Andrew Teague

Andrew & Permelia Teague
Courtesy of Joseph Wentworth

Andrew, the son of Nathaniel Teague (1778-1840)  and Jane Moody (1780-1860) was born in Boone County, Missouri on 1 Aug 1822.

"He was reared and educated in Jackson county, in that state, his parents having moved to that section when he was but three years of age. At the age of twenty-three he removed to Springfield, where he lived until he came to this state in 1850, via Fort Scott and Salt Lake, crossing the Humboldt and Carson rivers. He mined in various portions of the state until 1852, when he returned to Missouri. In the spring of 1853 he brought his family to this coast, settling in Woodside, where he resided seven years, engaged in the lumbering business. He then located at Redwood City, and began the practice of the law to which he had been educated. He was elected district attorney in 1869.... " History of San Mateo County p 266

Andrew married Permelia Morgan (1821-1908) on 12 Sep 1841 in Cass, Missouri.

Andrew was active in community affairs. While living in Woodside, he was elected a supervisor from the Third Township.  As such he participated in the vote to separate San Mateo from San Francisco county. He was a Justice of the Peace (5) and had a part in building the first road between Woodside and Redwood City.  He was also a member San Mateo County's first library association, seving at one point as President pro tem.

WOODSIDE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. – This Association held their regular quarterly meeting at Woodside on Monday last, 1st inst. ....  The President pro tem, Andrew Teague, Esq., on calling the Association to order, referred to the melancholy fact that on the 2d of August last, and since the last quarterly meeting, they had suffered the irreparable loss, by death of their much esteemed, President, D. Jagger, Esq.  He alluded to his many virtues as a man, to his excellent qualities as a citizen and a prominent member of society, ....  San Mateo County Gazette 6 Oct 1860 v2:27 - Transcription by Chris Havner

Handbook Almanac of the Pacific States.... 1864

Andrew moved his family to Redwood City in 1862.  He was elected assessor when the city incorporated in 1867, and later served as a town trustee.   He served as president of the Franklin Library when it moved into a building on Main Street in 1866. Redwood City Historical Trail

In 1864 Andrew, as guardian of the minor children of Antonio Buelna (dec), sold Ocean front property. (4)

In 1869, he was elected District Attorney (5)  of San Mateo County.

Proceedings of the Masons 1872

 He was also a charter member the Bayview Lodge #109 of IOOF (5) which was established in 1862 and of the Masonic Lodge #168.

Numerous entries in the Schellen's Collection give further details of Andrew Teague's life, including connections to the Big Basin, Pescadero and Yazor Creek Canal Companies, the Sons of Temperance and the Baptist and Methodist Churches.

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Patent Book 1 p 537

In 1876 the United States government affirmed Andrews patent to forty acres in Section 17 of Township 6 Range 4.  This is not the same land that is now Teague Hill Open Space Preserve, lying on the other side of Skyline Blvd.  Deed books were not checked for other Teague purchases, but those volumes are available on FamilySearch.

Teague died at his Redwood City home on 11 Mar 1884. (2) He was buried next to his only son, William Carlton Teague, in Union Cemetery two days later.

Francis May Teague Wright
Courtesy of
Joseph Wentworth

 Andrew and Permelia had seven known children:

•   Telitha Jane Teague (1843 - 1928) married James O. Shaw 1 May 1859 Woodside (1)
•    Sarah Anne Teague (1844 - 1924) married George E Wentworth  
•   Mary Louisa Teague  (1845 - 1927)  married George H. Rice 17 Apr 1872 Redwood City (1)
•   Martha Ellen Teague (1847 - 1914) married Ott Durham 25 Dec 1873 Redwood City (1)
•   Rebecca Elzira Teague (1849 - 1880) married William Albert Clark 18 Sep 1866 Redwood City (1)
•   William Carlton Teague (1853 - 1874) (3)
•   Francis May Teague (1854 - 1877) married Charles D Wright 27 Jan 1874 Redwood City (1)

Links
Andrew Teague - FindAGrave - maintained by Joseph Wentworth
Andrew Teague - WikiTree - maintained by Joseph Wentworth
Andrew Teague - Union Cemetery Plot D75
The Teagues of San Mateo County by John Edmonds
Teague Hill Open Space Preserve
Forms and Use of Blanks - Andrew Teague, Attorney at Law used as example in affidavit 18


Sources

1. San Mateo County Marriage Index; San Mateo Times Gazette Index
2. James Crowe Death Book - TEAGUE Andrew 61 7 11 Missouri 3/11/1884 Redwood City Married M White Lawyer Union Cemetery 3‐13‐1884 James Crowe; Death Notice in San Mateo Times Gazette 15 Mar 1884
3. SMC Early Deaths - Teague William C 10-Nov-1874 21 M S white Nevada consumption 1 191 1
4.  Index to SMC Court Registers - #4 pgs 141-144 Teague Andrew Guardian 1864 (this is one of 14 entries for Andrew in this index) San Mateo County Land Index Teague Andrew 22 Feb 1864 D4 208 thru 209 Grantor [guardian] Ocean frontage
5. Index to Official Bonds: 18 Teague, Andrew Justice of the Peace 1856 79 Teague, Andrew Justice of the Peace 1859 209 Teague, Andrew Justice of the Peace 1869 225 Teague, Andrew District Attorney 1870; 1A Teague, Andrew Trustee, IOOF 1870

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SMC Families - The Fox Family

Benjamin F. Fox figures in the early history of San Mateo County in that he was the judge that oversaw the second election (April 1857) in which Redwood City was declared the county seat.  The first election had been declared invalid after it was proven that an organized crime group had manipulated the vote.

Benjamin, who served as San Mateo county's first superior court judge from 1856 to 1860, was considered to be an honest. Benjamin was born in New York in 1804.  He moved to Michigan in 1826 and served in the Michigan State legislature for over 25 years.  In 1850 he traveled to California and in 1853 brought his family. They settled in Redwood City. He died in 1869 and is buried in Union Cemetery.  Obituary 


 Besides his widow, Betsey Crane, who he had married in Michigan, Benjamin left the following Children:

• Charles N.     Charles was a lawyer with the firm of Campbell, Fox & Campbell of San Francisco.  bio  Charles m. 1st Celestia Taylor in 1856 in MI. She died in 1859. They are buried in Union Cemetery. Charles married 2 Lucy Taylor in 1860.  She died in 1864 and he married Mary Schwartz Rice later that year.  The family had moved to Oakland by 1880.
• Hattie d. 1859 or earlier
• Lucy d. 1859 or earlier
• Minnie b. 1860 
• dau. d. 1861
• George B. 1861-1893
• Anna Miriam d. 1863
• Capitola Comfort d. 1863
• Charles N. d. 1865
• Mary 1866-1934 m. Roscoe Spaulding Gray 1887 in Oakland
• Ida F b. 1869
• George W. (1839-1899) George served for many years as District attorney of San Mateo County.  obituary  Bio George married Sarah T. Donald in 1864 and had 
• Claudius b. @1866  m. Harriet Bement 1890 d. 1933
• Parker 1867-1874 
• Zoe  b. @1870 m. Fayette Thorpe 1892
• Ethel Belle b, @1878
• Beatrice  b. @ 1881 B m Charles Dimmit 1914
• Benjamin F.  at the time of his father's death was a Lt. in the U.S. Army. He married Ella Wynn in 1869 
• Chester P. (1840-1885) During his life C.P. worked as a farmer, a driver for the Overland State company, a guard at San Quentin, and for the Northern Pacific Express Co. Obituary 
• Sarah E. m. Andrew Jackson Quigley. They lived in La Porte, Plumas County
• Nancy m. Samuel Palmer They were living in Gilroy when her father died and in San Benito in 1870.

There were other early Foxes in San Mateo county, many might be connected to this family including George Williams (1816-1867) who is also buried in Union Cemetery.

 

 For more on the Fox Family and sources for above information see: 

• Historic Union Cemetery  
• History of San Mateo County, California, including its geography, topography, geology, climatography, and description, together with an historical sketch of California; a record of the Mexican grants; the early history and settlement, compiled from the most authentic sources; some of the names of Spanish and American pioneers; legislative history; a record of its cities and towns; biographical sketches of representative men; etc., etc 1883 BF Alley 
• San Mateo County Marriages (search for Fox)
• Index to San Mateo County Times Gazette (see Fox)
• San Mateo County Index to Schellens (allow plenty of time to search this collection at the SMCGS library)
• You will find many entries in the land and other records for the county. 

San Mateo County Cemeteries: Union Cemetery

California State Landmark #816 - Status granted March 26, 1963 

Cath Madden Trindle

Just down the street from my home in Redwood City lies one of the oldest cemeteries in San Mateo County.  Union Cemetery, located on Highway 84 (Woodside Road) has a unique history in that it is that the Union Cemetery Association which was formed in 1859 passed ownership of the cemetery to the State of California.  You can read more about the history of the cemetery on the Historic Union Cemetery website which is linked below.

I've been exploring the cemetery for years, bringing along an entourage at times.  My granddaughter Madi(son) spent many a day there helping take pictures and learning her letters.  Over the years Caroline Ybarra helped me catalog and photograph many of the tombstones in the cemetery.  Those pictures and a database of over 2200 burials have been available on California Genealogy and History Archives for the last two years.  This database includes information from a variety of sources that might not be duplicated in the links below, so once you've used the other resources check back here for possible links CA death records, newspaper articles, etc.


Find a Grave lists 995 burials with a few photographs, worth checking as you might find family connections that are not available elsewhere.


During the 1970s many stones were destroyed by vandals.  And by the 1990s the cemetery was in dire need of care.

In 1992 the Historic Union Cemetery Association was formed and many of the ruined stones were repaired.  President John Edmonds, with the help of a very able webmaster, has created a cemetery guide that includes not only a burial list, but also a marker list, photographs of existing tombstones and stories of the cemetery residents including pictures in some cases.  Play with the lists, it is possible to sort them on any column just by clicking on the title. The website is a wonderful resource for early families in San Mateo County.  Digital copies of the Union Cemetery Burial Register 1854-1917 and the 1937 DAR Tombstone Reading project are available for perusal or download.

For those that prefer paper to Internet, a book by John Edmond'a can be ordered from Amazon

After a lull of many years, vandals again smashed three stones in 2010.   One hopes that the vandals are suitable haunted by the occupants.

If you're ancestors are buried in Union Cemetery and you have a picture of a stone that no longer stands, send it to the HUCA for inclusion on the website.  You might also consider including a story about the person interred and/or a photograph.  If you have a complete family history you'd like to share, consider including it in the SMCGS First Families project, or at least submitting it for the "Other Families" section of our website.

Check out pictures from SMCGS' field trip to Union Cemetery on Pinterest.