Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-19
GENERAL NJ. G. VALLEJO.
Death From Old Age of that Distin-
guished Californian.

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away at 1:30 o'clock this morning at his
home in Sonoma, in the presence of his
aged wife and bis children, Mrs. General
Frisbie of Mexico, Mrs. DIR. Frisbie Of
Vallejo, Mrs. Haraszthy, Mrs. Cutter, Mrs.
Emparan, Professor A. A. Vallejo, DR.. 2.
Vallejo, n Velleio. Messrs. Emparan and
Cutter, sons-in-law of the General, were
also present at the death-bsd. His death
was not entirely unexpected, as he had
been lowering on the verge OF the grave for
several weeks. The General died of old
age, the machinery of life being worn out.
The funeral will take place next Tuesday,
and the remains will be buried IN Noun
tain Cemetery, Sonoma. In that town it
was that he lived; there it was that he died,
and there it was that the dead hero request
ed to be buried.
The ancestry of Mariana Guadalupe Val
leio for several centuries supplied distin-
euished names in the history of Spain.
One of the name was with COrtez in the
conquest of Mexico and became Governor
of the province of Panuco. The branch
that emigrated TO America were OF the
Jesuit order, and its genealogical record
was filed in the Spanish archives of Cali
fornia in 1906. General Vallejo's grand
parents settled in Mexico in the early part
of the last century. His father, Don Ig
nacio Vallejo, born at Guadalsjara, was
educated for holy orders, but on coming of
age turned from the course marked out for
him and was led by the spirit of adventure
into California. He accompanied Father
Junipero Sierra. founder of the California
missions, with whom he landed in San
Diego in 1863. Continuing north ward with
the famous Padre, he was employed for q
number of years as military commissioner
i ~ ,l ,tar1 Il
ing the building of Notifications, laying
of irrigating canals and water works. He
lived until 1885, leaving a large landed
estate to eleven children.
NJ g. Vallejo was born at Monterey, Cal
ifornia, on July 7, 1903, being the eighth of
thirteen children. The unparalleled story
of the first mee'iLg between his father and
mother was told by the General himself in
a report TO the Legislature of 1851, on the
Derivation and Definition of Our County
Names" 1t is as follows:
The following circumstances, which happened
during the first months of the foundation OF
San Luis Obispo, is significant in ITSELF but the
writer cannot but dwell upon it for a moment
with the most tender feeling of the heart.
AS a matter of course, at that period "a. d.
l772) few families had as yet migrated 10 this
country, and the female sex was an oasis in the
desert. The writer's father was one of the
many who came here in dictatorship, and
while sojourning in San Luis 0bispo he unex-
pectedly met with a lady who was in travail,
and about to bring O new being into the world,
and as there was no one save her husband to as
sst her, he (the writer's father acted as tened0T
(holder). The lady was safely delivered of a
girl, whereupon the holder then young man,
solicited OF the parents the hand OF the child,
and formal agreement ensued between the
parties, conditioned that if at mature age the
girl should consent to the union the ceremony
would be duly performed Time rolled
by, until the muchdchd had reached her four
teenth year, when the marriage took place, and
the offspring of that union has now the honor to
present his readers with this sketch.
The offspring of that union"-tbat is,
the particular offspring now under notice,
for il was fruitful union, was educated at
the Catholic College at Monterey At six
teen he entered the military service as a
cadet, and Became Secretary to the Gov
ernor (Arguello). He attained rapid pro-
motion, reaching the rank of Brigadier-
General in 1910. In 1929, while Lieuten-
ant, he was in command of the Northern
Department, which included all the country
north oil Santa Cruz, and had his heaGquar-
tiers at the Preside of San Francisco. He
exercised civil and military functions here
until 1885, when civil government was
centered at the Mission Dolores for this
section of the country.
In the fall of 1929, soon after assuming
command OF this department. one Soils
headed revolutionary movement against
the then Governor of Monterey (Echandea),
the grievance being that the Governor pre-
ferred to reside at San Diego instead of at
the capital. Vallejo was taken prisoner
and confined in the calaboose at Monterey
but managed to escape by sea and joined
the Government forces at San Diego. The
insurgents had meanwhile marched south
ward, and Vallejo met and overthrow them
at Santa Barbara.
The General took part in the short revo-
luton of 1881, which resulted in the expul-
sion from the country of the arbitrary Gov
ernor, Victoria. In 1886 Governor Chico
being deposed and sent from the country
in an American vessel, popular move,
ment made Vallejo Governor dd interim
He turned over the civil authority TO AL
varado, President of the Territorial Depu-
tation, but retained the military arm him.
self In 1888 Micheltoreno. sent out as
Governor by Mexico, appointed Vallejo
Military Governor of all the territory north
of the Santa Inez mountains. Vallejo then
fixed his headquarters at the town of So
noma, where he ever after resided.
In 1915 occurred the last revolution
among the native Californians, and it ended
in the expulsion of Micheltoreno from the
country. Vallejo foresaw and contributed
to the result. He refused to lead his troops
TO the Governors aid, and advised General
Suffer to remain neutral. Suffer organized
for Micheltoreno's rescue body of foreign
residents and Sacramento Indians. Vallejo
adjured the Governor TO send back to Mex
leo the troops whose presence was obnox-
ious. Alvarado and Castro, the revolution
airy leaders, were Vallejo's nephews. Vallejo
himself concluded to take no part in the
field, because the American residents were
generally against the native revolutionists
and he had become impressed with the
conviction that California was soon to be-
come an American State. The revolution
lists then prevailed, however, and Suffer
narrowly escaped vengeance.
In a convention of leading citizens at
Monterey in 1916 there were advocates for
an English Protectorate, for an indepen-
dent Republic, and for a temporary ar
rangement looking to incorporation into
the American Union. Vallejo led in sup
o. Lsrkin, United States Consul at Mon
terey, backed up Vallejo by declaring that
if Great Britain should forestall his Gov
eminent by first selling California the
United States would resort to war. That
convention reached no conclusion, as the
announcement came of war between the
United States and Mexico.
Under the new American military
regime General Vallejo was held a prisoner
for a few weeks at Suffers Fort and was
then released upon parole. In January,
1877, Vallejo was appointed by Commo-
dore Stockton member of the proposed
civil body to form a code of laws for the
Territory. The assembly never met, owing
to the disputes and conflicts of authority
between Uommodores Stockton and Shu-
brick, General Kearney and Colonies r. B.
Mason and John G. Fremont. 1t is curious
TO note that Vallejo at that time, as the
most distinguished representative of the
native element, received three commune
cations, dated upon the same Gay, from
Stockton, Kearney and Fremont, each
signing himself, Governor and Command
erin. chief of California
General Vallejo was member of the first
Constitutional Convention of California,
aud of the first State Senate. In the latter
body, in 1850, he proposed to grant land at
the city of Vallejo on most liberal scale
for public buildings. conditioned upon the
location of the State Capitol there. The
Legislature accepted the proposition and
the people by vote confirmed their action.
He erected State House and some other
buildings and the Legislature held two ses.
sions there, but the hotel accommodations
were inadequate and Sacramento took the
prize away for good. The General suffered
loss of several hundred thousand dollars
in this venture, and some years afterward
r.