SHERIFF'S OF SANTA CLARAJohn Yontz (April 8- April 5, 1. Our first official Sheriff for Santa Clara County was John Yontz. He was appointed Sheriff in early 1. Overton who received 2. John retired from office April 5, 1. He made an unsuccessful bid for Sheriff in 1. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas (Feed The World) (6:13) 2. Bruce Hornsby - That's Just The Way It Is (4:58) 3. Date/event: May have happened: Notes: January-December Butch Cassidy and Al Hainer drift between the Pitchfork, Quien Sabe and their own ranch. William Mc. Cutchen. Although he was no longer sheriff, he continued to stay in county politics. In 1. 86. 4 and 1. Deputy Sheriff under Sheriff John Hicks Adams. In the early 1. 86. Sarah, while she was giving birth to his grandchild.
John sold his ranch in south county to his son William in the 1. Larken Street in San Francisco. Johnson (April 5, 1. Oct 3, 1. 85. 3) Joseph W. Johnson, our second Sheriff, was born in North Carolina on the 2. October 1. 81. 8. Thompson in the September 1. Ramon Romero was hung on November 2. Grand Larceny, probably horse stealing. Then an Indian named Guadalupe was executed on December 1. Indian. After leaving office, Johnson continued to serve the people of San Jose and Santa Clara County. From 1. 86. 3 to 1. Mayor of San Jose and for 1. Justice of Peace. Within minutes he collapsed and died. William Mc. Cutchen (October 3, 1. October 2, 1. 85. William Mc. Cutchen, our third Sheriff was a large man, standing well over six feet tall. He was born in Davidson County, Tennessee in 1. In early 1. 84. 5 they had a daughter, Harriett. Several days later they thought their fortunes had changed for the better when a new train of twenty wagons rumbled into the fort. During the trip westward, William and another member of the party, C. T. Stanton left the main group and headed for Sutter’s Fort. The second relief trip, which included Mc. Cutchen, found what was left of the “Snow shoe party” that was making their way out of the mountains. Amanda was part of this group, but Harriett was not. She had died back at Donner Lake on February 2nd, and was buried inside one of the makeshift cabins. William and Amanda first settled in Sonoma, later moving to San Jose. By 1. 85. 2 the Mc. Cutchens had three children- James, John and Thomas. Sheriff Mc. Cutchen and Peter Minor, an Alderman of San Jose, failed to rest on the Sabbath. Preferring to test their equestrian skills they had a horse race through the streets of San Jose. The Sheriff won the race by a half a neck. The prize, a bottle of whiskey. Unfortunately the City Marshal didn’t seem to appreciate horse racing through his streets and arrested both the Sheriff and Alderman. The next morning they were arraigned before Mayor Houghton and were fined $1. Amanda died in 1. Edward Johnson Mc. Cutchen. Edward eventually became a prominent attorney in a San Francisco law firm that still bears his name, Mc. Cutchen, Doyle, Brown and Enersen. He was buried at the Oak Hill Cemetery in San Jose. Phillip T. Mc. Cabe (October 2, 1. October 5 1. 85. 7) The fourth Sheriff for Santa Clara County was Phillip Thurman Mc. Cabe. Davidson with whom he had five children, one son and four daughters, the son died in infancy. In 1. 84. 9 the Mc. Cabe family crossed the plains, stopping in January at Bidwell’s bar (Chico) in Butte County, where his wife died. In December 1. 85. Heguira and her two children. Mc. Cabe again ran for Sheriff in 1. Independent candidate. At the time of his death on November 2. Phillip Mc. Cabe was 8. He was buried in the pioneer section of Oak Hill Cemetery. John M. Murphy (October 5, 1. October 7, 1. 86. John Marion Murphy was an early pioneer to California as well as the fifth Sheriff of Santa Clara County. In 1. 84. 6, John was commissioned a Lieutenant under Captain Weber of the San Jose Volunteers. He was to help recruit volunteers in Santa Clara County to fight in the Mexican War. When the gold started to play out, Murphy headed south settling in Calaveras County. John, although only 2. Indians. He was very successful in getting them to mine gold for him in trade for merchandise from his business. It was said that by the time John left Murphy’s in 1. John returned to San Jose, and in 1. Virginia Reed, daughter of James F. Reed, both of whom were survivors of the ill- fated Donner Party. Virginia was only sixteen at the time of her engagement to John. On April 1. 0, 1. City Councilman for the City of San Jose. He beat out Sheriff Mc. Cabe 9. 87 to 6. 80. After leaving his political offices, John Murphy joined the private sector. John died on Wednesday, February 1. San Augustin Street. James Faris Kennedy (October 7, 1. February 6, 1. 86. James Faris Kennedy, a Nurseryman by trade, became our sixth Sheriff on October 7, 1. He was voted into office in the September Election of 1. Sheriff Kennedy was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, January 1. He married Serena Salter in 1. The Kennedy’s lived in Philadelphia where he worked as the Superintendent for the Fairmount Water Works until they moved to California in 1. Kennedy worked as an agent for Commodore Stockton, and was put in charge of 3,0. San Jose and Santa Clara. It was during this time that Kennedy built a large and prosperous nursery business, purchasing 3. Los Gatos suitable for planting almond, French Prunes and apricot orchards. During the 1. 85. Leland Stanford ran for Governor James was the losing nominee for Lieutenant- Governor of California on the Republican Ticket. On Friday the 2. 4th of October 1. Deputy Sheriff Martin Rohan, the acting Jailor, was stabbed to death during a jail break. Kennedy had four months left to his term as Sheriff, when he died suddenly during surgery for a tumor in his shoulder on February 6, 1. John Hicks Adams (February 1. March 7, 1. 87. 0) & (March 4, 1. March 6, 1. 87. 6) John Hicks Adams is probably the most well known and famous Sheriff in the history of Santa Clara County. His father, John Adams Sr., was elected Sheriff of Madison County in 1. John Jr., was appointed Deputy Sheriff; his duties included collecting taxes and taking care of court business. In December 1. 84. John married Mathilda Pomeroy. Their first child, May Hanna was born one year later on December 2. In May of 1. 84. 7, during the Mexican War, Adams joined Company J, fifth Regiment of the Illinois Volunteers. During the march south, the commander of his company, Captain Niles, died; John was promoted to Captain of Company J, the rank he continued to maintain throughout his year and half of active duty. John served most of his time in the Southwest, fighting Indians. Captain Adams was discharged from the service on the 1. October 1. 84. 8. When word spread East that gold had been discovered in California, John was struck with gold fever. They settled in Georgetown, where John continued mining, when in 1. Gilroy. John started his political career by running for and winning the office of County Supervisor for Gilroy and Almaden Township in the September election of 1. In 1. 86. 3, John ran for Sheriff, beating William Aram by more than 5. With the passing of Sheriff Kennedy on February 6,1. Board of Supervisors appointed Aams (who would have been sworn in as Sheriff in March. Kennedy’s term. Adams ran for re- election in 1. He became the first Sheriff in Santa Clara County to be elected to three successive terms. Retiring for a couple of years in 1. In 1. 87. 5 Adams lost an election for the first and only time in his life, losing to Nicholas Harris, 2,8. On January 2. 4, 1. Adams and ex- County Clerk Cornelius Finley left San Jose for the last time, leaving San Jose to mine gold in Arizona’s Davidson Canyon. In late August, Adams and Finely were appointed Deputy United States Marshals for the Arizona Territory. Ten days later, the headlines in Arizona and San Jose newspapers told the story of their murders. Adams and Finely had left the Washington mine and were in route to Tucson when they were ambushed by five Mexican bandits’ Finely died instantly with a gunshot to his heart, but Adams put up a fight. The murderers were caught in Mexico and held in a Sonoran jail, but Mexican officials refused to extradite them to the United States for the prosecution of the murders. While Captain Adams was Sheriff, he was second to none in skillful pursuit of wanted outlaws. Although he didn’t personally capture the highwayman Tiburcio Vasquez, it was his information that led to a large crowd of men, women and children in the yard of the Santa Clara County Jail. In 1. 86. 4, a band of renegade Confederate soldiers from San Jose robbed two stage coaches near Placerville. During the pursuit Deputy Sheriff Staples of El Dorado County was gunned down. Information filtered to Sheriff Adams that the confederates were held up in a shack near Almaden. Sheriff Adams and a posse of Deputies surrounded the shack, and demanded their surrender. The robbers failing to obey the order and tried to escape. A shoot- out, right out of a western movie, ensued. All of the confederates were either captured or killed in the volley of shots. Sheriff Adams was wounded when a bullet struck his pocket watch and glanced into his ribs. Nicholas R. Harris (March 8, 1. March 4, 1. 87. 2 & March 6, 1. March 7, 1. 88. 0)Nicholas R. Harris served as the 8th Sheriff of Santa Clara County. Along the way, he had trouble with Indians and heavy snow, finally reaching Sutter’s Fort October 1. Nicholas married Mary E. Ogan in 1. 86. 2 and had four sons. Harris first ran for Sheriff in 1. Sheriff Adams by exactly 1. Two years later, he beat out Adams’ Under- Sheriff, R. B. For the election of 1. Adams decided to run again for the Sheriff’s job. Although he was the incumbent, Sheriff Harris lost to the popular Adams 2,6. Harris waited until 1. Sheriff, this time beating Sheriff Adams by 7. He was re- elected in 1. A. G. Hinman, but in 1. Frank E. Williams, 2,3. In June 1. 88. 8, Harris was appointed by President Cleveland as a Special Operative for the United States Secret Service. He was promoted to the rank of Special Agent, making $5. July of 1. 89. 4. He held this position until his retirement on February 1. Harris died in San Francisco on Tuesday, May 2. He was walking with his son, Nicholas Jr., when all of a sudden he collapsed, dying in his son’s arms. Frank E. Williams (March 8, 1. January 7, 1. 88.
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