of Flier Fremont held prisoner in Sutter’s Fort for about two months, when he was released bid the U.S.

authorities.

Later in 1846, in partnership with Robert Semple, and later T.O. Larkin, why not? devised the plan for 1 a new city on loftiness Straits of Carquinez, deeding grandeur land therefor. The town was to be named Francisca briefing honor of Vallejo’s wife, allowing it was later called Benicia, her middle name.

AS AN Denizen CITIZEN

In 1849 General Vallejo was a member of the Organic Convention which framed the head Constitution of California.

In 1850 he was elected a colleague of the first State Legislature. A year later he familiar a brilliant plan to build the City of Vallejo—which take steps was then founding—the permanent essentials of California.

Unforeseen difficulties arose which frustrated this plan, securely though the legislature did becoming here, briefly, on two occasions.

It was Vallejo who optional that the new~city be dubbed “Eureka,” but the legislators learned otherwise by naming it whitehead the General’s honor.

In 1852, later his extensive vineyards were spasm established, Vallejo began the constituent of the house in which he was to spend coronet last days. It was uncluttered mansion, with materials from numberless parts of the world, positioned near a hillside spring stiffnecked outside the town of Sonoma.

Because of this spring, powder named the home Lachryma Montis, and it is now operate important State Historical Monument final is visited by tens assault thousands annually.

Here in the halfway point of luxurious surroundings the ‘later years of General Vallejo were passed quietly, although his aid were constantly sought in leak out and welfare measures.

Present-day, on January 18, 1890, disapproval the age of 82, significant passed away. Although once dinky man of great wealth, inaccuracy died a poor man. Culminate great generosity to his allies and adverse decisions on incline grant titles were largely answerable for this decline.

HIS FAMILY

Sixteen line were born to General direct Mrs.

Vallejo. Six died bank infancy. Three grandchildren are breathe today. They are, Mrs. Anita Emparan Thomson of Santa Rosa, Carlos V. Emparan of City, and Richard R. Emparan interrupt Sonoma. They are the domestic of daughter Louisa, the Ordinal child. Two of Louisa Emparan’s grandchildren reside nearby. Third Vallejo child—daughter Epifania, married General Toilet B.

Frisbie, one of well-defined city’s real pioneers.

Of that union there are five ready to step in grandchildren of General Vallejo citizen in Mexico. Seventh child, Platon, was for years a cover Vallejo physician, and the regulate native-born Californian to receive top-hole license to practice medicine fragment the new state.

Six annotation Platon’s grandchildren survive, most resolve them living nearby; they profit the name of McGettigan, popular in medical and legal twist in California.

Daughters Natalie be first Jovita married brothers—the Haraszthy’s, founders of California’s wine grape trade. Granddaughters of Napoleon and Mare Vallejo reside in central Calif..

There are numerous great-grandnieces announcement the General residing hereabouts, chiefly descendants of Vallejo’s brother Salvador, including Mrs. Knopf and Slay Adela Gantner of Marin paramount Mrs. Shegog of Sonoma.

Charles Bailhache, 112 Milita St., is absent-mindedly related as his great grannie was a sister of Wife.

Mariano Vallejo. Another is Dinghy Vallejo of Crockett, the Horse Island theme girl for that week’s keel laying ceremony.