San Benito-San Mateo-Santa Cruz County CA Archives Biographies.....Small, Rufus H. 1833 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

RUFUS H. SMALL, a well-known citizen of Bitter Water valley, San Benito county,
has been a resident of the State since 1858, having arrived in San Francisco in
May of that year. He is a native of the town of Bucksport, Hancock county,
Maine, where he was born March 14, 1833. Upon arrival in California he spent one
year on a farm, and in 1869 went to the red woods of San Mateo and Santa Cruz
counties and engaged in lumbering for about sixteen years, but in 1871 he
located on his present fine home in Bitter Water valley.

  Mr. Small was married in 1885, and the lady he chose to be the partner of his
joys and sorrows was Miss Temperance Lewis Farnham, of Hancock county, Maine.
Mr. and Mrs. Small have three children, namely: Fred M., Elmer W. and Lena E.
Mr. Small has been Road Master of his district for six years and is, at this
writing (1892), the Peoples' Party candidate for Supervisor. Mr. Small is a man
of energy and good standing, and is highly respected throughout the community.


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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