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Captain Alonzo Green Passes Away at Alameda—Funeral Will Be Held in This City. ALAMEDA, Dec. 12.—Captain Alonzo Green, who was the oldest member of the Society of California Pioneers, died at his home, 3237 Encinal avenue, last evening, aged 92 years. His life’s career was an eventful and varied one. In 1847 Green, then in the prime of a vigorous manhood, left Ohio, his native State, and with a party of companions started for the gold fields of California, by way of Panama. After arriving on the Pacific side of the isthmus the hardy band of argonauts secured a small schooner and sailed north, with San Fran cisco Bay as their destination. Somewhere on the southern coast, supposed to be near San Luis Bay, the little vessel of the venturous treasure-seekers was driven ashore in a terrrific southeaster and wrecked. All of those on board reached land more dead than alive, but their en tire stock of provisions and supplies was lost. With starvation upon them they struck inland and northward, determined to root it to Yerba Buena, as San Francisco was then called. For days the party subsisted upon roots, acorns and, as Captain Green often re lated, even ate rattlesnakes to appease their hunger. The reptiles were plentiful and were prepared for consumption much after the manner that eels are cooked. It was early in 1848 that Green and his half-famished comrades reached Yerba Buena. He remained there a short time and then went to Sonora, where, in part nership with R E. C. Holden, he opened the City Hotel, one of the famous caravansa- Hegat early days, and which still stands in the old mining town. In the early sev enties Captain Green returned to San Francisco and engaged in the grain and commission business. He located in 187 on Bay Farm Island, on what is now the Swett ranch. Later he bought the Briggs property on Central avenue, which after ward passed into the hands of William J. Dingee and subsequently became the home of Mrs. Jack Hays. Captain Green was a member of the Town Trustees in 1877. For a number of years he was the master of the bay steamer Amador. He retired from active life over a decade ago. For the past three years his seal was teste; eceased leaves a wife, Mrs. Green, and three children—Mrs. Holt, Frank M. Green and Verdenal Green. The funeral will take place to morrow afternoon from Pioneer Hall, San Francisco, and will be conducted by the Society of California Pioneers.
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San Francisco call
San Francisco, California, US
Fri, Dec 13, 1901
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