Contra Costa County CA Archives Biographies.....Gartley, Alonzo L. 1840 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

ALONZO L. GARTLEY.—Is the son of George W. and Rebecca (Beresford) Gartley, and
was born in Shelby county, Ohio, July 1, 1840, where he received a common school
education, and afterwards learned the trade of blacksmith. In May, 1861, then
being twenty-one years of age, young Gartley answered to his country's call, and
enlisted in Company D, Eleventh Ohio Infantry Volunteers for three months. At
the expiration of this term, he re-enlisted for three years, and served
faithfully, being with his regiment all through, and taking part in some of the
most desperate battles of the war, the marks of which he honorably bears to this
day, having been twice wounded, first at Antietam and again at Mission Ridge.
Serving until the expiration of his enlistment, our subject received his
discharge at Camp Dennison, Ohio, June, 1864, and immediately returned to his
home at Sydney, in the above State, and sojourned a short time; then paying a
brief visit to his relatives in Pennsylvania, he started for the Golden State,
sailing from New York September 5, 1864, on board the good ship Golden Gate, to
Aspinwall, and on the Pacific side on board the Sierra Nevada, arriving in San
Francisco October 5th of the same year. Coming direct to Martinez, Contra Costa
county, he first found employment on a ranch, where he remained for two months,
but being full of patriotism and love for his country, Mr. Gartley enlisted in
Company D, Eighth Regiment, California Infantry Volunteers, December 24, 1864,
for three years, or during the war; but after ten months service the war was
declared at an end, and our subject was again honorably discharged, October 24,
1865. He once more returned to this county, where he followed several different
occupations until 1872, when he entered into co-partnership with S. Newberger,
and is now engaged in the general merchandise trade on Ferry street, under the
firm name of Newberger & Gartley. The subject of our memoir was united in
marriage, in Martinez February 6,1876, with Miss Florence B. Standish, a native
of Columbus, Ohio. By this union they have three living children: Grace R.,
Alonzo, Jr., and Zoe.

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HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.

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