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- "Born in Fort Des Moines, Iowa, beofre a town grew up there, but where, probably two older sisters were buried, he was four months less than four years of age when his parents reaches Shasta county with him in their arms in April of 1850. His father in company with several others went on a prospexting tour, but were never again heard from... presumably vixtims of Indians. The mother "largely for my own protection on this wild frontier" (though there were four children born to the union, so there must have been some love involved) married J. S. P. Bass, in later years a prominent figure in state politcs from the Shasta region.
O.I. learned the blacksmith trade on the frontier, but moved to SF (San Francisco) to follow it. Here he was married (to Annie Hall (1849-1920)) and here his eldest children, Herbert and Etha, were born. The youngest, Ralph, was born in Sta Cruz after the father reached here to enter business with Edward Foster. He lost an eye at the forge here. Going north, he lost the other in an identical accident.
Back in Sta Cruz, he joined the pioneer societey April 27 '86, giving his occupation as that of confectioner. But he devoted most of his life to his garden, stringing wires around the premises to guide him in his work, depending on no one else to do the orchard pruning. He was a man with an inexhaustable supply of fun-provoking ideas, eztremely popular with all with whom he came in contact.
The daughter, Mrs. Etha Rostron, a leader in Rebekah circles for many years, still lives on Ocean street; and there are several descendants in SF to carry on the name."
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