Nathan Coombs [SEP] place of death
Nathan Coombs
Nathan Coombs (1826-December 26, 1877) was a California pioneer and founder of the city of Napa, California.
Life.
Nathan Coombs lived in Massachusetts and came overland to Oregon in 1842. Coombs came to California in 1843, first working for Steven Smith in Bodega Bay; and then for William Gordon at Rancho Quesesoni in Yolo County. In 1845 he married William Gordon's daughter Maria Isabel Gordon (1831-1890). Coombs came to Napa Valley in 1845 and purchased a small part of
's daughter, Maria Isabel Gordon (1831-1890), married Nathan Coombs in 1844. William Gordon and Nathan Coombs purchased Rancho Chimiles in 1851.
A claim for Rancho Quesesosi was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852 and the Quesesosi grant was patented to William Gordon in 1860.
Gordon lived on the ranch until 1866, when he sold it, and moved to Cobb Valley in Lake County, where he died in 1876.
[Note that the name of the rancho is misspelled in the article title