Holden, Francis Powers, 1810-1893.
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Holden, Francis Powers, 1810-1893.
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Holden, Francis Powers, 1810-1893.
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Capitalist, stock raiser. Abington, Mass.-born maternal uncle of Delia Hammond Locke, wife of founder of Lockeford, Calif. Raised sheep and acquired real estate in San Joaquin and Calaveras Counties (1860-1882). Active in Sons of Temperance (1860-1863), Society of Good Templars (1887-1888) and Congregational Society of Stockton, Calif. (1875-1893). Early a widower, "Uncle" Holden was an epistolary confidante of several female members of two generations of close-knit Locke family. Their correspondence evokes hardship and loneliness of women's lives in rural 19th century California.
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Lockeford (Calif.)
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Humboldt County (Calif.)
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Stockton (Calif.)
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California
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Jolon (Calif.)
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California--Monterey County
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California--San Joaquin County
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