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• Name: James Hamilton TODD
• Sex: M
• Birth: 19 May 1846 in Ohio Co, West Virginia ^b
• Death: 23 Jun 1926 in Piedmont, California ^d


Parents:

• Father:
  
• James Sawhill TODD Birth: 14 Feb 1809 in Washington Co, Pennsylvania Death: 14 Dec 1893 in West Alexander, Washington Co, Pennsylvania
Mother:

• Mary BYERS Birth: 22 Dec 1819 in West Alexander, Washington Co, Pennsylvania Death: 5 Apr 1908 in West Alexander, Washington Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
Marriage:

• Maud HOWARD on 9 May 1885 at Oakland, California .^m1
  
• Maud HOWARD Birth: Feb 1861 in Pennsylvania Death: 1937

Children:

1. Madeline TODD Birth: 17 Jun 1886 in Oakland, California
2. James Hamilton Jr TODD Birth: Oct 1892 in California

Bibliography

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:

[Ref: Eagleson BYERS p17, SanFranciscoCA Chronocles 6/25/1926, SanFranciscoCA History p567]

May 1846 [Ref: 1900 CA Alameda ED364 17, Richard McMurtry 4/27/2004]

age 14 in 1860 [Ref: 1860 VA Ohio 77]

age 4 in 1850 [Ref: 1850 VA Ohio 26],

place:

[Ref: SanFranciscoCA History p567]

(West) Virginia [Ref: PiedmontCA UnkNews 6/24/1926, SanFranciscoCA Chronocles 6/25/1926]

Virginia [Ref: 1850 VA Ohio 26, 1860 VA Ohio 77]

West Virginia [Ref: 1900 CA Alameda ED364 17],

parents:

[Ref: 1850 VA Ohio 26, 1860 VA Ohio 77, Eagleson BYERS p17, TODD Family]

James TODD & Mary Renick RYERS [Ref: SanFranciscoCA History p567],

father:

[Ref: WashingtonCoPA Wills 14-345],

name:

Hamilton [Ref: WashingtonCoPA Wills 14-345]

Sources for death Information

date:

[Ref: PiedmontCA UnkNews 6/24/1926, SanFranciscoCA Chronocles 6/25/1926],

place:

[Ref: PiedmontCA UnkNews 6/24/1926, SanFranciscoCA Chronocles 6/25/1926]

Sources with Information about marriage to Maud HOWARD

date:

[Ref: SanFranciscoCA History p567]

15 years in 1900 [Ref: 1900 CA Alameda ED364 17, Richard McMurtry 4/27/2004],

place:

[Ref: SanFranciscoCA History p567],

names:

James H TODD & Maud H ___ [Ref: 1900 CA Alameda ED364 17]

James H TODD & Maud ___ [Ref: Richard McMurtry 4/27/2004],

child:

[Ref: 1900 CA Alameda ED364 17, Eagleson BYERS p18, PiedmontCA UnkNews 6/24/1926, Richard McMurtry 4/27/2004, SanFranciscoCA History p567]

Sources with Inaccurate marriage information

date:

15 Jul 1865 [Ref: Eagleson BYERS p17]

Research Notes:
enlisted in the 12th West Virginia Artillery in October 1862, was captured Nov 14 1863, and was a prisoner of war in Libby prison, Richmond, VA, until Mar 15 1864; after he recovered suficiently he returned to the field and served until the end of the war. [Ref: Eagleson BYERS p17]

spring of 1863: enlisted as a bugler in Battery H, First West Virginia Light Artillery, and served until discharged after the general muster in Washington in 1865. Among his other experiences was his confinement in Libby Prison, being captured at New Creek Nov 28 1864, and paroled Feb 14 1865 [Ref: SanFranciscoCA History p567]

1866: attended Muskingum College, Concord, OH [Ref: SanFranciscoCA History p567]

attended State Normal School of West Virginia at Fairmont [Ref: SanFranciscoCA History p567]

1868: moved to California, by the Panama route; arrived 13 August [Ref: SanFranciscoCA History p567]

took charge of the school of the Mount Carmel district, and afterward of the school at Lathrop [Ref: SanFranciscoCA History p567]

1871: chosen principal of one of the city schools of Stockton [Ref: SanFranciscoCA History p567]

studied medicine at New York, Bellevue Hostpial Medical College [Ref: SanFranciscoCA History p567]

1874: returned to San Francisco, chosen teacher of music in the public schools [Ref: SanFranciscoCA History p567]

1880: resumed medical studies at Cooper Medical College; graduated 1883 [Ref: SanFranciscoCA History p567]

1900: physician, living in Oakland, Alameda Co, California [Ref: 1900 CA Alameda ED364 17]

1900: living in Oakland, Alameda Co, California [Ref: Richard McMurtry 4/27/2004]

PiedmontCA UnkNews 6/24/1926:
Funeral services for Dr. J. Hamilton Todd, 80, physician and pioneer who died yesterday afternoon at his home, 42 Park Way, will be held Saturday afternoon at the First Presbyterian church.
Dr. Todd was formerly superintendent of schools here, city health officer, and for ten years was president of the board of education. At the time of his death he was prelate of the Oakland Commandery No. 11, Knights Templar.
Born in West Virginia in 1846, Todd joined the army at the age of 15 and served throught the Civil was as a bugler. He came to California in 1870, at first making his home in Stockton with his uncle, the late Judge Tufts. He attended Cooper Medical college, and was a practicing physician and surgeon for 42 years. He was active on the Merrit hospital board.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Haud Howard Todd, his son, J. Hamilton Todd Jr., and his daughter, Mrs. R. Roy Cowles, all of Piedmont. [Ref: PiedmontCA UnkNews 6/24/1926]

----- JAMES HAMILTON TODD
JAMES HAMILTON TODD, a physician and surgeon of Oakland, son of James and Mary Todd, was born May 19, 1846, in Ohio county, West Virginia, near West Alexander, Washington county, Pennsylvania.
James Todd (father of J.H. Todd) was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, near Claysville, February 14, 1810. James Todd married Mary Renick Ryers, who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, near West Alexander, December 22, 1819. Their family consisted of seven boys and six girls, named in order: William Neely, Thomas Milton, Mary Elizabeth, John Smith, Mary Caroline, James Hamilton, Joseph Stephenson, Margaret Byers, Hettie Jane, Alexander Renick, Laura Virginia, Frank Lester and Emma Bell. James Todd's father was William Todd, born at Mill Town, county Straban, Ireland, about 1775. He married Elizabeth Neely, of the same town and county, who was born about 1782. Their family consisted of six boys and four girls, named in order: John, William, Mary, James, Jane, Dorcas, Wallace, Thomas, Martha and Joseph. William Todd's father was John Todd, born in Scotland from whence he fled to Ireland during the persecution of early Christians. He married Mary Gillespie, also of Scotch parentage. John Todd had two brothers, George and William. George Todd came to the United States several years after his brother John and settled in Kentucky, from whom sprang the family of Mrs. President Lincoln.
J. Hamilton Todd, the subject of this sketch, received his early education in a local public school, then in the Academy of West Alexander, from which he attempted to enlist in the Union army, but was surrendered to his father. In the spring of 1863 he was more successful, enlisting as a bugler in Battery H., First West Virginia Light Artillery, and served until dicharged after the general muster in Washington in 1865. Among his other experiences was his confinement in Libby Prison, being captured at New creek November 28, 1864, and paroled February 14, 1865. Being exchanged he returned to service and was afterward transferred to the Department Headquarters Band, of which he became master. Two brothers also served to the end of the war: John S., in the Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and Thomas Milton, in Young's Pittsburg Battery. The latter is now a physician of Auburn, California.
After his discharge J.H. Todd resumed his studies, and in 1866 attended Muskingum College at Concord, Ohio, and then the State Normal School of West Virginia at Fairmont. He taught two terms in local schools, and in 1868 came to this State by the Panama route, arriving in San Francisco August 13. Passing a successful examination in San Joaquin county, he took charge of the school of the Mount Carmel district and afterward of the school at Lathrop. Next he served as deputy to H.T. Dorrance, County Clerk of that county. After the examination by the school board of Stockton, he was chosen principal of one of the city schools, and there taught from 1871 to 1873. He then went to New York and attended a course of lectures in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College and returning to Oakland in 1874 was chosen teacher of music in the public schools, remaining two years. In 1876 he came to this city and was elected principal of the musical department of the public schools, and in 1879 Superintendent of the schools of Oakland. In 1880 he formally resumed his medical studies by attending lectures in the Cooper Medical College, having kept up his reading in that line under Dr. Asa Clark in Stockton, and also after coming to Oakland. In the spring of 1883 he was graduated at Cooper Medical College and was appointed house surgeon to the California Women's Hospital, serving one year. He was then appointed surgeon of the Pacific Mail Company's steamer, the City of New York, making two trips to Hong Kong by way of Yokohama, when he quit the service of the company, married and settled down to general practice in this city. He is a member of the Alameda County Medical Society, and a visiting surgeon of the Fabiola Hospital. He is a Knight Templar and Royal Arch Mason.
Dr. Todd was married in Oakland May 9, 1885, to Miss Maud Howard, a native of Pennsylvania, who father, Benjamin F. Howard, is still living, in Calaveras county, California, her mother having died in 1883. Dr. and Mrs. Todd have one child, Madeline, born in Oakland, June 17, 1886. [Ref: SanFranciscoCA History p567]

Newspaper clipping "Last Rites on Saturday":
Funeral services will be held on Saturday afternoon at the First Presbyterian Church of Oakland for Dr. J. Hamilton Todd, former president of the Oakland Board of Education, superintendent of schools and health officer, who died late Wednesday at his residence, 43 Park Way, Piedmont, at the age of 80 years.
Dr. Todd had lived in Oakland and Piedmont for more than forty years. Born in West Virginia on May 19, 1846, he entered the Civil War as a bugler at 15 years of age and served through the conflict.
In 1870 he came West and lived for a time in Stockton. He graduaged from the Cooper Medical College in San Francisco in 1882, and has been a practicing physician ever since.
He became a teacher of music in the Oakland schools, later serving for eight years as president of the Board of Education and three years as city health officer. Dr. Todd was a member of the Alameda County Medical Association and other medical organizations and on the staff of the Merritt Hospital.
Other organizations to which he belonged were the Athenian-Nile Club, a life member of the Oakland Lodge, F. and A. M.; Oakland Chapter, R.A.M.; Oakland Council, R. and S.M.; past comander of Oakland Commandery, Knights Templar; Aahmes Temple of the Mystic Shrine and the Shrine band. For some years he has been a trustee of the First Presbyterian Church.
Surviving his are his widow, Mrs. Maud Howard Todd, and two children, J. Hamilton Todd Jr, and Mrs. Roy Cowles. Dr. Frank Silsley will officiate at the funeral services, and Mayor John L. Davie of Oakland has announced that the flag on the City Hall tower will remain at half mast on that day. [Ref: SanFranciscoCA Chronocles 6/25/1926]



Pedigree of James Hamilton TODD
                            /-----John TODD
                   /-----John TODD
          /-----William TODD
         |        |         /-----James GILLESPIE
         |         \-----Mary Elizabeth GILLESPIE
         |                  \-----Elizabeth RIDDLE
 /-----James Sawhill TODD
|        |         /-----John NEELY
|         \-----Elizabeth NEELY
|                  \-----Elizabeth WIGTON
James Hamilton TODD
|                                             /-----Thomas BYERS
|                                    /-----James BYERS
|                           /-----Samuel BYERS
|                  /-----Thomas BYERS
|                 |        |         /-----Thomas WHITE
|                 |         \-----Jane WHITE
|                 |                  \-----Ann (WHITE)
|         /-----Thomas BYERS
|        |        |                                             /-----John SHANNON
|        |        |                                    /-----John SHANNON
|        |        |                           /-----Robert SHANNON
|        |        |                  /-----Thomas SHANNON
|        |        |                 |         \-----Annal (SHANNON)
|        |        |         /-----John SHANNON
|        |        |        |         \-----Agnes (SHANNON)
|        |         \-----Margaret SHANNON
|        |                 |                  /-----Thomas REID
|        |                 |         /-----John Col REID
|        |                 |        |         \-----Mary McKEAN
|        |                  \-----Sarah REID
|        |                           \-----Jane STUART
 \-----Mary BYERS
         |         /-----Robert HAMILTON
          \-----Margaret HAMILTON
                   \-----Mary (HAMILTON)



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