Sonoma-San Francisco-Santa Clara County CA Archives Biographies.....Johnson, Orrick 1823 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Johnson, Orrick. Born in Baltimore county, Maryland, on January 18, 1823.
Resided in the city till 1831, when he left for Zanesville, Ohio. Returned to
Baltimore in 1833, and in 1837 went to Princess Anne, Somerset county, Maryland,
returning to Baltimore in 1844; was clerk for Sangster & Co. till 1849. On
January 19, 1849, left Baltimore on the ship "Jane Parker," via Cape Horn,
arriving in San Francisco July 21st of that year. He was a member of the Howard
Mining Company, and on their arrival in San Francisco they abandoned the idea of
mining, and the company disbanded. Mr. Johnson, however, remained in the city,
and began teaming, which he carried on extensively till the winter of 1849-50.
The prices they received for hauling goods we're enormous, receiving as high as
ten dollars for hauling one package of London Porter a distance of one block. In
the Winter of 1849-50 he embarked in the restaurant business, keeping the Globe
Restaurant, where he continued until the May fire of 1850, when his property was
burned. But he immediately rebuilt and rented the same for seven hundred dollars
per month, but his property was again destroyed by fire in the January
following, and he again rebuilt and rented for six hundred dollars per month. In
a short time his property was for the third time destroyed by fire. In 1851 he
was nominated by the Whig party for Street Commissioner and was elected by two
hundred and sixty-three majority, but counted out by T. McGuire, E. McGowan and
Cyrus Shay, and Dennis McCarthy declared elected. In 1850 he engaged in the
Livery business in San Francisco on the north-west corner of Kearny and Pine
streets, which he continued until 1860; he then moved to Kearny and Summer
streets. October 1st he opened the Pioneer Riding Academy on Montgomery, between
Jackson and Pacific streets, which he kept two years, giving riding lessons to
three hundred and twenty scholars, and also doing an extensive livery business.
In 1862 he made a business tour to Virginia City, and was induced to return to
San Francisco and dispose of his single teams at auction. In August, 1863, with
his family and stock went to Virginia City, and there erected a livery stable at
a cost of seven thousand dollars. Being in poor health, he in a short time
removed to San Jose, where he resided for four years, when he returned to San
Francisco and engaged in the stock brokerage business, which he followed till
1868. In April, 1869, he commenced the auction and commission business on Market
street, opposite the Market and near Second street. Sold out September 1st of
the same year. July, 1879, purchased his present home in Sonoma county, where he
and his family now reside. Mr. Johnson married Miss Mary Alice Miller on
December 31, 1856, she being born in New Orleans, Louisiana, July 10, 1840, by
which union there are nine living children : Orrick, born October 19, 1857;
Henry Clay, April 19, 1861, and now Assistant Librarian of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows in San Francisco; Alice L., February 9, 1863; Lucian Herman,
April 28, 1864; Grace A., June 7, 1866; Claude O., April 20, 1869; Leonide B.,
May 15, 1872; Stella C, July 8,1876, and Zelma, June 3, 1879.

Additional Comments:
Sonoma Township

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HISTORY
—OF-
SONOMA COUNTY,
-INCLUDING ITS—
Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams;
—TOGETHER WITH—
A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original
Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular
Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County;
Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain
 Growing Interests, and Pisciculture;
ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
—AND OF ITS—
Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO:
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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