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James DeBarth Shorb Sr.

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James DeBarth Shorb Sr.

Birth
Emmitsburg, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Death
16 Apr 1896 (aged 55)
San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
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Section D Lot 254 Site 7
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The individual marker for him has 1841 as year of birth. The shared marker has 1842 as year of birth.
His year of birth is found as 1841 in records on file with the Alhambra Historical Society and church records.

He was the son of son of Dr. James Aloysius Shorb and Margaret McMeal Shorb.
They were also the parents of Adelaide D. Shorb Tiernan, Nina Shorb, Campbell Shorb, Daniel Shorb and Maria Louisa Shorb.

On June 4, 1867 as J. De Barth Shorb, he married Maria J. Wilson at San Gabriel, California.
They were the parents of Maria Inez Shorb White Buck, James DeBarth Shorb Jr., Margaret Nina Shorb, Edith Octavia Shorb Steele, Ramona Yorba Shorb Murtagh, Benito Wilson Shorb, Joseph Campbell Shorb, Ethel Rebecca Shorb, Donald McMeal Shorb, Norbert Newlands Shorb and Bernardo Yorba Shorb.

He is credited with establishing the towns of San Marino and Alhambra. He had control of thousands of acres in southern California, orchards, wineries and cattle herds. He was the first to use pipe to move water from one place to another for irrigation and designed the system that supplies San Gabriel with water. He died on April 16, 1896.
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The individual marker for him has 1841 as year of birth. The shared marker has 1842 as year of birth.
His year of birth is found as 1841 in records on file with the Alhambra Historical Society and church records.

He was the son of son of Dr. James Aloysius Shorb and Margaret McMeal Shorb.
They were also the parents of Adelaide D. Shorb Tiernan, Nina Shorb, Campbell Shorb, Daniel Shorb and Maria Louisa Shorb.

On June 4, 1867 as J. De Barth Shorb, he married Maria J. Wilson at San Gabriel, California.
They were the parents of Maria Inez Shorb White Buck, James DeBarth Shorb Jr., Margaret Nina Shorb, Edith Octavia Shorb Steele, Ramona Yorba Shorb Murtagh, Benito Wilson Shorb, Joseph Campbell Shorb, Ethel Rebecca Shorb, Donald McMeal Shorb, Norbert Newlands Shorb and Bernardo Yorba Shorb.

He is credited with establishing the towns of San Marino and Alhambra. He had control of thousands of acres in southern California, orchards, wineries and cattle herds. He was the first to use pipe to move water from one place to another for irrigation and designed the system that supplies San Gabriel with water. He died on April 16, 1896.
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Bio by: James Seidelman

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