Napa County CA Archives Biographies.....Trubody, William A. 1839 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

WILLIAM A. TRUBODY, Supervisor of Napa County, residing seven miles northwest of
Napa, near Trubody Station, has been a resident of California since 1847 and of
Napa Valley since 1856. His parents were John and Jane (Palmer) Trubody, both
natives of Cornwall, England, who came to this country in 1833, and settled in
Pennsylvania, afterward removing to the vicinity of Lexington, Missouri, where
they lived for ten years. In 1847 the family, consisting of the parents and two
children, William and Josiah P., crossed the plains with ox teams, with a party
which was formed on the road in the spring of that year. They reached California
early in October, locating at Sutter's Fort, and remaining there about two
months, when they moved to San Francisco, then Yerba Buena, where the father
worked for a time at his trade, which was that of carpenter. Soon after the
discovery of gold at Sutter's mill, he, as did almost every other white man in
California, went to the mines. After about six months of work in the mines, in
which he was quite successful, he returned to San Francisco and invested his
earnings in real estate. He built the first brick house ever erected in that
city, and also the first marble-front, on Dunbar Alley and Washington street,
with marble he imported from New York. Coming to this coast before gold was
thought of Jin connection with the country, he has figured conspicuously in the
history of the State; but in the main his life has been devoted to the promotion
of the religious and material interests of the city, where he so early made his
home.

  The subject of this sketch was born in Missouri, in 1839. He attended the
schools there and afterward in San Francisco until about 1850, when with his
brother he was sent East to enter the Mount Pleasant Academy, near Sing Sing, on
the Hudson River. Returning to this State he attended the University of the
Pacific at Santa Clara, now at San Jose, until 1856. In that year, still in
company with his brother, he came to his present home, which is a part of the
ranch purchased by his father in 1850. This ranch was first used for stock, and
later for a grain and stock ranch combined. In 1869 they planted about eight
acres in blackberry vines, gradually increasing the acreage until ten years
later they had about thirty-eight acres in blackberries. There are still about
eighteen acres devoted to that fruit, though most of the early vines have been
worked out. The average crop is about three tons to the acre, though they have
gathered five tons when the vines were in full bearing. Mr. Trubody was married
in 1868 to Miss Lura Grigsby, a native of Missouri, who came with her parents to
California in 1852. They have four children living: George and Lulu, who are
attending the Napa College, and Clara and Frank, who are in the local school.
Mr. Trubody is one of the County Supervisors, having been elected to that office
in 1867 and again in 1888. He has always devoted himself to the management of
his farming interests. He has tried office-work, but found it less suited to
either his health or tastes than out-door pursuits. He is a member of the
Masonic Order, Yount Lodge, No. 12, of Napa, and has always been identified with
the Republican ideas, and is an earnest supporter of the Republican party.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.

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