Monterey County CA Archives Biographies.....Tollett, H. C. 1849 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 28, 2007, 11:11 pm Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893) H. C. TOLLETT, a resident of the "Golden State" since 1872, is a successful farmer of Salinas, Monterey county. He is a native of Washington county, Arkansas, having been born there September 17, 1849. After coming to this State Mr. Tollett engaged in farming, and now has a fine farm of 120 acres of rich land under a good state of cultivation. The property is situated one mile from the city of Salinas, and Mr. Tollett has erected a superior grade of buildings upon it, in a rural architectural style, that has a beauty of its own. The lady who presides over his home is the daughter of George Archer, a capitalist of Salinas. Mrs. Tollett is a native of Illinois, and she and her husband are the happy parents of one daughter, Hattie, born in 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Tollett are highly respected and esteemed among their neighbors, and are worthy good people. 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/monterey/bios/tollett862bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb