John S. Hogan - Was born in Nenagh, Ireland, May 29, 1837. His early boyhood was spent with his uncle, Henry Smithwick of Smithwick Manor. While under his charge he was placed in Youghel College, where he remained until 1849. Some years previous, part of the family had moved to the United States, and were residing in New Orleans. September 2,1849, Mr. Hogan, then a boy, started from his old home, bound for America. On his first arrival in New Orleans, he engaged himself in acquiring the trade of a cooper. He served faithfully for two years at this trade, and then became a master workman. Being offered a position at the desk of the St. Charles Hotel, Canal street, he abandoned the adze and first connected himself with the hotel business, a vocation in which he passed the remainder of his years. During the ever memorable yellow fever epidemic of 1853, he was stricken by the dread disease, but careful nursing, tender care and a strong constitution, saved him from death. During his six years' life in New Orleans, he acquired a business knowledge and tact, and developed traits of character that in after life had much to do with his financial successes. The fame of the Golden State, and the opportunities offered industrious and enterprising men reached Mr. Hogan in his Southern home, and despite protestations he abandoned his position at the St. Charles, and on the morning of February 8,1856, he stood on the deck of the outward bound steamship "Daniel Webster," and saw fade into the hazy distance the "Crescent City," the " Queen of the South." He crossed the Isthmus of Panama at the time of the riots between the natives and the passengers of the Panama Railroad, taking an active part on the side of the latter He received a wound on the head, the scar of which he carried to his grave. On the Pacific side of the Isthmus he took passage on the steamship " Oceanic," and after a pleasant trip, landed in San Francisco May 3,1856. He was accompanied on this voyage by his sisters, Ellen and Margaret. After remaining in San Francisco for a short period he, in company with James Kelly, started for the southern mines at Sonora. Here was staked out a claim and hard work done for some time, but failing to strike "pay dirt," the mine was abandoned, and Mr. Hogan returned to San Francisco with a considerable amount of money out by the venture. Strange to say, the claim abandoned turned out afterward to be one of the richest in the district. Mr. Hogan then started for Napa, and first entered the town in the summer of 1856, and secured a position at the American Hotel, then conducted by "Uncle" Tom. Alcher. July 4th of the same year he assisted in turning out the first copy of the Napa Reporter that ever left the press. He remained in Napa until November, 1858, when he removed to Healdsburg, having been engaged by Allen & Dickinson, managers of the Russian River Hotel at that place. He remained with these gentlemen until the following fall. In the meantime he invested what money he possessed in real estate. In May, 1859, he purchased the grounds, and buildings thereon standing, which is now the site of the Union Hotel, in Healdsburg. In October, 1859, he left Allen & Dickinson and went to San Francisco, and November 1st of that year, at St. Mary's Cathedral, he was married to Miss Ellen Barrett, Rev. Hugh Gallagher performing the ceremony. After a brief honeymoon, in company with his bride he returned to Healdsburg and opened business in the Union Hotel. Possessed of more than ordinary business capacity, and of an enterprise bounded only by his ability to act, his business continued to increase and fortune smiled upon him. During his residence in Healdsburg the Russian River Flag was started. He assisted Alexander J. Cox in presenting its first number. Here, September 2,1860, his eldest child was born. He was named after his father's uncle: - Henry. After a fire had almost entirely ruined Healdsburg, but from which Mr. Hogan's property fortunately escaped, he visited Napa, and seeing the progress it had made, and, finding a good opening, he leased his hotel in Healdsburg and bought out the restaurant conducted by Frederick Gerttins, situated on Main street, where the stores of Levinson and Mabys now stand, and opened here in November, 1860. Being well acquainted and very popular, he commanded a large patronage, and after two years' industry he leased the Napa Hotel, and December 2,1862, he took possession, succeeding Daniel Wheelock. Here he was in his element, and all his efforts were crowned with success. Owing to the growing extent of his business, he kept continually adding to. and improving the building, and when his lease expired he purchased the hotel and grounds and subsequently purchased tiie entire square, now known as Hogan's Block, He was ever alive to the interests of the town, and, believing in its advancement, he invested heavily in real estate. One addition of twelve blocks bears his name, and several subdivisions of additions were laid out in town lots, sold and built upon through his energy and enterprise. He took no interest in politics; although a public man and a highly popular one he never aspired to office. During the war he was what might be called a Union Democrat. He believed in the indissolubility of the Union, yet held a strong sympathy for the South - the home of his boyhood. He continued in the Napa Hotel up to iihe time of his death, a space of nineteen years. The illness that carried him off was sudden and severe, and only of about a week's duration; but the dread conqueror had uplifted his scythe and the blow could not be stayed by human hands or human arts. He departed this life, surrounded by his family and friends,in full possession of his mental faculties and at peace with all mankind, on Friday, March 23,1877, a young man in the prime of life, being but thirty-nine years of age. He was buried on the Sunday following, and one of the largest funeral corteges that ever left Napa accompanied the remains to the grave. A magnificent monument now marks the place of his rest. In private life he was all that could be desired in a husband, father or friend - indulgent, loving and unselfish. Publicly he was a man of enterprise and ability; honest and upright, generous to a fault, renowned for his hospitality and genial nature. During the time he lived in Napa he contributed much towards its advancement, and being constantly before the public he necessarily came into contact with a very large number of people, among whom he made many thousands of warm friends and scarcely an enemy. No man was more universally respected than he, and his untimely death was a loss to the community in which he resided. Peace to his ashes.

E. Heymann - Was born in North Germany, June 26,1845. In 1860 he engaged as clerk in the wholesale merchandising business. He continued in this till 1868, when he came to New York, and thence to California. He soon came to Napa County and located at the White Sulphur Springs, where he kept bar and had a store. In 1874 he purchased his present place of thirty-two acres, within the city limits, of St. Helena, on which he has twenty-two acres of vineyard and a wine cellar. November 19, 1873, he was married to Miss Matilda Kneer, who was born in South Germany. There children are, Urieda, Matilda, Karl, and Edmund.

A.E. Hatt - Was born in Prussia, May 3, 1848. At the age of fourteen he began a seafaring life, which he followed for two years. In February, 1859, he arrived at San Francisco. He began boating, on the Sacramento Biver and along the coast, which be followed till 1865. He then began the mercantile business on Main street, Napa, where he remained until 1867. He then began boating again, running chiefly in the Napa trade, which he followed until 1879, when he began his present business of wood, coal and produce dealer, in connection with which he owns, the schooner "Amelia." He was married November 23,1866, to Ellen Horgen, a native of Ireland. Their children are, Albert E., Nellie, Annie, Ellen, Amelia and Josephine.

James Horn - Was born seven miles from Glasgow, Scotland, December 17,1817. At the age of sixteen he went to Glasgow and worked on a canal for seven years. He then opened a store, which he continued for ten years. He then came to California, arriving November 5,1851. He first went to the mines at Ophir, and in 1852 he went to Volcano, Amador County, and thence to Fiddletown, same county, where he followed dairying for two years. He then embarked in the hotel business at Michigan Bar and shortly afterwards he went to the Montezuma Hills, in Solano County, and engaged in the dairying business. In the fall of 1859 he moved to one of the islands, and during the flood of 1862 he lost all his stock. In 1869 he went to Antioch, and in 1871 he came to his present place of one hundred and sixty acres, located about two miles north of Calistoga, and is engaged in fruit-raising and dairying. He was married in Glasgow, Scotland, August 8,1840, to Miss Jeannie Eucknam, a native of Scotland. They have had three children, all now deceased.

William J. Hamilton - Was born in the city of New York, Kings County, New York, July 27,1851. While yet an infant his parents removed to San Francisco, traveling by way of Panama. Upon arriving at that place, the family experienced the trials of similar early Californians, being detained there by an attack of yellow fever. When those afflicted had sufficiently recovered, which was some weeks afterward, the family took passage for San Francisco on the ill-fated steamship "Central America," which was destroyed when only a few days out. During the panic that ensued on that occasion, young Hamilton was separated from his family, and Mr. H. Miller seeing his plight, took him under his arm, sprang overboard and swam with his charge for about half an hour, when both were rescued and taken on board of one of the boats. Upon reaching land the family were again united, and after a short delay, resumed their voyage to San Francisco without further incident. At the age of five years he entered the public schools, and three years later he was sent to St. Vincent's, which latter school he attended for two years. Left an orphan at the age of nine, the remainder of his education devolved upon his own efforts. Obliged to earn his own livelihood, he traveled from place to place in search of suitable employment, and finally, in July, 1860, he succeeded and went to work in Santa Rosa. The following year he went to Napa City, at which place he remained a year and a half, leaving it in the winter of 1861-2, to enlist in the Union ranks. Being, rejected on account of his age, he worked at different pursuits until he procured means amply sufficient to permit him to finish his education. He attended various public and private schools, among the latter, the Petaluma Scientific and Classical Institute, and St. Joseph's, graduating from the latter at the age of seventeen. The same year he taught his first public school near Bernal He afterwards embarked in mercantile pursuits, but these proving distasteful he abandoned them and launched into literary work. He worked as a reporter for various San Francisco papers, among them the Chronicle, Post and the Republican, acting as local editor of the latter. His health becoming impaired, he relinquished that work, and after a short respite, he resumed teaching. He taught a number of years in Sonoma and Marin Counties, and Napa County, where he removed in 1876, and is at present engaged in Vineland District, adjacent to St. Helena. Professor Hamilton, aside from his duties in the school-room, has found time to indulge in literary pursuits, and has published the following: " Legendary Lore of the Coast Indians," " Wayside Sketches by a Census Taker," and an historical brochure entitled, " What 1879 Contributed to the World's History." In 1875, he was nominated by the Independent party for Superintendent of Schools of Sonoma County, but declined. The same fall, he " stumped" that county in behalf of the Independent ticket. July 4, 1876, he delivered the centennial oration at Nieasio, and also composed the poem for the centennial celebration held at Petaluma. Professor Hamilton and Miss Jennie A. Bower of Petaluma, were married by Rev. O. P. Fitzgerald, D. D., near Santa Rosa, Sunday, September 13,1874. Of this union three children have been born: Jennie Gertrude, born at Petaluma, June 29,1875; Mary Kathleen, born at Olema, October 28,1876, and William Russell, born at Calistoga, July 7,1880.

Samuel E. Holden - Of the firm of B. F. Sawyer & Co., Napa, was born in Concord, New Hampshire, February 3,1845. His father, Benjamin F. Holden, was for many years engaged in woolen manufacturing at that place, and was founder of the firm of B. F. & D. Holden, afterwards incorporated, and now doing business under the name of " The Concord Manufacturing Company." Mr. S. E. Holden still retains an interest in this company, and is also a partner with his brother, B. F. Holden, Jr., in the firm of Holden & Co., woolen manufacturers of Bristol, New Hampshire. In early life most of his vacation from school, and spare time, was spent working in the factory, by which he gained familiarity with machinery, habits of industry, and an acquaintance with wool He prepared for college at the New Hampshire Conference Seminary at Tilton, New Hampshire, where he was attending school at the breaking out of the Rebellion. In September, 1862, he enlisted in the 16th Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, and served one year in the army under General N. P. Banks, during his Louisiana campaign. Returning from the army he completed his preparatory course, and in 1865 entered Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, where he graduated in 1869: Returning to Concord he at once entered the law office of Minot & Mugridge, where he remained for three years, and in 1872 was admitted to the bar of Grafton County, New Hampshire. He formed a law partnership at Bristol, New Hampshire, with . Hon. S. K. Mason, under the name of Mason & Holden, which continued until 1875, when he came to Napa. A charter had been obtained for the Bristol Savings Bank; Mr. Mason was made president, and Mr. Holden, treasurer, which position he also held at the time of his coming to California. The bank, without any capital, in a little town of two thousand inhabitants, in the space of three years accumulated deposits to the amount of 860,000. In 1869 Mr. Holden married Mary E. Taylor, daughter of J. S. Taylor, Esq., of Sanbornton, New Hampshire. One child, Hattie M., died in infancy. In 1875 the failing health of his wife induced him to bring her to this State, but, as is often the case, the change was made too late to be of any benefit, and she died in Napa two months after leaving New Hampshire. On his arrival in Napa he became book-keeper for B. F. Sawyer & Co., and was also interested with them in the purchase of fleece wool. On their reorganization, April 1,1880, he became a member of the company. He has devoted himself entirely to business during his stay in this State, and only allowed the claims of one institution, the Napa Collegiate Institute, to divide his attention. He is at present a member of its Executive Board and president of its Board of Trustees. January 8,1879, he married Anna Smyth, daughter of Hon. Robert Smyth of Mount Vernon, Iowa, a pioneer preceptress of Napa Collegiate Institute. They have one child, Robert, born May 13,1880.

Deming D. Hill - Son of Daniel and Esther Merriam Hill, was born in Washington County, Ohio, May 14,1836, and resided at his birthplace until his twenty-first year, when he moved to Chillicothe, Ross County, that State, where he worked at his trade - tinsmith - to which he had served an apprenticeship in his birth-county. There he remained until 1858, and then returned to his native county and established himself in the tin business, which he followed one year. September 22, 1859, (the day that Broderick was shot) he landed in San Francisco. After following his trade for some years in San Francisco and Oakland, he became agent for the Howe sewing machine, and continued at that business for two years. He then went to Placer County, and for six months was freight agent for the Central Pacific Railroad. He next proceeded to Collinsville, on the Sacramento River, where he had charge of the wharf for a short time, and then proceeded to Fairfield, Solano County, and began his old business - that of tinner. In 1869 he came to Napa, and settled on his present estate of four hundred and forty acres, where he is chiefly engaged in stock-raising. Hill's patent medicated nest-eggs, and also medicated paint for hen-roosts, have proved to be effectual destroyers of hen lice, and great credit is due the gentleman for bis patent. Married February 22,1863, Catherine Burns, a native of Ireland, born February 8,1839. Daniel D., Francis D., Marietta, Clarence E., Martha N., Alonzo C., and Oswell N., are their children.

E.W. Hottel - Was born in Harrison County, Indiana, March 16,1843, and resided in his birthplace until 1864, during which time he was educated at the common schools. In 1864 he came across the plains in an immigrant train, arriving October 10th of that year. Mr. Hottel immediately came to Napa Valley and engaged in farming for one year, when he removed to Napa and started an agricultural and general machine business, in which he continued until July, 1877. He next embarked in the grocery trade, under the firm name of Hottel & Smith, of which firm he is still a member. The subject of this sketch united in marriage, February 24,1880, with Miss Jennie M. Brown, born in Ulster County, New York, September 12,1856.

A.J. Hull - Was born in Johnson County, Indiana, September 8,1846. He resided there until the fall of 1857, when he, with his parents, moved to Illinois, residing there until December, 1861, when he enlisted in Company H, 2d Illinois Light Artillery. Re-enlisted in March, 1864, and was mustered out August 8,1865, having served in the 17th and 20th corps of the Army of the Tennessee. He returned to Illinois, remaining in that State and Iowa, working on a farm and teaching school for awhile. He afterwards attended the Iowa State University, from which he graduated in 1873; was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of Iowa in December, 1872. April 12,1874, he was united in marriage with Lottie J. Waite, of Vermont, at Mason City, Mason County, Illinois, who was born in Shoreham, Addison County, that State, March 4,1848. April 29, 1874, they arrived in California, settling in Napa County, where he engaged in teaching school through the summer and fall of that year, and began the practice of law in December, 1874, at Napa. One child, Lottie May, born May 27,1880.

Joseph Henry - The subject of this sketch, whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, August 15, 1827. He remained at his birthplace until he was eleven years of age, when his parents moved to Iowa, and settled in Cedar County, where he resided until 1849. In May of that year he came across the plains to California, arriving in the State in the following October. He at once began mining which he followed for two years. In March, 1851, he returned to Iowa, where he remained for nearly two years. In 1853 he again crossed the plains and immediately came to and settled in Napa County, and in 1862 began the stock business near Napa City, and the butcher business in that place, which he continued till 1879. In that year he was elected to the position of County Treasurer, which office he still fills with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of the people. He had previously served for four years on the Board of City Trustees. He was married December 30,1851, to Cynthia Lewis a native of Ohio, born January 30,1832. Their children are John M., Stephen A., Joseph HI, Cornelius E., Rosa M. and Clarence.

David L. Haas - Was born in Germany, October 7,1842, and is the son of Leopold and Caroline Gassdorfer Haas. He resided in Germany until 1859, receiving his education in the meantime at the mercantile college at Offenbach. In 1859 he came to America, and shortly after came by way of the Isthmus to California, in the ill-fated steamer "North Star." He came at once to Napa City and in connection with his brother Martin L. he began his present business of bookseller, newsdealer and stationer. He was married March 31,1868, to Miss Frances May Squibb, a native of Indiana, who was born September 12, 1842. By this union they have Leopold, born March 11,1869, and Munson, born April 1,1871.

Henry Hortop - Was born in Ontario, Canada West, June 23, 1848, where he resided until he was nineteen years of age, during which time he served an apprenticeship of three years to the blacksmith's trade. We next find him in Oneida County, New Nork, where he followed his trade for six months, at the end of which time he returned to Uxbridge, Canada, and again engaged at his trade, where he remained until he came to California, which occurred in 1869, arriving in San Francisco January 1st of that year. For the following two years he worked in that city, Stockton and Alameda; and in 1871, by the advice of his physicians, he took a sea-voyage for his health, going to Australia, and returning via, Honolulu, arriving on this coast March 5,1872. In July, 1872, Mr. Hortop came to Napa County, locating first in Napa City, in the employ of Mr. Hunter, where he remained until 1874, when he moved to Rutherford, and purchased a small building, and began business for himself; and in the same year built his present extensive manufactory. In connection with his blacksmith business Mr. Hortop is a manufacturer and dealer in hardware and agricultural implements, and enjoys the patronage and confidence of the whole community in which he lives. Mr. H. was united in marriage in Elmira, Solano County, September 7, 1873, to Mrs. C. A. Edington, a native of Missouri.