G.M. Francis - Whose portrait appears in the body of this work, is the editor and proprietor of the Napa Register, and was born in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, May 28th, 1844. He served an apprenticeship of three years in the office of the Grant County, Wisconsin, Herald, and was foreman of that establishment when President Lincoln called for three hundred thousand more soldiers to put down the Rebellion. He enlisted in Company " C," of the 25th Wisconsin Infantry, and served from August, 1862, to the end of the war, in the Department of the West, being with Sherman on his memorable march to the sea, and through the Carolinas and Virginia to Washington. His first newspaper was the Butler County, Iowa, Argus, in 1865, and was not a paying one. June 14,1866, he married Miss Eliza H. Horton, in Lancaster, Wisconsin, and settled in Lacrosse, of the same State, being connected with the Lacrosse Republican, from that date to 1869, when he came to California, settling in Napa City in August, 1870. September 28,1881, Mr. Francis was appointed Postmaster of Napa City. He has three children: Mildred, the eldest, being seven years of age; Ethel, five; and George H., three.

Joshua Frye - Son of William A. and Eunice Ramsdell Frye, was born December 17,1823, in Kennebec County, Maine. He resided at his birthplace until the fall of 1839, when he went to Lynn, Massachusetts, where he learned the shoemaker's trade. In 1845 he returned to Kennebec County and remained there till 1850, when he began the shoe business in Augusta, Maine. He followed this three years, when he settled in Lincoln County, that State, and began the same business in the town of Damariscotta, where he remained till 1865. He then came to California, locating in Nicolaus, Sutter County. At the end of two years he returned to Massachusetts, where he did a jobbing business in boots and shoes for the next two years. He then began business in Chelsea, and remained there till 1878, when he came to California again and settled at St. Helena. He engaged in business there for ten months, when he came to Rutherford and in August, 1880, in company with F. M. Nottage, began business in that place. Married July 1,1850, to Miss Jane H. Porter, a native of Boston.

Isaac Fitch - Son of David and Sarah Fitch, was born in Clark County, Illinois, April 11,1846, and resided on a farm in that county until 1864, when he crossed the plains to California. He first settled in Solano County, and remained there until 1869, when he moved to Wooden Valley, and began farming, which he followed until 1872. In that year he, with his family, went East, where they remained until 1876, and then returned to Napa County and commenced farming, which he continued until 1878, when he became proprietor of the Windy Flat Hotel, which he conducted until 1881. January 1st of this year he opened his present hotel in Monticello, where he is now doing business. Married November 12, 1868, to Minerva A. Bonham, a native of dark County, Illinois, born January 1st, 1850, and by this union they have three children: Nancy E., born December 23,1871; Charles H, born May 26,1877; M, L, born February 20,1880, and two children deceased.

George Willard Fraser - Second son of J. K. and Martha Crampton Fraser, was born in Shelby, Richland County, Ohio, March 16, 1855. He resided at his birthplace until he was fourteen years of age, when, with his parents, he moved to Ashland, Ohio, and there he served an apprenticeship to the barber's trade. In 1873 he located in Clinton, Iowa, and followed his trade for two years. In 1875 he came to California and settled in Napa City. In 1876 he opened his present shop, which business he has since followed. Mr. Fraser was united in marriage with Miss Josie, oldest daughter of Harvey and Martha Porterfield, October 4,1878, who was born in Yolo County, California, July 11,1855. They have one child, George Willard, Jr., born December 24, 1879.

George C. Fountain - Son of H. K. and Eliza Dustin Fountain, was born in Tomkinsville, Staten Island, January 19,1826, and resided at his birthplace until he was sixteen years of age, being educated at the common schools. He then entered the employ of a mercantile firm as clerk, in which position he remained for five years. In 1847, Mr. Fountain then being twenty-one, moved west, locating in Wisconsin, where he resided for two years. He then paid a visit to his home, and in February, 1850, sailed from New York via Panama for the new El Dorado, arriving hi San Francisco in the following May. He immediately went to Humboldt Bay, but remained there but a short time, and then returned to San Francisco, and after a short time, engaged in the hay and grain trade, which he continued until 1856. His next move was to Sacramento, where he engaged in his previous business under the firm name of Fountain & Fenel and remained there some two years. He then again returned to San Francisco and embarked in the same business until 1862. Mr. Fountain then drifted around locating in several places, at one time owning the place where now stands the Vallejo Water Company's reservoir. In the fall of 1870 he moved to Napa County and purchased his present property of fifty acres, located in the town limits of St. Helena, and is now engaged in viticulture, being proprietor of a wine cellar, a full account of which appears in its proper place in this work. Mr. Fountain married in Sacramento July 3, 1858, Miss Sarah Sidgreaves, a native of St. Louis, Missouri. They have four children: Maggie, George, Bud and Alice.

William A. Field - Was born in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, March 15,1834, and is the son of John W. and Ann Johnson Field. When he was but an infant his parents moved to Kenzun, McKean County, Pennsylvania, and his father engaged in mercantile pursuits, and resided there for ten years. They then moved to Illinois, where the subject of this sketch received a common school education, and worked on a farm until he came to California, which occurred in November, 1856. Hia mother having died during their stay in Illinois, he, in company with his father, two sisters and one brother, came by steamer via Panama, and arrived in San Francisco, December 29, 1856. Mr. Field then.engaged in the hotel business for one year in Santa Clara, and then moved to Solano County, and embarked in farming, where he remained until the spring of 1864 He spent the succeeding two years in the stock business in Mendocino County. We next find Mr. Field in Santa Clara County, engaged in mercantile pursuits, where he remained until he came to Napa County, in September, 1871. He then purchased his present place two miles south of St. Helena. The subject of our sketch was united in marriage in Santa Clara, September 10,1868, to Miss Phidden B. Shaw, a native of Otto, Cattaraugus County, New York, who was born September 6,1836. They have one living child, and one deceased: Carrie K, born October 30,1872; Mattie E., born December 20,1869, died September 25,1870.

T. W. Feally - Was born in Ireland in 1851. When he was seven years of age his parents came to America, settling first in New York. His father died in that State, May 5,1859, he, with his mother's family, started for California via Panama, and arrived in San Francisco June 1st of that year. His mother located in St. Helena and he worked at different places at ranching until 1867, when he started into business in St. Helena. In 1870 he purchased his partner's interest. He now owns eighty-two acres, about one mile east of Rutherford, and is engaged in farming. He was married in San Francisco December 29,1880, to Miss Mary Craddick, a native of New York.

G.W. Fisher - Was born in Ohio March 5,1849. When he was two years old his parents moved to Indiana. When he was about nine years of age his parents died. At the age of fourteen he enlisted in the 12th Indiana Volunteer Cavalry as a private and served till the close of the war. He then went to Kansas and engaged in freighting from Atchison to Denver. In 1867 he went to Julesburg and freighted from there to Fort Laramie. At the end of a year he went to Laramie Plains and helped draw the logs for the first house in Laramie City. He then worked on the Union Pacific Railroad until the connection with the Central Pacific was made. He then went to Elko, Nevada, and freighted from there to White Pine and other points. In 1869 he came to California, locating at Calistoga. In March, 1870, he came to St. Helena and engaged in the butchering business, and shortly afterward opened a shop in connection with J. Bruce. In May, 1876, he bought his partner out, and is still conducting the business. He was married August 25,1877, to Miss Emma Horton, a native of Wisconsin. They have had two children, both of whom are dead.

Henry Getleson - Son of Hessel and Rachel Getleson, was born in Hamburg, Germany, in May, 1832. He resided in his native place until 1848, when he sailed for New York, where he worked at his trade, that of sculptor, and remained there until January 28,1851, when he sailed via Panama for San Francisco, arriving in the latter place March 28,1851; remaining there but a short time, he went to Shasta, Shasta County, and engaged in general merchandising, and continued in business there until his store and almost the whole town was destroyed by fire, Mr. Getleson's individual loss being in the neighborhood of $20,000. In about one year after that the subject of this sketch, in company with Ball & Baker, rebuilt a block, and he there remained in business until 1863. Mr. Getleson next moved to Placerville, Idaho, and engaged in the general merchandise trade, and remained in that place until 1866. He then moved to San Francisco, and there followed his trade of sculptor, to which he had served an apprenticeship in Germany. From San Francisco he came, at Sam Brannan's request, and opened the first store of general merchandise in Calistoga, in which place and business he is still engaged, and in connection with it is interested in several good mining prospects near Calistoga.

George W. Gildersleeve - Was born in Glen Cove, Long Island, December 31,1828. When eleven years old he moved to the east end of Long Island, and lived with an uncle for five years; then returned to Cold Spring and learned the silverware trade. April 15, 1850, he sailed from New York City on the ship " St. Patrick," via Cape Horn, for San Francisco, which port he reached September 17th of that year. He immediately proceeded to Stockton, where he embarked in the dairy business, which he followed till 1853. He then located on Goverment land near that town, which he farmed until 1862, in which year he sold his place and removed to San Francisco, where he embarked in the wood and coal business until 1866. He then began teaming, which he followed until 1871, when he moved to Napa County and settled on his present place, ten miles northwest of Napa City, where he is engaged in farming, wood chopping, and fruit-raising. He was married February 24,1865, to Charlotte A. White, a native of Chelsea, Massachusetts, born December 22, 1842. By this union they have five children: George W., born November 19,1865: Susie M., born September 22, 1867; Charles H., born September 15, 1869; Freddie W., born February 13,1872; Eddie S., born June 29, 1874, all living with their parents on their ranch in Napa County.

Thomas G. Greenfield - Was born in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, June 1,1832, and is the youngest son of James and Jane Rutherford Greenfield. He remained at his birthplace, attending the public schools, until he was sixteen years of age, when he went to Soquelle, New Brunswick, and began the carriage and wagon-maker's trade, serving an apprenticeship of five years. He then spent seven years in the same shop as a journeyman. In 1858 he began business for himself in the same place. In 1859 he sold out and returned to Nova Scotia, and remained idle for one year. He then went to Portland, Maine, and spent nine months; thence to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where he worked seven months; and then came to California via the Isthmus, arriving at San Francisco May 16, 1867. In a few days he went to Washington Corners, Alameda County, where he worked for A. O. Ricker. In February, 1868, he went to Santa Clara County, and worked at his trade one year; thence to Centreville, Alameda County, where, in partnership with H. Hortop, he worked for one year. In 1869 he came to Napa, where he has since been engaged in his business. He was married in 1856 to E. A. Sears, a native of Soquelle, New Brunswick. Their living children are, Charles H., Clarence F., Cassie E., William E., Fred E. and Francis E. (twins).

George E. Goodman - Son of Harvey and Mary N. Goodman, was born in Rochester, New York, July 5,1823, where he resided until 1842, receiving a common school education in the meantime. He then went to Memphis, Tennessee, where he was engaged as a clerk until 1852. He then came to California via Panama, arriving in San Francisco October 5th of that year. He immediately embarked in the grocery and provision business, which he followed until September, 1855. He then came to Napa City, and engaged in the general merchandising business, which he continued until 1859, when, in connection with his brother James H., he began the banking business; and now they have one of the finest private bank buildings north of San Francisco. In 1861 Mr. Goodman was elected Treasurer of Napa County, a position he held for nine consecutive years. He was married to Carrie A. Jacks, and their children are, Harvey P. and George K, Jr.

Charles R. Gritman - Son of Samuel and Harriet R. Potter Gritman, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, December 10,1838. When he was .quite young his parents moved to New York City, and there Charles received his primary education, and afterwards attended Yale College, graduating at the age of twenty-one. He then was tendered and accepted the position as secretary of the Burlock Manufacturing Company, and came to Chicago in the interest of that company. In 1865 he changed his business and became a partner in the firm of J. A. & H. F. Griswel & Co., dealers in coffees, spices and fancy groceries, in which firm he remained until 1873. Mr. Gritman then spent two years in Wyoming Territory, and in 1875 came to this coast and accepted a clerkship in the Bank of Napa, a position he held until January 1,1881, and on that date he succeeded Mr. W. C. Watson, as cashier of said bank, a position he now holds with credit to himself, and with satisfaction alike to the officers of that institution and the general public. The subject of this sketch was united in marriage July 22,1869, to Miss Ella C. Head, a resident of New Haven, Oswego County, New York, where she was born July 13, 1841.

Hiram Goodrich - Son of Alvin and Pauline Monroe Goodrich, was born in Cayuga County, New York, August 7, 1814. He was given the advantages of a common school education, and resided on a farm until he was twenty-one years of age. He then moved to Berrien County, Michigan, where he began life as a laborer. In 1840 he began the livery business in Niles, Michigan, which he conducted in connection with farming until 1853, when he came to California. In February of that year he proceeded to St. Joseph, Missouri, where he fitted up ox-teams and started across the plains, coming via, the old Carson route, by Salt Lake. He arrived in California, in September, 1853, and immediately joined his brother-in-law, Isaac Sackett, in Napa County, and began farming. In the spring of 1857 he settled on his present place, consisting of one hundred and sixty-four acres, and is engaged in wheat and grape growing. In 1864 he took charge of the Revere House in Napa, and conducted it for thirteen months. He was married December 25,1840, to Miss Etta Sackett, who was born in Sodus, Wayne County, New York, April 8, 1822. Their children are Harriet J., Luman L., Alice, Ida R, Lee G., and Minnie E. They have lost one child, Lilburn, aged five years, five months and twenty days,

James Giles - Was born in Rockport, Essex County, Massachusetts, June 16, 1817, where he resided until the age of thirteen years. He then followed a sea-faring life for fifteen years, until he was twenty-eight years of age. He next settled in Boston, until he came to California, which was in November, 1849. He sailed on the schooner " Savilion," via Cape Horn, having the stern boat filled with onions. The vessel was owned by the passengers. He sold his onions for fifty cents each, on their arrival in San Francisco, where they landed in March, 1850, after a passage of four months and fifteen days. He immediately proceeded to the mines, and em-harked in mining in the vicinity of Hangtown and Georgetown, which he followed until November, 1850. He then, on account of ill health, shipped for the Marquise Islands, but went to Valparaiso, where he remained two months. He then once more returned .to San Francisco, arriving hi July, 1851. Here he stopped until December of that year, when he returned East via the Isthmus of Panama, locating in Boston, where he engaged in the manufacture of piano-fortes, which business he followed until 1859. He then returned to San Francisco with his family, where he sojourned for six months, and then came to Napa City and engaged in the cabinet business, in which he has been steadily engaged since that time, and is the . oldest furniture dealer in this city. The subject of this sketch was married October 12,1849, to Hannah Elizabeth Lange, who was born in Whitefield, Maine, in 1829, and by this union they have three living children - George F., born February 22, 1855 ; Antoinette, born June 6,1859; Dody, born August 4,1866.

John R. Garner -Whose portrait will be found in the body of this work, is a son of Valentine and Sarah Edington Garner, was born in Wright County, Missouri, July 22, 1838, where young Garner was reared on a farm and given the advantages of a common school education. In 1857, at the age of eighteen, he came to California, across the plains, with ox-teams, and arrived September 18th of thai year, after a tedious trip of five months. He came at once to Napa Valley and began renting land of George C. Yount. In 1863 he purchased his present place of one hundred and twenty acres, and now owns three hundred and twenty acres, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married November 13,1864, to Miss Roberts, who was born in Wayne County, Tennessee, October 5,1845. Their children are, Thomas, born November 26, 1866; Joseph, born September 24, 1868; John, born July 25,1871; Louis, born November 6,1873; Frederick W., born March 25,1876; and Bush C., born September 9,1879.

Willis P. Grigsby - The subject of this sketch is a native of Napa County, and was born near Yountville, December 14,1851, and is the son of one of the first pioneers of the county, Jesse and Margaret Alexander Grigsby. He attended the common schools amd afterward completed a course at the Collegiate Institute of Napa, graduating from that institution in the class of 1872. Mr. Grigsby has remained all his life in this county, and February 1, 1880, commenced keeping his present livery and feed stable in St. Helena, under the firm name of W. P. Grigsby & Co., located on the corner of Main and Polk streets. He was united in marriage September 12, 1872, to Miss Evaline Osborn, who was born in Ogle County, Illinois. They have three children: Willis O., born in St. Helena, March 24,1873; Gertrude E, born in St. Helena, May 21,1875, and George P., born near Yountville, February 5,1880.

William H. Gibbs - Was born in Posey County, Indiana, June 29, 1829, where he resided till 1852. In that year he crossed the plains to California and settled in Colusa County. He engaged in teaming which he followed for six years, when he began farming on Stoney Creek, that county, where he remained till 1860. He then went East, but returned during the same year and settled where he now resides, owning two hundred acres of land. In 1874 he, with Mr. Cooper, opened the store at Yountville, which property he still owns but is not carrying on the business. He was married January 1,1849, to Lucinda Williams, a native of Gibson County, Ohio, born May 1, 1833. Their children are, Charles H, born April 14, 1855; Samuel W., born September 25, 1859, and George, born August 5, 1865.

Charles A. Gardner - Son of Charles and Annice Dickson Gardner, was born in Middieport, Iroquois County, Illinois, August 22, 1842, and he remained at his birthplace until 1853. He then moved to St. Anthony, Minnesota, in company with his father's family. After a residence here of two years the family proceeded to Lake Pepin, where the father engaged in the practice of his profession - the law. The elder Gardner was an energetic and highly respected gentleman, as is evinced by the fact that he was a member of the Territorial Legislature of Minnesota in 1855-6, and was further honored with the position of Speaker of the Lower House of that body. He afterwards received the nomination by President Buchanan to the position of Governor of Dakota, but it was not confirmed by the Senate. About 1857 the father purchased a stock of goods and engaged in mercantile pursuits at Delhi, Iowa, where he remained for two years. He then moved to Franklin County, where he practiced his profession until the fall of 1859. That winter was spent by the family in Kansas, and in the spring of 1860 they started overland for California, coming the old emigrant route, and arriving in Sacramento in September of that year. Young Gardner first found employment as a clerk in the post-office in that city, under Postmaster Hardenberg, where he remained for one year. He then began work on the Sacramento Union, which he followed for about one year. In 1863 he went to San Francisco, and was engaged in his father's law office, and at several other occupations. He was a carrier for the Democratic Press of that city, and was present when that building was sacked at the time of the assassination of President Lincoln. While in San Francisco Mr. Gardner was a member of the Washington Guards and the City Guards, and helped to preserve order at that time. He was also a member of the Olympic Club. In 1865 he went to Portland, Oregon, and purchased a tract of land, and on his return to San Francisco he engaged in the publication of the Commercial Record, and after disposing of that he bought an interest in the Guide. He retained this but a short time, when he sold to his partner, and engaged in the study of law in his father's and other law offices. He was afterwards with Brooks & Ranleun, Hope, McKillop & Co., and others. He was with Bancroft & Co. for about one year on the Digest of California Reports. He then went to Portland, Oregon, with his family, and there filled the position of bookkeeper for the Oregon agency of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. In 1870 he went to Anaheim, California, and there practiced law, being at one time Deputy District Attorney of Los Angeles County. At the end of one year he returned to Portland and engaged in the practice of law in connection with his father. He remained there but a short time, when he returned to Anaheim and purchased the Gazette of that place. In the fall of 1872, having changed the name of the paper to the Southern Californian, he sold out, and in December of that year came to Napa County, locating at St. Helena, and purchasing a vineyard of fifty acres. He then purchased a half interest in the Napa Register, which was conducted under the firm name of Francis & Gardner, for about two years. He then disposed of his interest to Mr. Francis, but remained in charge of the editorial department of the paper for another year. In June, 1876, he came to St. Helena and purchased the Star, which he has since continued to conduct in a manner that reflects great credit upon himself and best subserves the interests of the community in which he has cast his lot. He has been twice honored with the appointment of delegate to the Republican State Convention. Mr. Gardner was married in St. Helena, January 26, 1869, to Miss Sarah A Clark, a native of Hartwick, Delaware County, Iowa. Their children are, Miriam Emma, born April 15,1870, at St. Helena; Edith Maria, born April 28, 1872, at Anaheim; Katy, born December 7, 1874, at Napa, and Ruth, born October 6,1877, at St. Helena.