DRURY WOODSON JAMES^{[1, 2]}

1826 - 1909  (82 years)

• Name	DRURY WOODSON JAMES
  Birth	14 Nov 1826	LOGAN CO, KY
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Jul 1909	SAN FRANCISCO, CA   [3]
  Death	1 Jul 1909	SAN FRANCISCO, CA
  	DATE MAY BE 1910
  Person ID	I992	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	John R JAMES,   b. 1775, HANOVER CO, VA d. 1827, LOGAN CO, KY (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Mary Polly POOR,   b. 1790, GOOCHLAND CO, VA d. Feb 1827, LOGAN CO, KY (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	19 Jan 1807	GOOCHLAND CO, VA
  	BOND - 19 JAN 1807; NOTED 26 MAR 1807, mar by Rev, Lewis Chaudoin.
  Married	19 Jan 1807	GOOCHLAND CO, VA   [4]
  Family ID	F915	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	LOUISA DUNN
  Marriage	15 Sep 1866	SAN LUIS OBISPO MISSION, CA
  Family ID	F970	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2016

  
  

• Notes

  SERVED MEX WAR; MOVED TO HARLEM TO BE WI MARY & JOHN; 1848, HE & NEPHEW, ROBT. MIMMS WENT TO HANGTOWN GOLD FIELDS; 1850, BEC CATTLE DLR; 1860, BOUGHT LAPANZA RANCH;MOVED TO PASO ROBLES 1868; ASKED TO BE 1ST GOV. OF CA, DECLINED. Moved to Paso Robles, CA, after living in Placerville for two years. They had 7 kids born in Paso Robles. When Paso Robles incorporated Feb 25, 1889, he was one of the original incorporators & Pres of the Board of Trustees. He was a Co. Supv. for San Luis Obispo for 17 years, sch trustee for 4, and the county rep to the state legislature. He refused a nomination for governorship, at the State Dem Conv. in 1877. The last few years of Louisa & Drury's lives, they lived in San Francisco. He & his bro-in-law, last name Blackburn, donated the land for the Paso Robles Park and is supposed to listed in name on the memorial marker at the park. This information according to an unknown book found at the So Cal Gen Society. SERVED MEX WAR; MOVED TO HARLEM TO BE WI MARY & JOHN; 1848, HE & NEPHEW, ROBT. MIMMS WENT TO HANGTOWN GOLD FIELDS; 1850, BEC CATTLE DLR; 1860, BOUGHT LAPANZA RANCH;MOVED TO PASO ROBLES 1868; ASKED TO BE 1ST GOV. OF CA, DECLINED. Moved to Paso Robles, CA, after living in Placerville for two years.They had 7 kids born in Paso Robles. When Paso Robles incorporatedFeb 25, 1889, he was one of the original incorporators & Pres o f theBoard of Trustees. He was a Co. Supv. for San Luis Obispo for 17years, sch trustee for 4, and the county rep to the state legislature.He refused a nomination for governorship, at the State Dem C onv. in1877. The last few years of Louisa & Drury's lives, they lived in SanFrancisco. He & his bro-in-law, last name Blackburn, donated the landfor the Paso Robles Park and is supposed to listed i n name on thememorial marker at the park. This information according to an unknownbook found at the So Cal Gen Society.

  
  

• Sources

  [S198] Imported GEDCOM file. [S193] Imported GEDCOM file. [S516] SOURCE #323. [S559] SOURCE #366.