Monterey-Santa Cruz County CA Archives Biographies.....Sobranes, Benito A. 1853 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

BENITO A. SOBERANES was born on the Laurelas ranch in Monterey county,
California, March 21, 1853, son of Francisco and Isabel (Baronda) Soberanes. In
this county he was reared, receiving his education in the public schools of
Monterey and Watsonville, and all his life has been devoted to farming and
stock-raising. His present home, where he has resided for the past ten years, is
a part of the old Paraje del Sanchez rancho.

  May 25, 1881, he was united in marriage with Miss Ada Smith of Salinas,
daughter of Don Miguel Smith, who has been a resident of Monterey county since
1849. He was married here in 1851, and is the father of a large family, most of
his children being married and living in different parts of the State. Don
Miguel Smith is well and favorably known from Los Angeles to San Francisco.
Since leaving college he has spent the most of his life in literary and
scientific pursuits. He has been a student simply because he loved knowledge. Of
late years he has given much of his time and energy to the study of law; and,
though not an active practitioner, in legal knowledge he is considered a peer of
the legal lights of California. Study seems to be a part of his nature, and we
dare say he will die with a book in his hand! His wife is a daughter of the
well-known W. E. P. Hartnell, deceased, and a granddaughter of the late Don Jose
de la Guerra of Santa Barbara.

  Mr. Soberanes has two children.


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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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