Monterey-San Francisco-Santa Clara County CA Archives Biographies.....Cambridge, Silas 1838 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

SILAS CAMBRIDGE, a well-known and much respected citizen of Soledad, Monterey
county, California, dates his birth in Johnson county, Indiana, February 4,
1838, son of John Cambridge, a farmer by occupation. His parents had four sons
and one daughter, he being next to the youngest. His mother died when he was an
infant, and his father only survived her a few years, his death occurring in
1846, when Silas was eight years old. Thus, left an orphan at an early age,
young Cambridge was "bound out" to a Mr. Isaac Bowen, an Iowa farmer, with whom
he was to remain until he reached his majority. His educational advantages were
meager.

  In 1859, at the age of twenty-one, Mr. Cambridge came to California. The first
four years of his residence in this State he was employed in San Francisco,
driving a freighting truck. He then drove stage from San Jose to Santa Cruz for
six years. He subsequently worked for Flint & Bixby, driving stage between San
Juan and San Luis Obispo, passing through the Salinas valley many years before
it was settled. It was at that time utilized as an open stock range.

  Mr. Cambridge purchased his present property in Soledad in 1886, since which
time he has conducted a livery and feed stable here. He has- been successful in
his business, and being of a genial disposition, has made many friends. He is of
German descent. In politics he is a Republican.

  He was married, December 5, 1878, to Miss Katie Page, of Watsonville. They
have three children, Maud M., Charles M. and George S.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.

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