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J. Pitcher Spooner
photo. , Stockton, July 4, 1880.
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Charles
David Maria Weber
1814-1881
Charles
M. Weber was a German-born businessman in San Jose who obtained
a 50,000-acre land grant on which he raised cattle, mined gold,
and founded the city of Stockton as a business center for the
southern mines. He led the defense of San Jose during the
uprising against Micheltorena in 1845 and led a cavalry company
in the same region during the Mexican War to aid the United
States. |
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