and became the mother of Mrs. Grace Ross; Mrs. A. E. Clark; Mrs. Helen McGinnis; Minnie; Katherine Cullen, and Philomena. The second child was John Murphy. Eliza P. became the wife of Frank Sutton and was the mother of ten children: Thomas, John, Richard, Alice, Frank, Milton J., Lula, Anna, Helen Julia and Margaret. The fourth child of Matthew Murphy was Julia.

Jemima Murphy, who now resides at 342 Prospect Avenue, was the fifth child of Matthew Murphy and was born in County Wexford, Ireland. She married David Murphy, a native of Ireland who came to California in 1866, and for many years was a successful dairy rancher in Marin County, where he died in 1898. Mrs. Murphy became the mother of eight children, four of whom reached mature years. Her son, James J., was a soldier in the Spanish-American war, became a marine engineer and died in 1922. Her daughter, Anna E., is the widow of A. B. Salsig. Helen is the wife of Thomas Lacy and the mother of four children. Her daughter, Sadie, is the widow of Carlos Sanjines, who was Bolivian consul at San Francisco for many years. Mrs. Jemima Murphy has five grandchildren and one great grandson.

Mrs. Jemima Murphy is a member of the Association of Pioneer Women and an honorary member of the Independent Order of Foresters. She and her family have always been actively identified with the Catholic Church.

GEORGE SCOTT was a California pioneer who possessed in pronounced degree the sterling characteristics of the typical Scotsman, and his ability and well-ordered activities caused him to give worthy aid in connection with civic and material development and progress in the city and state of his adoption.

Mr. Scott was born in Dundee, Scotland, on the sixth of June, 1825, and was reared and educated in his native land. He was a young man of energy and ambition when he numbered himself among the gallant California pioneers of the memorable year 1849, which marked the discovery of gold and ushered in the splendid development of this favored commonwealth. For a short time he was engaged in the hotel business in San Francisco, and he then became one of the leading contractors and builders in the vital little city. He had the architectural skill that enabled him to draw plans and specifications for the buildings which he erected, and was the builder of the first sugar refinery in San Francisco, for the George Gordon Co. Also he was the contractor in the construction of many of the old and famous buildings in San Francisco, where substantial success attended his activities and where he accumulated a large amount of valuable real estate. He was a member of the first Vigilante Committee in the early '50s. Mr. Scott continued his residence in San Francisco until his death, he having passed away when about forty-three years of age in 1868 and his wife when about seventy-three years of age on July 2, 1899.

In Scotland was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Scott to Miss Grace (Campbell) MacDougall, a cousin of the Duke of Argyle who married.

Princess Louise, and whose brother, Robert MacDougall, was a justice of the Supreme Court of Sydney, Australia. Concerning Mr. and Mrs. Scott's children brief record is here given: George Robert, the first born, is deceased; Mary C., who still resides in San Francisco, is the widow of Henry Calvin Gay. Mr. Gay was born in the State of Vermont, a representative of a colonial family in New England, and as a young man he went forth from the Green Mountain State to do valiant service as a Union soldier in the Civil war. He served during virtually the entire period of conflict and took part in many engagements, including a number of the major battles. Within a comparatively short time after the war Mr. Gay came to California and established his residence in San Francisco, and in this city his death occurred when he was fifty-two years of age. He was a citizen of influence and high standing and became an honored member of George H. Thomas Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. Was a member of Yerba Buena Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the oldest Odd Fellows lodge in the state. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Gay was solemnized in 1871, and of their eight children all are living except the seventh, Calvin T., who left two daughters, Delma Frances and Grace Audrey. The surviving children are: George R., who is vice president of the Santa Cruz Portland Cement Co. He married Miss Eva Worth, a daughter of Charles A. Worth, of the Worth Dredging Co., and they have one daughter, Marjorie; Grace is the wife of Dr. Frank A. Lowe of San Francisco, a graduate of the medical department of the southern branch of the University of California. He is a native of San Miguel and the son of prominent pioneer residents of Southern California; Frank Henry, who is a member of the Gay Drug Company of San Francisco. Is a member of San Francisco bodies of the Scottish Rite, Islam Shrine and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Edward P., who is married and is the father of one son, Ronald. Edward, with his brothers, Lewis D. and William T., are engaged in mechanical lines; Lewis D.; Jane, widow of Frank A. Gamble, and is the mother of two children, Hamilton G. and Barbara Jean; William T. and Grace, wife of Dr. Frank A. Lowe.

JOHN S. HAGER was an honored and distinguished California pioneer and left an enduring impress upon the system of jurisprudence in this state. He was one of the leading lawyers and jurists of California, served with distinction as a member of the United States Senate and his influence was helpfully manifest in other public offices and in connection with civic affairs in general. Judge Hager was one of the venerable and revered citizens of San Francisco at the time of his death in 1890.

Judge John Sharpstein Hager was born in the historic old City of Morristown, New Jersey, on the 12th of March, 1820, and was a son of Lawrence Hager, who was one of the substantial and influential citizens of New Jersey at that time. The future jurist received excellent educational advantages and was one of the early graduates of the law department of Princeton University, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Upon coming to California he established his residence in San

Francisco, where he soon gained precedence as one of the able and representative members of the bar of this state. He was called to serve on the bench of the Superior Court, and in this connection made decisions on many cases of major importance, including the famous Broderick and Terry duel case, and the decision which he gave in connection with the probating of wills became a constructive part of the present California laws governing such matters. Under the administration of President Cleveland, Judge Hager served as collector of the port of San Francisco, the President of the United States having earnestly importuned him to accept this Federal office, for the purpose of bringing about so far as possible the extensive smuggling of narcotics, especially opium products, through the medium of this port. Judge Hager took a characteristically vigorous and determined course in administering this office, and in the same made a record of successful achievement. In 1878 he was appointed United States Senator from California, to fill the unexpired term of Senator Casserly, and he was more than once urged to become a candidate for mayor of San Francisco, but invariably refused. He was a leader in the local councils and work of the democratic party, his life in all relations was guided and governed by high ideals, and he commanded uniform popular confidence and esteem. He was identified with various civic organizations of representative order, including the Pacific Union Club.

In the year 1839 he was graduated from the law school of Princeton University. Judge Hager married Mrs. Elizabeth Lucas Hicks, and of the three children of this union, the first born, Edith, died in infancy; Alice is a resident of Burlingame, California, and Ethel, who maintains her home in San Francisco, was married in 1906 to Lansing Kellogg, whom she later divorced and who died in 1917, she having resumed her maiden name and being now known as Mrs. Ethel Hager.

ANDREW CHRISTESON. One of the men who has risen far and high under the exacting discipline of the transportation service is Andrew Christeson, former vice president of Wells, Fargo and Company, now vice president at San Francisco of the American Railway Express Company. For a number of years he has been one of the best known executives in an organization so closely identified with the historic period of the work, Wells, Fargo and Company. In his official capacity he directs the services of thousands of men, yet his first position in the express business was that of wagon driver.

Mr. Christeson was born in Denmark, February 16, 1861, son of C. L. and Ingeberg Christeson. His parents lived all their lives on a Danish farm. Andrew Christeson acquired a liberal education in the schools of his native country, and was a youth of fourteen when he came to America in 1875. His working experience having been on a farm in Denmark, he found employment on farms in New York State, and later in Michigan, and from there went on west to Iowa where he took up a homestead in Buena Vista County. He performed the hard work of improving and developing a farm,