Monterey County CA Archives Biographies.....Sargent, J. P. 1853 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

J. P. SARGENT, a successful resident of Salinas, is the eldest of four children
of Hon. B. V. Sargent. His father has been a resident of the town of Monterey
since June, 1858, and is a prominent citizen by virtue of his long residence
here, but more prominent because of his connection with the industries and
politics of the county, having served his fellow-citizens in various official
capacities, among others very acceptably and creditably filling the office of
State Senator in the Legislature of 1887. He was born in Grafton, New Hampshire,
in 1828, and spent his early days in Boston. July 1, 1849, he arrived in San
Francisco and immediately went to the mines on Mokelumne river, and in September
of the same year went to San Jose, where he kept hotel until the opening of the
first State Legislature, when he went to the Sandwich Islands, where he remained
until the spring of 1850. Returning to California he met his three brothers, J.
P., R. C. and I. L. Sargent, who had come out overland from Chicago the previous
year. In the fall of 1850 the four brothers settled in San Joaquin county, where
the town of Woodbridge now stands, and went into the stock business as Sargent
Brothers. The firm is one of the most widely known in the State, owning several
large properties in several counties. In San Joaquin county they have a grain
and stock ranch of 30,000 acres, under the charge Ross and Dr. Jacob Sargent. In
Santa Clara county they have 12,000 acres under the management of J. P. Sargent,
and this is one of the best properties in the State, and is used for diversified
farming and stock-raising. Some of the fastest and best-blooded horses in the
State are raised here. In Monterey county they have two ranches under the
supervision of B. V. Sargent. At Bradley, in the southern part of the county, is
La Pestilencia, of 12,000 acres. The name is derived from the stenches of
sulphur springs on the place, the country thereabouts abounding in mineral
springs. The soil of this region is very fertile and adapted to grain and fruit,
although stock-raising has been the principal industry heretofore. The ranch
consists principally of low rolling hills and ridges, which in the springtime
are carpeted with alfileria and wild grasses, bunch grass being conspicuous.
About six miles from Monterey they own a large ranch of 23,000 acres,—El Potrero
San Carlos San Francisquito. This last named ranch furnishes grazing for 4,000
head of cattle and is watered by numerous streams. It is considered one of the
finest stock ranches in the State.

  As before noticed Mr. Sargent has served in various official capacities. He
has been Supervisor of Monterey county several times and was elected joint
Senator of Monterey and San Benito counties in 1886. He was married in 1856 at
Mokelumne Hill. His wife is a most estimable lady, well-known in Monterey for
her goodness of heart and many acts of charity. They have four children, three
sons and a daughter. Two of the sons, J. P., subject, and R. C. Sargent have the
immediate supervision of the Monterey ranches. The other son, B. V. Sargent,
Jr., is ex-District Attorney of Monterey county. The daughter is the wife of Mr.
Gragg, a business man of Bradley, Monterey county.

  The Hon. Mr. Sargent is unostentatious in his manner, a man of practical ideas
and rare business sagacity. He is genial and sociable, possessing a fund of
anecdote, and is a very agreeable companion.

  J. P. Sargent, subject of this sketch, is a resident of Salinas and was
married, October 10, 1883, to Miss Catherine Eckhart, daughter of Charles
Eckhart, of Gilroy. Mr. and Mrs. Sargent have two bright little sons, Bradley E.
and Charles. Mr. Sargent is the able manager of a portion of his father's estate
and is one of the leading young business men of the city of Salinas.


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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