Notes:

Elisha is the son of Jane Terry & George Tarbox.

. 1847 Feb 5 - John & I went to Winter Quarters to see my sister Jane. We found she had left Sister Thompson & gone to live at Brother Wooleys. …We came home February 6 & on February 15, Elisha Tarbox & I went again to Sister Holman's where Jane died of consumption (TB). … It was not long after this that John Heward & the 10 year old had a little trouble over an errand which John sent him on. John reprimanded him quite severely, this made Grandma Terry vexed & she sent for Elisha to come & live with them, which he did. He crossed the plains in their wagon in the Allen Taylor Company arriving in the Salt Lake Valley October 15, 1849.

[His half-sister] Emma Young had got better of the canker & was going to school. She was now 7 years old. It was a great trial for such young children to be left without parents at the commencement of such a wearisome trek as the more than 1000 miles they had to travel to get to the Valley of the Mountains, but they were fortunate to have relatives to care for them. Emma Amanda, with the Hewards came in the company with Zerah Pulsipher as Captain (Terry Lund's great grandfather) which arrived in Salt Lake 25 Sep, 1848.
The Hewards had a hard struggle to get along in this new land, of course Emma suffered along with the rest.
. 1855 January 16, grandfather Parshall Terry came to see how they were getting along & told them he thought they could do better if they moved to Draperville where most of the Terry's were located, so they did in March of that same year. But later Elisha went to live with my father & mother. Finally, Emma Amanda went to live permanently with her grandparents & brother Elisha. I imagine her life here was a bit more happy. Elisha later went to California where he established a home & had his family.
Ref: A Puritan Heritage, The Ancestry of Marshall & Hannah Terry, by H Vernon & Eleaner M Hall, .
Ref: 1889 & Marshall Terry Family History, by Terry Lund, 1900.

. 1853 Apr 23, American Fork, Utah, Military Service, Elisha T Tarbox.

San Francisco Directory
. 1862, 54 Jessie St, Elisha T Tarabox, Driver;
- xx Cheer House Laundry, Elisha T. Tarbox, propt. office 121 Ldierdoff.

San Francisco, California Voter Registration, for Elisha Terry Tarbox, born New York:
. 1866 Jul 16, Presidio Rd., San Fran. Age 28, b. NY.
. 1880 Aug 05, NW Corner Union & Octavia, Age 43, b 1837 NY
. 1882 Aug 25, 105 Stockton,
. 1888 Aug 8, 1890 Aug 9, 1892 Sep 1 & 1896 Jun 1896, 504 Washington

Recorded for further research, further information would be much appreciated:
XRef: Elisha Tarbox.1 & Elisha Tarbox.2 & George Tarbox:

. 1869 Oct 27 & again 1870 May 23-31st, Letters remaining in the Wells
Fargo Co. Express Office, San Francisco Post office: E T Tarbox.

. 1870 Jan 8. California, San Francisco, Neld & Goss Laundry, sold out to E T Tarbox.
. 1871 Apr 8. A large number of young men assembled at Dashaway Hall, last evening for the purpose of organizing a Young Man's Republican Club of San Francisco.
. 1871 Jul 11, E T TARBOX, Long & favorably known in this city, will probably run on the Republicans ticket at our coming election, for Supervisor of the Twelfth Ward.
Ref: San Francisco Bulletin Newspaper.
. 1872 Feb 18, Sun. Notice of application … bounded from the distillery of ET Tarbox, formerly Gavotta.
. 1872 Sep 18, Wed. Deeds Files James S Kennedy to Elisha T Tarbox, a certain track of land formerly known as Boise Mill property, but now known as the Los Angeles Distillery, for $14,000. James S Kennedy to Elisha T Tarbox, a certain piece of land, situated in the county of Lost Angeles, for $10.
Ref: Los Angeles Daily Star.

. 1871 Sep 7 - Twelfth Ward, S Fran. Stanyan for Supervisor. In this ward among the workers were … ET Tarbox.
. 1872 Jul 3 & 6 - Fourth of July Celebrations: Procession assemble at Occidental Hotel, Stockton St. Aides of Grand Marshal & marchers … ET Tarbox.
Ref: San Francisco Chronicle.

. 1872 Oct 18 - Passengers from Los Angles, by Telegraph, the steamer Orisba sails this afternoon from San Pedro for SF, Passengers ET Tarbox, 6 chinamen.
Ref: Weekly Alta California Newspaper, San Fran., pub. Oct 26 .
. 1873 July 8, 12th Ward, Polls at north east corner Pos & Pacific, Supervisor, ET Tarbox. Ref: SF Bulletin.
. 1874 Sep 23 - Los Angeles grape growers are beginning to harvest their crops now, preparatory to manufacturing them into wine & spirits. ET Tarbox will commence distilling brandy about the 5th of October. He will use 7 tons per day.
Ref: Stockton Daily Evening Herald.

. 1874 Oct 6 - Grape Juice - Commencement of Operations in the Distillery, An Extensive establishment, the process of Mfg. Brandy, Something for LA to be proud.
Yesterday, through the courtesy of Mr. E. T. Tarbox, the leassee & operator of the Los Angeles Distillery, members of the city press were furnished carriages & a polite invitation to visit the extensive establishment across the river & witness the opening of the Fall vintage. The distillery has lately been refitted & supplied with all the necessary machinery & appliances for a vigorous prosecution of work during the grape season. The building itself is commodious & well arranged & everything about the establishment has been brought to the most desirable state of cleanliness & good order. Commencing with the Introduction of the grapes from a platform on the southeastern side of the building, we pass through a huge doorway which leads directly the crusher. The grapes are packed In boxes of a convenient size, holding four pounds each & are thus carried in on tramways from the receiving platform. About 10 tons were stacked up ready for use, this being only a small installment compared with the capacities of the establishment & designed, only for a short run to test the machinery. Four men were kept busy feeding the crusher & at that, could not supply the machine to its full capacity, which is placed at over 10 tons an hour. After crushing, the pulp & juice pass into a huge mash-tub beneath & the stems are carried out upon a platform to be rinsed & afterwards pitched off out of the way by a workman who stands by with pitchfork in hand.
The mash-tub is 18 feet In diameter & has a capacity of 2,500 gallons. It is provided with a large sweep with rake teeth, which is kept constantly in motion stirring up the juice & pulp as It falls into the tub. When filled & properly stirred with its due proportion of water, the mash Is passed through pipes to the fermenting tanks on a lower floor. Of these there are 12 of a capacity of 5,000 gallons each, or an aggregate capacity of 60,000 gallons. After remaining in the tanks for 48 hours, to allow proper fermentation, the mass is allowed to pass through flumes sunk in the floor & leading from each tub to an underground cistern holding 11,000 gallons. From this it is pumped at once to the top of the building, where it passes into a still with a 6,000 gallon capacity. This still is an immense tub similar to the others, though much higher & divided into three compartments, one above the other, with appliances for steaming & refining. Here, in due course of time, the mass of fermented pulp changes to spirits, in its passage respectively through the 3 compartments & comes out through a pipe beneath & is connected into the final reservoirs. These are 3 in number &g hold each 1,613 gallons. They are kept under Government lock & key & are not accessible even to the managers of the distiller.

Having passed through the whole process from the grape to the brandy, some general remarks concerning the; workings of the establishment may be in order. The force of operatives consists of Mr. Tarbox, the proprietor, Mr. Lucian Curlis, the Superintendent, our genial friend, T Jeff White, bookkeeper & about 30 workmen altogether, in the various departments. When in full operation, the establishment will consume about 70 tons of grapes daily, turning out for the same period 15,000 gallons of spirits. This distillery is the largest in Southern California & one of the largest in the State. It has required a vast amount of pluck & capital to set such a mammoth concern at work & it is to be hoped that Mr. Tarbox will be amply rewarded for the step which he has taken. The importance of such a distillery to this section of the State cannot be overestimated, furnishing as it does a ready market for one of the principal products & securing the wealth in our midst which would otherwise find its location in San Francisco or some of the larger cities.
After viewing the distillery thoroughly & watching the manufacturIng process in its full operation, the company were invited into a house adjoining, where a fine collation was in waiting, presided over by the eminent colored artist George Van Buren. The viands had ample justice do to them & the health of Mr. Tarbox & the success of his enterprise was drank in many a bumper of sparkling champagne. The occasion, altogether, was a most happy one & we can only hope that the prosecution of his enterprise will be as pleasant throughout for Mr. Tarbox & his friends as the commencement proved yesterday.

. 1875 Jan 29 Land Transfer: ET Tarbox, 18 acres city LA, NW by LA river; also Lot E San Gabriel Rd app distillery.
Ref: Los Angeles Daily Herald.
. 1876 Jun 6, ET Tarbox was a passenger for San Francisco by the Ancon.

. 1878 Jan 27 - Mr. ET. Tarbox has telegraphed from San Francisco to Mr. Jeremiah Baldwin that the verdict in the Los Angeles Distillery case is in favor of the claimants. The distillery is the property of the Bank of California. As it will now, after a lapse of 3 years, pass out of government hands, it will be ready next fall to resume its mission of manufacturing grape brandy. This will be a decided boon to our vineyardists.
. 1878 Aug 10 - ET Tarbox, proprietor of the LA distillery, has filed a petition in bankruptcy in the US District.
Court. Liability, $81,618,62 assets $71,087,10.

. 1886 Apr 3 - LA is to have a water system of pure artisan water, obtained rom wells near the old Tarbox distillery. A Cornish engine is to be used that will throw 2 million gallons per diem up into a reservoir, where it can be sued to supply the city.
Ref: Press & Horticulturist, Riverside, California.

. 1895 Mar 28 - Deputy Census Marshals appointed E T Tarbox, Salary $6 a day.
1896 Oct 21 - Election Commoners yesterday appointed the following precinct officers: ET Tarbox.
Ref: San Francisco Call.

. 1900 Jun 1 Census San Francisco, California. Born Jul 1837, 1857, married 26 years/ 1831, Born NY, both parents born NY. Occupation: Clerk.
Ref: Los Angles Herald Newspapers, [all of the above.]

Days before death:
. 1904 Nov 26-27th. - The Corinthian Cal. & South Bay Yacht clubs brought the season to an official end last Saturday & Sunday. Members & visitors adjourning afterwards to the main hall for the jinks. Programme, …South Bay Yacht Club Soloist Violinist: Ben Tarbox.
Ref: SF Call, Published Nov 5, 1904.

. 1904 Nov 29, Tues. - NIGHTS OF COLUMBUS JINKS. - An entertaining high Jinks was given Tuesday night given Tuesday.
by San Francisco Council, Knights of Columbus at Golden Gate Hall. An excellent musical programme was given & several members of the Olympic Club contributed their services to make the evening one of pleasure.The following took part in the programme: [many inc.,] Ben Tarbox.
Ref: SF Call Newspaper, published Thurs. Dec 1, 1904.

. 1904 Dec 2 -Death, TARBOX Elisha T.,
beloved husband of Julia A. Tarbox & father of Benjamin L. Tarbox, a native of New York, aged 67 years 4 months & 7 days.
Ref: San Francisco Call. -. -

Page Two ELISHA TERRY TARBOX

. 1874 Nov 4 - A DISTILLERY SEIZED - Collector Sedgwick has seized, for violation of internal revenue laws, the distillery of ET Tarbox, located at Los Angles, together with some 10,000 gallons of fruit brandy therein. Ref: SF Bulletin.

. 1875 Mar 3 - THOSE MATERIALIZED SPIRITS, The Great Seizure of Grape Brandy at Los Angles. I M Foulke, Supervisor of Internal Revenue, who with Suv. Collector Mayhew recently seized the great grape brandy distillery at LA, a arrived in this city today. It appears from a statement made by Mr. Foule that 6 pipes of brandy were shipped from the distillery to SF in December last & the stamps on these pipes were inspected & found to be correct. During the month of January the same pipes bearing the stamps already used once before, were again received in this city. The violation of the law by the use of old stamps, aroused the suspicion of the Revenue authorities here & the LA distillery was therefore under strict surveillance.
The distillery, as stated in our special dispatch from LA, stands in the name of E T Tarbox & was under the management of Lucien Curtis. In explanation of the reason why the illicit manufacture of brandy was not discovered by the local authorities, it is stated that there was no storekeeper at the institution. The law does not provide for a storekeeper in a grape brandy distillery but tin the case of a grain distillery this order is deemed an imperative necessity. The reason given for the failure to provide storekeepers for the grape brandy distilleries, that several farmers manufacture grape brandy & it would be a great hardship on them to pay for a storekeeper.
The distillery at LA manufactured more brandy that the united products of all the other distilleries in the State. The Revenue authorities arrive at the yield of a distillery in this way. The capacity of the institution is surveyed; a certain number of boilings is allowed; the time required for fermentation is noted; & the owner or manager is obliged to report the production each months under oath.While searching the LA distillery, the Supervisor & his deputy came across a pipe 18 inches under the ground, in a little room adjoining the receiving room of the institution. This ice lead to rubs 150 feet from the building. It is unnecessary to go not all the details. Suffice it to say that tin tubs buried under the grounded in pipes concealed in hay, about 75,000 gallons of body was discovered. The institution was seized & the work of pumping out the brandy was forthwith commenced. As fast as the brandy is removed from he tanks it is placed in fire-proof back warehouses, 2 of which have been leased by the Government.
The only people who deserve any sympathy in this affair are the small producers to whom the distillery people are indebted. Two years ago the grape growers lost heavily by the burning of the distillery. Curtis, then the owner, being unable to pay his debts. An now by the attempt on the part of the distillery people to swindle the Government, the producers are again losers in sums caring from $200 to $2,000. Curtis is a man who held public offices in this State about 20 years & finally drifted into the distillery business a few years ago.
Ref: SF Bulletin Newspaper.

. 1875 Mar 16 & 25 - DISTILLERY FRAUDS at Los Angeles is given as follows in the Call of 11th The official gauge of the grape brandy seized at Turbos & Curtis' distillery, the officers having finished pumping out the underground vats, shows 61,702 proof gallons seized at L, busies which 6 pipes, 1,600 poof gallons shipped from the under reused stamps, were seized a short time before in SA, ming a total of 63,302 pored gallons seized.In addition to which was seized the valuable distillery property at LA work probably fro $30-40,000.
Warrants were issued the the arrest of E W Tarbox, the nominal proprietor & Lucien Curtis, the superintendent. Tarbox has been arrested in this city & bound over to appear before the next US Grand Jury, in the same of $10,000 with James Laidley as security.
Ref: LA Herald & San Diego Union Newspaper.

. 1876 Apr 5 - CROOKED BRANDY, TRAIL OF THE LA DISTILLERY CASE
On Nov 4, 1874, 13,000 gallons or grape brandy made were seized in the name of E T Tarbox as proprietor & Lucien Curtis as manager. Huge Hoffman allowed the party to bond the spirits & to go on & work up the material on hand & that contract for. On Feb 26 the same deputy made another seizer of 61,700 gallons which was turned over to the US Marshall. Since the time the distillery & costs have remained in charge of keepers appointed by the Marshall. The defendants wee arrest a year ago this month & in June the USGrand Jury found a true bill of indictment against them.
Mr. Van Duzer made the opening statement against L Curtis on 13 counts … of which large quantities of distilled sports had not been paid & removing & concealing the same. He failed to keep looks as required by law & no entries were made. some months afterwards another visit was made by Revenue officers discovering a large quantity of concealed spirits. Seizure & confiscation of the property. … Large quants of sports had been surreptitiously removed from the premises was shown by the fact that a number of barrels had been traced to a chart in SF with stamps & labels on them which proved beyond all question that they had been shipped by the defendant.
Collection HW Mayhew submitted a notice given by ET Tarbox that he was about opening a fruit distillery in LA, as required by law.

. 1876 Apr 12 - Examination of Mr. Tarbox resumed. He testified: The first product of the sill was not gaged by me. Prior to the seizure of Nov 1874, he made about 10,000 gallons of singlings. After that seizure I made some 15,000 gallons of brandy. Tax was paid upon a part & the remainder was stored in the ware house. I had on hand at the time of the 2nd seizure, about 11-12,000 g. of brandy. It was sold to the LA Brand. Feb 25 when the 2nd seizure was made, I did not register my still as not being in use up to the time, as I intended to treat my singling.
At that time because I had as much brandy on hand as I could impose of for some months & I had no money to pay for the necessary casks required. I went to a wholesale him in this city & asked them to write of NY & see what California brandy was worth which they did & told me it was worth form $1.50 to $2 a gallon. I then went to the Bank of California & explained matters & they gave me a letter of credit on the LA Bank. This was in February. I then bought 200 barrels & 100 pipes from J M Curits for the purpose of shipping the spirits.
The only reason that I did not double on the singles was because I had up to the time money. He had no other interest in the establishment except his salary, $300 a month. There had been no spirits sent from the distillery about the time the sports were seized at Spadra. They could not have been sent without my knowledge. All my brandy was stored n the warehouse which I described in my application. I know nothing about the Spadra seizure except what I have heard from others. I have heart the description of the packages seized ex-Orizaba. I need had any such spirits sent from my distillery as those described by the Gov. witnesses.
the cisterns are instructed by the advice of Mr. Curtis who recommended me to put them down in order to store the rain water, which he said was the best thing to reduce brandy with. They were underground to prevent the water from getting putrid. The pipe was used for the purpose of catching the water from the roof of the receiving & fermenting room. The pipe went 5 feet underground to prevent it interfering with the foundation.
Mr. Tarbox testified that it would take 2 weeks to fill the underground tanks. There was no secrecy in emptying the singling into them. It was known to everybody around the distillery. The storage buildings were not locked in the daytime. Neither the distillery nor the rectifier was in operation at the time of the seizure. Had the distillery been left alone until May all the spirit stock would have been accounted for to the Gov. authorities. Witness said that upon the singling being gauged he made a tender to the Revenue Dept. of duty amount to $40,000 but the tender as refuse … If Mr Curtis had reported the 3,200 gal. instead of 2,332 gal. of singling, it would appear as if were working on juice of the original material.
The spirits were stored in those places to keep them cool. There was no hay put over the pipes, to my knowledge. I was never absent from the distillery more than 3 hours in a day during the time ti was running. I had a rough memorandum of the number of empty packages, but not of the filled ones. No one could take any packages out of the distillery without my knowledge. I would miss he packages. I had an account of all the packages on hand a the end of October. I cannot say how much brandy I sold to Curtis who told me about using rain water. He called it the French method, to keep the rain water for a year or two & use it to reduce the brandy to proof. which would be illegal but there is now law against adding water or burnt sugar at the distillery. The rainy season at LA is very short.
An offer was made to get the spirits released I had a copper still in the refinery. I do not know that its capacity is 900 gallon. I was authorized to produce at the refinery by redistilation are grape brandy, pure spirits & alcohol. In Jun 1875, Sam. Hubbard of San Rafael, introduced Mr. Tarbox to the firm that could ship some of 60,000 gallons of sports East.
Ref: San Francisco Evening Post, published Apr 5, 1876, [Edited for duplication - PJA]

. 1876 Apr 13, Thurs. J M Curtis testified, to rectify brandy & free it from fusil oil & other impurities, Witness had made distillation study, studied chemistry & graduated as an analytical chemist. It is a great object to distill grape juice as rapidly as possible into singlings to prevent the pomace being destroyed. the color of singling come from the still is white. The light sherry color in singling is attributed to the wood casks. Witness Mayhew's opinion it would take about 30 days to double 31,000 wine singling into to grape brandy. Lady is worst at present $1.50 per gallon. Mr. Coghland put a few handfuls of hay on top to keep off the sun. PJ White testified the underground cisterns were put down openly, everyone could se them in the course of construction. He was employed as weighted because I spoke Spanish.
Ref: San Francisco Evening Post.

. 1876 Apr 20, Thus. The defeat of Government against Curtis & Tarbox is gratifying or otherwise just. There are many circumstances connected with the Avenue law & enforcement which incline fair mined men to sympathize with those those subject to its conditions especially when they fall into the hands of officers on charges of violating those conditions. The Revenue law supposes a distiller to be a thief & its is the custom of Revenue officers to on the assumption that the law is correct.
Ref: LA Daily Herald.

. 1876 Apr 20 - The defeat of the Government in the case of the US against Curtis & Tarbox is gratifying or otherwise just as one regards the situation of he many Revenue laws & law enforcement in cline fair mined men to sympathize with those subjects to its conditions especially when they fall into the hands of the officers on charges of violating those conditions. It is quite probable that the business of the LA Distillery was conducted on the cranked order. But the Government couldn't prove it & we are inclined to rejoice over the result of the trail.
Ref: Los Angeles Daily Herald.

. 1876 May 27, Sat. - The following passengers left San Francisco yesterday at 9 AM on steamer Orizaba for Los Angles: E T Tarbox.

. 1876 May 31 - A meeting of the creditors of Los Angeles distillery will be held today. Mr. Tarbox, one of the proprietors, has called this meeting for the purpose of conferring with those holding claims to made satisfactory to the creditors.
Much Ado About Nothing. After a great deal of dust & feathers, expense, loss, inconvenience& the subsequence tail of one of the proprietors of the Lost Angeles distillery, growing out of the seizure of the establishment on a complaint of violation of International Revenue Law, the conclusion has been reach that no illegal act has been committed. The Judge before whom the case was tried was not in accordance with the law. A new trail will probably be granted Mr. Curtis & the result will be the total acquittal of the defendant. Mr. Tarbox, another one of the proprietors was indicted on 3 counts precisely similar on which Mr. Curtis was acquitted, it is not likely that he will be brought to trial. … for all the damage to farmers vineyardist who supplied the grapes, there is no recourse.The Government makes no restitution for losses it inflicts upon citizens.

. 1876 Jun 1 - Yesterday the fruit growers held a meeting at the County Court room for the purpose of making a disposition of the indebtedness of E. T. Tarbox to them. About 25 creditors were present. Thirteen of these signed, an agreement to accept 60¢ on the dollar, with one year's time, in payment in full, for the purpose of following Mr. Tarbox to start a distillery & rectify during the ensuing year. The general feeling of the creditors present was in favor of giving an opportunity for the recovery of Mr. Tarbox's fortune. There was an almost unanimous feeling in favor of giving him a fair chance to renew business again & the best wishes of the majority of his creditors are with him. He is an able business man, & we join in the kind wishes of his friends.

. 1875 Jun 16 - It is reported that Tarbox, in a suit in San Francisco, has recovered the liquors seized of the Los Angeles Distillery. This, if true, is good news to our vineyardists who are the creditors of the concern.

. 1876 May 27, Sat. - The following passengers left San Francisco yesterday at 9 AM on steamer Orizaba for Los Angles: ET Tarbox.
Ref: Los Angeles Daily Herald.

. 1878 Jan 5, The North Pacific Land & Water Copay, Stockholders Meeting, quarter annual meeting will be held at the office of Wm W Morrow, President, Room 76, Navada Black, on Jan 7, 1787 at 9:30 Am. Signed, ET Tarbox, Secretary.
Ref: San Francisco Bulletin.

. 1878 Jan 27 - ET Tarbox has telegraphed from San Fran. to Jeremiah Baldwin that the verdict in the LA Distillery case is in favor of the claimants. The distillery is the property of the Bank of California. As it will now, after a lapse of 3 years, pass out of government hands, it will be ready next fall to resume its mission of manufacturing grape brandy. This will be a decade boon to our vineyardists.
Ref: Los Angeles Daily Herald.
. 1878 Feb 12 - Deputy US Marshal Dunlap returned from San Fran. yesterday The US Attorney has made a motion for a new trail in the Tarbox Distillery case. The General option is, however, that the motion will be denies & that the matter will stand ad adjudged at the last trail. Ref: LA Daily Herald.
. 1878 Jul 23, LA Distillery US vs a certain lot of land, 28,000 gallons of distilled spirits, ET Tarbox, on appeal by US for several os the decision, rudest to grant a motion for a new trail. Ref: San Francisco Chronicle.
. 1878 Aug 10 - ET Tarbox, proprietor of the LA distillery, hayfield a potion in bankruptcy in the US District Court. Liabilities $81,618.62., Assets, $71,087,10.

. 1881 Jul 29 - Attempted Suicide. ET Tarbox, residing with his family at the corner of Octavia & Union streets, attempted suicide in the bathroom of his residence last evening by cutting his throat & attempting to sever the left femoral artery. Shortly before the hour mentioned he entered the house & find his wife absent, sent 2 of the children on an errand. He then entered the bathroom & removing his coat, gashed his throat twice with a razor. Death not ensuing as promptly as he desired, he made a third cut on the inside of the left thigh, which also failed to reach a vital spot. He was found a few minutes later by the children, who gave the alarm to Officers JJ Conley & Kelly, who later staunching the blood, removed him the city receiving hospital. Police Surgeon Clarke dressed the wounds pronounced the patient in no danger of decade. Mr. Tarbox was formerly quite wealthy & despondency at the loss of property is assigned, was the cause for his attempted at self-destruction.
Ref: San Francisco Chronicle.

. 1889 Oct 3 - J T Wallace Murder Trial, by shooting, Jury: ET Tarbox.
1899 Jul 29, Sat. - 45 District Republican Club convened at Garibaldi Hall & elected advisory delegates: ET Tarbox.
Ref: San Francisco Chronicle Newspaper.

Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
Ref: 1900 Census San Fran., Cal., Verify DOB & death date of his mother.

Died:
Aged. 67y 4m 7d. c

Buried:
Plot 3rd Floor, Section 3, Thier 3.1.

Elisha married Julia A HANNIGAN on 13 Dec 1871 in San Francisco, San Mateo Co., California. Julia was born in Jan 1849 in New York State; died on 31 Aug 1904 in San Francisco, San Mateo Co., California; was buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, San Francisco. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary CALIGHAN. Mary was born on 9 Sep 1844 in Ontario, Canada; died on 4 Nov 1900 in San Francisco, San Mateo Co., California; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. 1895 Nov 27 - A Suit for Support. Ida T Tarbox has sued hers husband, B L Tarbox, for separate maintenance & support. Hey were married March 7, 188 & Tarbox is said to have deserted his wife of Sep 30th last. It is represented in the complaint that Tarbox has an income of about $90 month. The wife asks that out off this amount she be allowed $60 a month.She also demands an allowance for counsel fees & costs pending the trial her her suit.
Ref: San Francisco Chronicle newspaper.

. 1896 Jan 25 - A Chance for Reconciliation. Benjamin Tarbox of the Reception Saloon has been given opportunity to effect a reconciliation with his wife, Ida, form who he has been living part for some months. Recently Mrs. Tarbox brought a suit for separate support & the action reached a trail in Judge Hun's your yesterday. Tarbox declared that he left his wife in consequence of difficulty with her folks. He had since regretted his action & wrote a letter to his wife asking her t live with him. Mrs. Tarox testified that she had loss all affection for her husband & had no desire to continue his wife. Judge Hunt thought, however, there was a chance for a recon illation & for that reason he dismissed the wife's suit.
Ref: San Francisco Chronicle.

. 1896 Jan 25 -TARBOX TROUBLES.
The Affairs of the family Are Laid Aside by Judge Hunt in Hopes of Peace.
Judge Hunt played the part of a peace maker yesterday between the various members of the Tarbox family. Mrs. Ida E. Tarbox, wife of Ben C. Tarbox, wanted her husband to support her & as he did not do so she sued for maintenance. The Tarboxes have been living apart for some time. They used to live in a flat at 909 Oak street & at 911 Oak, the flat above theirs, lived the father & mother of Mrs. Tarbox. The husband says the parents were always interfering In his domestic relations & finally one day when he had a little quarrel with his wife they came in & fanned the flames to such an extent that be left the home & refused to come back.
Soon after he sent a note to his wife saying that he bad provided a home for her & for himself away from her parents & asking that she come to it, but she refused. She said she had lost all affection for him & did not want to live with him.
This letter was submitted in evidence. Judge Hunt decided not to award the wife any allowance, as the husband was willing & anxious to take her back & he thought a reconciliation possible.

. 1896 Mar 7 - Deaths, Main, in this city, Mar 5, Wm. Washington, dearly beloved husband of Medora Thaolin Main, father of Mrs JC Fitzgerald, Mrs Ida T Tarbox, Mrs Owen H Wayne, Miss Alice L & Stanford W Main, a native of Boson, Mass, Aged 67y & 22d. Friends & acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral tomorrow, Sunday from his late residence, 911 Oak St.,
Ref: SF Chronicle

. 1896 Oct 22 - Default of defendant was entered by Judge Slack yesterday in the divorce suit of Ben Tarbox against Ida Tarbox. The action is on the ground of desertion.
. 1896 Oct 25 - Divorce Record Complains filed: Benjamin L Tarbox against Ida F Tarbox; by Judge Slack. Ben Tarbox yesterday secured a divorce form his wife, Ida.
Ref: San Francisco Morning Call Newspaper.

. 1897 Dec 15, Wed. - Member of the Bay City Wheelmen & Olympic cyclers gave an interesting session, Bass solo, The Scapegrace, by Ben L Tarbox.
Ref: San Francisco Chronicle Newspaper.

. 1899 Dec 14 - The Lobster quintet consisting of A J Kennedy, Ben L Tarbox, Edgar Sagar, Frank Thompson & Frank Coffin exited applause in the valley as far up as St. Helena & as low down as Napa Junction. The quintet sang for 36 hours & never shed a feather or treated an encore with distain. Their votes were as fresh as the finish as at the beginning. The pure night air of the valley preserves the vocal organs.

. 1901 Jan 10 - Tarbox-Atkins Wedding. ALAMEDA. Miss Clara Louise Atkins, a prominent soprano singer & Benjamin L. Tarbox were married, today at noon at the home of the bride's parents on Buena Vista Ave. The ceremony, was performed by Rev. F. S. Brush; pastor of 1st Presbyterian Church in the presence of relatives & intimate, friends. The couple will resided in San Fran.
Ref: San Francisco Call Newspaper.

. 1903 Jan. 21. Oakland. With reverentia hands aft that remained earthly, of the Rev. Father William; Gleason, the late pastor of St. Anthony's Church, was laid to rest this morning … A special quartet rendered the requiem & the offertory. The singers were Mrs. Benjamin Tarbox, soprano; Mrs. de Sacia Thomson, contralto: J. A. Boronda. tenor; J. C. Hughes, bass. Miss Elizabeth McNally. organist.

. 1905 Aug 11 - Clara L. Tarbox. formerly Miss Clara L. Atkins of Alameda, brought suit yesterday for absolute divorce from Benjamin L. Tarbox, for many years associated with E. E. Parker in conducting the Reception Cafe at 206 Sutter street. The charges in the complaint range from in temperance to cruelty & recite many particular instances of each. The plaintiff also seeks to have the Donohoe Kelly Banking Company & E. E. Parker of the firm restrained from disposing of $600 that the firm has on deposit until the conclusion of the suit. Mrs. Tarbox alleges that on many occasions Tarbox would humiliate her in public by appearing in an intoxicated condition & particularly while the couple were staying at the Hotel Berteling. She claims her husband appeared in the dining-room there several times in that condition.
Another time, while the couple were living at 1710 Page street, she alleges that he returned home intoxicated, abused her & tore her garments, at the same time choking her. Another instance is recited, when it is alleged that Tarbox lay prostrate on a public street of Alameda & was conveyed by a policeman to his mother-in-law's home, where he roundly abused her.

> B L Tarbox appear in numerous newspapers for singing or musical instrument recitals around San Fran.

. 1905 Jan 26 - OAKLAND - The members of St. Andrew's Society & Clan Macdonald No. 79, Order of Scottish Clans, held joint commemorative exercises last night in honor of the anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns at Hamilton Hall. Dr. J. K. Crawford acted as chairman & Judge Henry A. Melvin delivered an oration on Burns! An excellent musical programme was rendered, those taking part being Miss Ella V. McClosky, Mrs. Ben Tarbox.

LEIN ON BUSINESS:
. 1905 Aug 11 - Asks Divorce from the Owner of Cafe, Clara L. Tarbox Charges Husband With Intemperance & Cruelty.
Clara L. Tarbox. formerly Miss Clara L. Atkins of Alameda, brought suit yesterday for absolute divorce from Benjamin L. Tarbox, for many years associated with E. E. Parker in conducting the Reception Cafe at 206 Sutter street. The charges in the complaint range from intemperance to cruelty & recite many particular instances of each. The plaintiff also seeks to have the Donohoe Kelly Banking Company & E. E. Parker of the firm restrained from disposing of $600 that the firm has on deposing until the conclusion of the suit. Mrs. Tarbox alleges that on many occasions Tarbox would humiliate her in public by appearing in an intoxicated condition & particularly while the couple were staying at the Hotel Berteling. She claims her. husband appeared in the dining-room there several times in that condition. Another time, while the couple were living at 1710 Page street, she alleges that he returned home intoxicated, abused her & tore her garments, at the same time choking her. Another instance is recited, when it is alleged that Tarbox lay prostrate on a public street of Alameda & was conveyed by a policeman to his mother-in-law's home, where he roundly abused her.
Ref: San Francisco Call Newspaper, all of the above.

OBITUARY:
. 1928 Nov 7, Wed. Died, TARBOX, In this city, Benjamin Tarbox a native of San Francisco, aged 62 years.
Funeral services at 3 pm The. Nov 8, at the parlors of Martin & Born, 1515 Scott St, Bet. Geary & Post.
. 1928 Nov 8, B T TARBOX EXPIRES, Death Revives Cocktail Route Memories, Held Sway at Reception:
Ben Tarbox is dead. His passing will kindle memories among many carefree spirits who knew the SF of another er - of the debonair city which had a cocktail route as well defined as any other lane of traffic.
Men whose hair is beginning is whiten about the temples, was well as a multitude of old gray bears, venerated BD in the days of his sway. A virtuoso among artists in ambrosial beverages. Ben mixed drinks with the care of an apothecary & exultation of a mystic engage in a solemn right.
formally years before the fire in 1906 he was the proprietors of the Reception bar on Sutter st., one of the haunts of political stalwarts, merchants & professional men. food & drink here were not mere material things. They bordered close to adventures of the emotions. After the fire Tarobx & John E Tobin were partners in a cafe at Van Ness avenue & Geary its. When prohibitions ushered in aridity Tarbox was floor manager for Tobin at a famous dropping place in Maiden lane.
To know Ben. L Tarbox was a tonic. He was a born philosopher, a tireless reader of sound literature & devotee of music, spending many of his evenings at concerts & recitals. 30 years ago he sang baritone in the quartettes of the olympic Club & Corinthian Yacht Club.
He was born in SF 62 years ago, his father being a pioneer who took an active interest in municipal politics.
Tarbox died in St. Francis Hospital Monday night after a month's attack of influenza. Funeral services will be held this afternoon in a mortuary at 1515 Scott St. The body will be cremated.
Ref: San Francisco Chronicle & small photo, man in hat, white shirt & tie. - . -

Page Two: Robber Hold Out Beneath Tarbox's Saloon:

. 1909 Jan 28 - TRAPPED AFTER HIDING A WEEK BENEATH STORE
. Edward J. Rand Commits 2 Mysterious Thefts & Is Finally Caught
. Author of Daring Raids on Mose Gunst's Cigar Stand Is a College Graduate
. Makes Secret Passageway & Conceals Himself Until Taken by the Police
Hiding for 7 days in a tunnel beneath the scene of two daring burglaries. Edward J. Rand was trapped by Policemen T. A. Kerrigan and E. T. Timbs yesterday. Rand, a graduate of the Kentucky state university, twice raided the cigar store of Mose Gunst at Geary street and Van Ness avenue, and was finally captured after a week's siege.
Rand confessed his guilt to the arresting policemen, but later at the central station made several denials & contradicted himself. lie told the police that 1 had a confederate, and although first unbelieved. This statement was given the color of truth by the mysterious visit of 2 strangers to the vicinity of the crime yesterday. One of the mysterious pair asked for "Ed," and he answered the description given by Rend of his confederate.

. PLANS THIRD ROBBERY
Hand had carefully planned a third robbery one week ago, but lost his nerve when a conversation in a saloon overhead, warned him that he was trapped like a rat in his tunnel. Policemen had been stationed in the basement of the saloon, blocking Rand's avenue of escape and resulting in his capture yesterday morning, when his presence was betrayed by a futile at tempt to cut his way to freedom. Kerrigan & Timbs tore the boards from the tunnel's entrance & Rand, weakened by 7 days' life in the foul, dark & almost suffocating tunnel, made no resistance or attempt to escape when he discovered 2 revolvers pointed at him.

The two robberies, which took place October 12 and October 28, puzzled the police. The burglar left no trace on the first occasion, and suspicion fell on several of the store's clerks. The second time It was found that a section of flooring had been cut out but still It was not suspected that there existed a tunnel, or a space, left by the builders between the ground and floor.

. WATCHES THROUGH HOLES
Rand was formerly night clerk at the Hotel Martinet. In his original confession Rand claimed to have gained access to the Hotel Martinet through a window and then through a door & down a flight of stairs to the basement. He was compelled to squirm through less than a foot of space between the top of a door & a passageway under the saloon. A hole about a foot square was cut into the wall of the passageway by Rand, who thus got into the excavation under the saloon floor. Wriggling like a snake be kept on under the saloon, scraping away the dirt where necesA brick wall separates the subsaloon excavation from the narrow space under the cigar store. Rand burrowed through the brick wall, and after getting under the cigar store bored a small hole through the floor and later another. He used a brace & '.bit. Through these holes he -watched the safe being opened by the manager & learned the combination. Then at night he .cut through -into the store & opened the safe. He carried with him an electric wire and bulb, which he attached to existing wires, getting light. More than $300 of this loot was recovered from its hiding place in the hotel basement.

. FEEDS IN SALOON KITCHEN
Rand also bored holes up through the floor of the saloon & thus learned the combination of the safe there. He had in his possession, when caught, a drawing of a key used to' open the money drawers of the saloon safe. Pinkerton detectives had been watch ing the cigar store, but last week the 2 policemen were placed in the saloon cellar to await developments. It happened that Rand had entered the tunnel that day for a third coup, but overheard the policemen & others speaking in the saloon. This warned him that he was trapped, and he stole from his tunnel to the saloon kitchen each morning after the policemen, who had watched all night, had left. Here he obtained food and drink, but escape. In the daylight was impossible. At night the policemen were present & Rand remained trapped until his capture.

. FEARED FOR THEIR LIVES
Mysterious disappearances of a revolver, liquor, cigars, canned fruits & food from the saloon resulted In the
police being placed on watch. Tarbox & Tobin, the saloon proprietors, lived in fear of their lives, for though they could see no one both said they felt that their movements were watched. Rand's parents, who are well to do country folk, live at Vanceburg, Ky. Rand worked on the Phelan building for a time, but was discharged. He went to work as night clerk at the Hotel Martinet. He had lived at the Martinet since the earthquake. About September 7, Rand disappeared and at the urgent request of anxious parents in Vanceburg, J. Mackie, proprietor of the Martinet, advertised for the missing man. No trace of Rand was found until his capture yesterday morning.

. Photograph & Diagram of Edward J. Rand; the thief captured in tunnel & diagram showing; the course which he took in reaching the safe of the Moset Gunst cigar store - The saloon of Tarbox & Tobin is just over the spot at which Rand was captured. The safe it directly overhead. Rand went down the hotel stairs to the basement, over the partition, through the passageway to the tunnel entrance under the saloon to a, brick wall, through the wall, which he partially demolished, under the cigar store, until the safe was directly overhead, and; then up through, the flooring.
Rand confessed having overheard much conversation in the saloon concerning himself 'while peeking through an opening.
Ref: The San Francisco call. (San Francisco [Calif.]), 28 Jan. 1909, page 16.

. 1909 May 17 - I have sold the saloon at 1101 Gery St, owned by Tarbox & Tobin.
. 1909 Nov 14 - sold to Tarbox & Tobin, 20 Ellis St. Saloon.
. 1910 Jun 14 - Temporary Injunction. The tearing down of the frame building at 20 Ellis St., which is the saloon to Tarbox & Tobin has been halted yesterday by Pasquale G Cirella, owner of the bootblack stand occupying part of the frontage. Tarbox & Tobin sold their saloon to Ryan & Dewitt who are preparing for the erection of a oder place by demolishing the frame building.

Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:


Died:
COD: influenza. Cremation. Age 62y = 1866.

Family/Spouse: Ida T MAIN. Ida was born in 1868 in San Francisco, San Mateo Co., California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Births, Tarbox. In this city, Sept 25th, the wife of E T Tarbox, of a daughter.
Ref: San Francisco Chronicle, California.

. 1899 Sep 28 - HANNIGAN - In this city, September 27, 1899,
James W., son of the late Patrick & Mary Hannigan, brother of John S. & Charles L. Hannlgan & uncle of Ben L. Tarbox, a native of Boston, Mass., aged 57 years & 3 months.
Ref: The San Francisco Call Newspaper. - - -

Birth:
Alt DOB: Oct 22, 1868.

Notes:

. 1868 Feb 25, In this city, of diphtheria, George Francis, eldest son of Elisha T & Mary E Tarbox, aged 4 years. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral tomorrow, Thursday, at 1 o'clock PM from the residence of James Laidley, Presidio Rd. with our further notice.
Ref: San Fransisco Bulletin Newspaper, published 25 Feb, 1868. - - -

Died:
Aged 4y, COD: diptheria.