Married to Mary A. Elsemore 11 Aug 1855 in Trescott,Washington,Maine
Published The Stockton Daily Independent, Saturday Morning, March 14, 1891, Page 3
Theodore J. Chaloner
Sketch of the Life of a Pioneer Farmer.
By the death of Theodore J. Chaloner, which occurred on Tuesday last at the residence of his son in San Francisco, another pioneer of the State of California has joined the ranks of the great majority. Mr. Chaloner was born in the State of Maine August 10, 1824, and was therefore 66 years and seven months old.
Family reverses made it necessary for him early in life to take the burden of support upon his own shoulders. From a fishing lad upon the coast of Maine he advanced until he rounded the Horn as mate of a ship bound for San Francisco. The gold fever then so prevalent and contagious claimed him too for a victim, and he exchanged the life of a sailor for that of a miner. After a certain amount of success, in which he collected a small fortune, he revisited the State of his nativity, married and returned to California. A few months were spent in Yolo county, after which he settled on the ranch ten miles southeast of Stockton where he passed the remainder of his life. In November, 1885, Mr. Chaloner died. The loss was more than Mr. Chaloner could bear, and the illness that terminated his life dates back to that event. Naturally he was a man with a strong and vigorous constitution, possessing a nature that found pleasure in hard work and honest labor.
Mr. Chaloner was a descendant of the family by that name so prominent in English history in the reigns of Elizabeth, James and Mary. The first to come to America was Dr. William Chaloner, grandfather of the deceased, who was a naval surgeon during the Revolutionary war. He was also one of the instituters of Washington Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, the first lodge in America, and also one of the commissioners to fix the boundary line between Canada and the United States.
Mr. Chalone was known extensively throughout the county as eccentric in some regards but a ma whose word was as good as his bond. He was a member of the San Joaquin Society of California Pioneers and in politics a staunch Republican. His funeral took place from the Church of the Advent (Episcopal), San Francisco, on Thursday last, with a full choral service. The remains will be brought to this city and laid in the family vault by the side of his wife about April 1st.
Published The Stockton Daily Independent, Saturday Morning, March 14, 1891, Page 3
Theodore J. Chaloner
Sketch of the Life of a Pioneer Farmer.
By the death of Theodore J. Chaloner, which occurred on Tuesday last at the residence of his son in San Francisco, another pioneer of the State of California has joined the ranks of the great majority. Mr. Chaloner was born in the State of Maine August 10, 1824, and was therefore 66 years and seven months old.
Family reverses made it necessary for him early in life to take the burden of support upon his own shoulders. From a fishing lad upon the coast of Maine he advanced until he rounded the Horn as mate of a ship bound for San Francisco. The gold fever then so prevalent and contagious claimed him too for a victim, and he exchanged the life of a sailor for that of a miner. After a certain amount of success, in which he collected a small fortune, he revisited the State of his nativity, married and returned to California. A few months were spent in Yolo county, after which he settled on the ranch ten miles southeast of Stockton where he passed the remainder of his life. In November, 1885, Mr. Chaloner died. The loss was more than Mr. Chaloner could bear, and the illness that terminated his life dates back to that event. Naturally he was a man with a strong and vigorous constitution, possessing a nature that found pleasure in hard work and honest labor.
Mr. Chaloner was a descendant of the family by that name so prominent in English history in the reigns of Elizabeth, James and Mary. The first to come to America was Dr. William Chaloner, grandfather of the deceased, who was a naval surgeon during the Revolutionary war. He was also one of the instituters of Washington Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, the first lodge in America, and also one of the commissioners to fix the boundary line between Canada and the United States.
Mr. Chalone was known extensively throughout the county as eccentric in some regards but a ma whose word was as good as his bond. He was a member of the San Joaquin Society of California Pioneers and in politics a staunch Republican. His funeral took place from the Church of the Advent (Episcopal), San Francisco, on Thursday last, with a full choral service. The remains will be brought to this city and laid in the family vault by the side of his wife about April 1st.
Married to Mary A. Elsemore 11 Aug 1855 in Trescott,Washington,Maine
Published The Stockton Daily Independent, Saturday Morning, March 14, 1891, Page 3
Theodore J. Chaloner
Sketch of the Life of a Pioneer Farmer.
By the death of Theodore J. Chaloner, which occurred on Tuesday last at the residence of his son in San Francisco, another pioneer of the State of California has joined the ranks of the great majority. Mr. Chaloner was born in the State of Maine August 10, 1824, and was therefore 66 years and seven months old.
Family reverses made it necessary for him early in life to take the burden of support upon his own shoulders. From a fishing lad upon the coast of Maine he advanced until he rounded the Horn as mate of a ship bound for San Francisco. The gold fever then so prevalent and contagious claimed him too for a victim, and he exchanged the life of a sailor for that of a miner. After a certain amount of success, in which he collected a small fortune, he revisited the State of his nativity, married and returned to California. A few months were spent in Yolo county, after which he settled on the ranch ten miles southeast of Stockton where he passed the remainder of his life. In November, 1885, Mr. Chaloner died. The loss was more than Mr. Chaloner could bear, and the illness that terminated his life dates back to that event. Naturally he was a man with a strong and vigorous constitution, possessing a nature that found pleasure in hard work and honest labor.
Mr. Chaloner was a descendant of the family by that name so prominent in English history in the reigns of Elizabeth, James and Mary. The first to come to America was Dr. William Chaloner, grandfather of the deceased, who was a naval surgeon during the Revolutionary war. He was also one of the instituters of Washington Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, the first lodge in America, and also one of the commissioners to fix the boundary line between Canada and the United States.
Mr. Chalone was known extensively throughout the county as eccentric in some regards but a ma whose word was as good as his bond. He was a member of the San Joaquin Society of California Pioneers and in politics a staunch Republican. His funeral took place from the Church of the Advent (Episcopal), San Francisco, on Thursday last, with a full choral service. The remains will be brought to this city and laid in the family vault by the side of his wife about April 1st.
Published The Stockton Daily Independent, Saturday Morning, March 14, 1891, Page 3
Theodore J. Chaloner
Sketch of the Life of a Pioneer Farmer.
By the death of Theodore J. Chaloner, which occurred on Tuesday last at the residence of his son in San Francisco, another pioneer of the State of California has joined the ranks of the great majority. Mr. Chaloner was born in the State of Maine August 10, 1824, and was therefore 66 years and seven months old.
Family reverses made it necessary for him early in life to take the burden of support upon his own shoulders. From a fishing lad upon the coast of Maine he advanced until he rounded the Horn as mate of a ship bound for San Francisco. The gold fever then so prevalent and contagious claimed him too for a victim, and he exchanged the life of a sailor for that of a miner. After a certain amount of success, in which he collected a small fortune, he revisited the State of his nativity, married and returned to California. A few months were spent in Yolo county, after which he settled on the ranch ten miles southeast of Stockton where he passed the remainder of his life. In November, 1885, Mr. Chaloner died. The loss was more than Mr. Chaloner could bear, and the illness that terminated his life dates back to that event. Naturally he was a man with a strong and vigorous constitution, possessing a nature that found pleasure in hard work and honest labor.
Mr. Chaloner was a descendant of the family by that name so prominent in English history in the reigns of Elizabeth, James and Mary. The first to come to America was Dr. William Chaloner, grandfather of the deceased, who was a naval surgeon during the Revolutionary war. He was also one of the instituters of Washington Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, the first lodge in America, and also one of the commissioners to fix the boundary line between Canada and the United States.
Mr. Chalone was known extensively throughout the county as eccentric in some regards but a ma whose word was as good as his bond. He was a member of the San Joaquin Society of California Pioneers and in politics a staunch Republican. His funeral took place from the Church of the Advent (Episcopal), San Francisco, on Thursday last, with a full choral service. The remains will be brought to this city and laid in the family vault by the side of his wife about April 1st.
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