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1826- The Life Story of the Reed Family- 1899.
WOHN j. UKKI) «« d.nd ...
I name llicrc roils :r shiul< w. the tirs»t
\ :!:•.: has coma upon th* family.
._ I s. was the Ihili thai connected
\ZJ i .-. .• ; for that matter t.i" tirvxs
with the i-.i. t. Born !n IMS and lU
i! R ':• i'l ii-.:.; liny until I^S <!r;-.lh on til<?
■ •■ !..:• father fouuhi for aßa:.i»t
li .-. !.<• Fafoly conducted ISm f(>r-1f (>r
1 » U;i- I.>;r;!v > lin'ti^'.i iip t li.iiiAit.w
: • •■ -Ar.-i t! 5 . 1 •..-.,;• R.-.R displaced that
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N< n ihi hand »;- ,i hold things tosether
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i f- •::■; i:;- with tlitir ncstlinia trt\vu«
• -- t<i otraiiß. :• r.yi-ncrs. The chaiue
' ' ■''• r ;hi ill] «• V. Ms \'.\f family has
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■ I M . ra. Juan U'-.1. »h«- founder of
• ... . ■ ..-!> i.. «':»lir.irr.U !n l*-« ••>«<*
: • - :.;. iii.»r ifc«* pro#ent vlte
or N. . . n Mari:i - ounty.
V. v. ; |, m onmplotUisr'.:her!«ep*ra
• i ■...; Fjinin nn. i Ji:t<l taken hut
• '■: ■ . CHlil'nrtiia. TV.<» iniSlnr.s wfri
:. p:i Ijial ].".r <•' the bml and
• , iirnn ■! only whh I'lwn nn<l arrows
loi : .• a ill ■ i.i ■ . .•:,'.! toTnihawk* of >tiir.«
■ :,'.:u-!:. ih-v KucrcniM in <Iriv
•. p ':-. .< ■..r..r 1 \ i<. buy, n: Point Tibjr
• ■:»,- !ni nl Rharksi.
::■ • ■ .. !i • ,;.- a hnnsrl*flfk tr!? to So
• • • . ■■■•; ;...■. ■;;.• ;•• bought a number "f
: : ■ ' • iu!e ••>.! takrn thorn t-> « v.r.vy
N«#\m:«. nhT* 1 "ii n ploce .>f what
' • fut was i pcuplcd !.•.:■<! he b-.:!l:
: i • ■• ' a■. '•. • '.'v<\ .« corral
. . . • ; ■ i.. ti.r!.-''! In at r.lki't.
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u«< .:•w'' ■•. hl« !if«« wa'« not
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•••:;: -•••!. tl aft*T him. w.'h
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• • • • !: nt from tr." ri:l-' mj<>\v« .'. :!)• ni
till hat] his thunder Mi<-k v:Kh
IS ll".Tl <1«v..t.>.1 th^m^^tv*!" tr»
ter tii" rattV. !<«•• ;ii::s away
fi ' :. whll<« h«», Kath<»rlntr h* many
il<l, •ir.'V-- th»»ni rapidly nv«r :!j"
; • ••• •■!•• to San It.ifaol. anil <>n *-ntjth
- on !':•• hills fa. in* th
;:. i:- lie fell
insry !:.<;;. ■!•.-•.
H ■ :. • • ;•>] !il- Irasue ««f land as
•;•■■• :.•;.■• ii him by «»ov«-fn«r Fi
-■■ for ■ i :■• • :■ . • — afterward r«*ndrrc(!
:■ ! •;• ih«> !•< .jrf>al)lo liiilia:i« of the
Minion Pan ItafaH. Tho p!are. originally
: it:.- Mad**ra <I<>l Presidio « timber
a |"rf»ldlol|, tva« named by him
• '■■ ■ • ; ■■■. iU-y he mot and niarri'*il
:■■■ b«a tlfu! Maria Sanch<«2. daughter of
He built a hacienda of Udubc at t2^
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r.f Rrprl?. Ban < "lomcm e and El <"nrnpn.
After Ihe death of Juan Reed his wife
married • n«- Garcia^ who was well known
in tl;«« e.irly liis:.iry of < alifornln. They
had <"mi* child. Carniellta. now Mrs. 15<v,-]e.
whose share <»f the rancho was that part
which :i«JJ«.!ns the town of Mill Vail
•Jolsn J. Rcod lived through a length of
time equaling two ordinary Kenerations.
:ii!(l with ail tlie Immense amount of busi
ness which he transacted, bo careful and
conscientious were his dealings that not
«>ne of Ills closest neighbors, some of
whom have lived by him for half a cen
tury, rver heard (hiring his lifetime of
any person whom he had Injured.
Thls'entlrd tract, embracing everj'thinjj
from Tlburon to Mill V"all( and Corte
Madera Inclusive, was once mortgaged by
Hee.l to Henry Cowell for the petty sum
of JTj-.'. and the mortgage rematnded in
forrc from I^:2 to I>.C>. Previous to that
the- e:->fale had been In probate for many
yeara, but the art of executorlng an eslata
Into nothingncxs had not then been
brouKlit to that otato of berfection of
which our Judges now complain.
Home, twenty year.-* a^o t!io last of the
Important pieces of litigation ended for
the K'c-ils. and from that time on there
hns been but n «ju!et enjoyment of the
glftr the cods provided.
During the earlier p:'.rt of the last »|tiar
ter century there were many entertain;
ments glvrn ut the Hoed ranch 5n the
true Spanish Ftyle, • '.!• II 111] of those who
lived li: the country about were welcome
to come and bring their families, stable
thtlr horses In the Kreat barns of the
ranch nnd ent. drink niid dance until day
dawned. That such a lnrEe estate should
remain i«r» long In the hands of one family
ho clpsa to a Rrent city .'is i; Is nnd that
iho language and customs of a nation that
THE SUNDAY CALL.
J0179 l^eed lived Uyd^r s!?r^ pia^s "U/it^out a 9
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ELVIRA CORA DE GARCIA.
The uwe WTd-He^ss of John R%%*> whose inher
itance Sills the pass?ns of the Ranch of -seven
Towns and seven Thousand cattle-
T— II.VIP.A CORA DE GARCIA, a llt
3 . tie pale g\r\ who has seen seven
ELVIRA CORA and seven dry ones,
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I .Is icft heir to $KK),O(W.
Seven years a^o. come the 2*l or De
cember i a Uttlo pale fjirl was boru in
Mill VaH-.y. She was named Elvira Ora.
which was a generous allowance n f na:r<!
on the iKirt »f her mother. This Kerne
mother had not been so well treat eh by
tlie preceding generation: "Frances" was
all the name that had been able to claim
her during the twenty-three years of her
life— two ryllnbleß only; and syllables that
Bhe did iiot specially care for fit that. So.
an names are a cheap commodity, • hi* .'■:
yiar-old [prances endowed the little sirl
with the most melodious? mellifluous, har
monious, .-t cetera, combination that fiu>
could J"is:d in tli<* j>ages of weeklies wher^j
heroines ure raven-tressed, radiant nnd
pl^Jure-hattod; and where stich names* as
Elvira and Cora roll melodiously ar.d
melllflucntly and harmoniously from tho
curling lips of liercely passionate heroes.
Frances Laurence, the mother of tills
little girl, is, as she always" .was. a qi'letj
simple body, who loved her one child bet
ter than sho loved anything el -<• In f.i"
worlil^ She has had much trouble and it
has crept into her lace, as trouble docs,
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and has driven away the weak kind of
prettincss which It found thercJ Lines <>f
care arid urihiipplncss sometimes strength
en .. i '. ■■ that could never have been
strengthened otherwise^
A- the little Klrl grew Bhe did not thrive.
She was a native ilau.chirr. daughter of a
tiativc daughter. l>i: t the vigor of the air
did not RD to mak<« her vieoroua ai i'- docs
most California Klrls. Bhe ran In the bis
yard at Mill Valley when she grew old
enough to run. ami she advanced in her
baby understanding us far aa taK-cvu
cross and wood tap:. IJut sli<- was forever
being "it.", because she could not run
•uiite so fast as other little »:Iris did. and
they were moan enough to tag h<r. Shi
didn't say they were mean? though, nor
think it. f»r she never was Inclined to
grievance^ those cherished darlings of .1
certain kind «>f people; Neither was »*r
mother^ although it looks as If sh** might
have one or two. They are both patient!
gentle little people who take readily what
ever kind of luck cjptnes their way;
Every ohcb In a white the Httle girl's
Ktrensth. such a wobbly mite <•! it nsahe
hat!, would give way. A hard cold was
harder with her than it is with most lit
ii. girls. So the mother's* anxiety grew.
There was not money enough to take
her away where the sun shines warmer
than It ever can contrive to under the dif
toreador in Me last flKht that over looic
place in California so far as I know.
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"Am those who are said to have staid
nt tln> H« « il ranch as Butst.s In those early
time* u»re tncmbera of the band of J<>;«
<)iiiri Muricttn] and perhaps even Murtetta
himself, for there waj scarcely 1 any !in-.!t
to the place* where h«- djd «■». ami in those
times one might easily « % <>m- and ro an a
stranger without I»2h Identity even beir.R
suspected by Lh< host who pave him utl
'The house win r*» the Reeds lived nt
this time or which I *n?ak waa nnt tho
present ono. where John .!. Reed died, bat
was the old adobe-wall* d building with
tile and thatched m.if whlcli stood a.t tno
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