Timeline of John Hames' life
1809-TJ Shadden born
1811-13-John Hames born in New York
1823-Benjamn leaves New York (for Battle Creek?)
1830-TJ Shadden marries Martha Elizabeth Sumner in Lee Creek, Arkansas
1833-Drucilla born in Lee Creek, Arkansas
1841-42-John Hames boards ship on east coast
1842-Daubenbiss arrives in Oregon
1842-Shaddens arrive in Oregon
1842-John Hames was in Peru, working for a year (?)
1843-Daubenbiss comes to California
1843-Shaddens arrive at Sutter's fort in a wagon train
1843-Eliza Jane Shadden born at Sutter's Fort
1843-John Hames arrives aboard a ship in Monterey in May
1843-44-milled timber in Barbadoes for Capt. Smith
1844-45-Built a mill in Niles Canyon for Vallejo
1845-John Hames brought bride Drucilla to Soquel from Monterey
1845-Hames and Daubenbiss constructed first sawmill on Soquel Creek
1846-John Hames married Drucilla in Monterey
1846-47-July 15, 1846 to February 10, 1847, John Hames served in the war of Mexico
1847-Daubenbiss established his 1100-acre farm homestead
1847-Benjamin Hames born (son of John and Drucilla) at Sutter's Mill on April 9th
1848-Hames and Daubenbiss returned (from war?) and saw their sawmill had washed away
1848-George Hames born (son of John and Drucilla)
1848-William Tecumseh Sherman slept on piles of wheat in a mill at Soquel
1848-John Hames was at Sutter's mill when gold was discovered
1849-Martina Castro's second husband Michael Lodge was killed in the goldfields of 1849
1850-TJ Shadden returns to Oregon; listed in Sacramento census
1850-John Hame's father died in Battle Creek, Michigan
1850-Susan Hames born (daughter of John and Drucilla)
1852-Eliza Hames born (daughter of John and Drucilla)
1852-John Hames was on Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors
1856-Lucretia Hames born (daughter of John and Drucilla)
1857-Caroline "Carrie" Hames born (daughter of John and Drucilla)
1859-John Hames was on Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors
1859-Tom Fallon was first mayor of San Jose
1860-John Hames was Chairman of the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors
1861-Martha "Mattie" Hames born (daughter of John and Drucilla)
1864- Minnie Hames born (daughter of John and Drucilla)
1864-Benjamin Hames (son of John?) enlisted
1864-Severe earthquake in Corralitos in October
1865-Benjamin Hames (son of John?) honorably discharged
1866-Benjamin Hames (brother of John) dies in Corralitos
1868-August 2, Soquel asks to have state capitol moved here
1868-Susan Hames (daughter of John and Drucilla) marries James Shuey June 9th in Soquel
1869- Lillian Hames born (daughter of John and Drucilla)
1870-Eliza Hames and husband George Molatt and Lucretia Hames and husband Joseph Langley appear on census for Soquel
1874-first train car stops at Depot Hill station in present-day Capitola
1880-Eliza Hames and husband George Molatt and Lucretia Hames and husband Joseph Langley appear on census for Soquel
1880-John Hames went with Cummings on gold-hunting trip to Mexico
1882-Drucilla died in Soquel on September 16, 1882
1882-John Hames in Mexico when his house was foreclosed on and Drucilla took refuge in sugar mill
1883-John Hames left Soquel to sheep ranch in the Salinas Valley
1894-TJ Shadden dies
1894-John Hames military pension stops on February 4th (died then?)
1904-Midget Ellen Hames (3 mos old) dies in King City
1907-Benjamin Franklin Hames (21 years old) dies in King City
1927-Benjamin Hames (son of John?) dies on September 28th
1944-Martha "Mattie" Hames dies in Santa Clara on March 16; 89 years old
1946-John Hames' house still standing in Soquel
1951-Lillian Hames (daughter of John and Drucilla) dies in Santa Clara, CA
2002-Tom McCubbin and sister Janis visit house built by John Hames on Jolon Road in Bradley, CA