Sonoma-Trinity County CA Archives Biographies.....Neblett, Edward 1818 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Neblett, Edward. Was born in Prince George county, Virginia, on July 18, 1818,
where he resided until the year 1834, when he moved with his parents to
Cincinnati, Ohio, and here served an apprenticeship to the hatter's trade, under
J. S. Bates & Co. In 1843 he proceeded to Louisville, Kentucky, there engaging
in mercantile pursuits, remaining there till 1849, and then in company with
about fifty others, with Edwin Bryant as Captain, started across the plains to
California, and after a journey of eighty-seven days reached the mines, where he
remained until 1852. In this year Mr. Neblett was appointed Deputy under William
M. Lowe of Texas, Sheriff of Trinity county, and in 1854 was selected by the
Whig party for Sheriff of the county, taking up his office in 1855. In 1857 he
was elected to the State Legislature on an independent ticket, and was the last
Whig chosen for that august body. After the expiration of his term of office he
opened a banking business in Weaverville, Trinity county, which he continued
till his settling in Sonoma county, in 1868. Here he began the hardware trade,
under the style of Stanley & Neblett, which was changed in 1872 to Stanley,
Neblett & Co., and afterwards to Stanley & Thompson, the firm being now C. W.
Thompson. Mr. Neblett was elected on April 5, 1876, the first Mayor of the city
of Santa Rosa, which distinction he held until April 5, 1878. He married,
December 13, 1842, Mrs. McClary. They have no family.

Additional Comments:
Santa Rosa 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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