Contra Costa County CA Archives Biographies.....Gift, W. A. J. 1823 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

W. A. J. GIFT.—This well-known citizen of Contra Costa county is the son of the
above Col. W. W. Gift, and was born in Tennessee, October 12, 1823, where he
received his education and resided until 1855. On the 14th November of that year
he left his home, and, proceeding to join his father, arrived in California
December 15th. Coming at once to Contra Costa county, he commenced farming on
the ranch of his father, where he continued until he took up his residence in
Martinez, where he now resides. Few men have a better record than Mr. Gift. He
has evidently taken his father's honesty as his guide, and fully realizes the
words of the People's Poet, Bobbie Burns:—

" A King can mak' a belted Knight,
  A Marquis, Duke and a' that, 
But an honest man 's aboon his might,
  Gude faith, he maun 'na fa' that.

  Mr. Gift married September 21, 1848, in Tennessee, Mary Jeter, and has a
family surviving of six daughters and one son.



Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

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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