Holden, Francis Powers, 1810-1893.
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.
From the description of Francis P. Holden Papers, 1835-1893, bulk 1861-1893. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 30859762
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| creatorOf | Holden, Francis Powers, 1810-1893. Francis P. Holden Papers, 1835-1893, bulk 1861-1893. | University of the Pacific, William Knox Holt Memorial Library |
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| associatedWith | Congregational Society (Stockton, Calif.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Independent Order of Good Templars (Calif.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Locke, Delia Marcella Hammond, 1836-1923. | person |
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| Lockeford (Calif.) | |||
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| California--San Joaquin County |
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| Sheep |
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Birth 1810
Death 1893
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