Historical California Stone Carvers, Stone Cutters, & Monument Dealers

• 1888 - Biography of Arthur G. Field, Son of Frederick and Mary (Bacon) Field.

  The following article is from Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World or Santa Clara County, California, Edited by H. S. Foote; The Lewis Publishing Co., 1888, pp. 668:

  “Arthur G. Field, a member of the firm Wright & Field, real-estate and insurance agents, No. 15 No. First Street, San Jose, is a native of Vermont, having been born in that state in 1862. His parents removing to San Jose in 1872, he received most of his education in the city, later attending for about six years the University of the Pacific. After leaving school, Mr. Field learned the business of marble cutter, working for three years in his father’s marble yard. At the end of that time he took the road as a commercial traveler, selling marble and granite up to 1886. He then engaged in the real-estate business with Mr. Wright, with whom he is still associated.

  “Mr. Field’s parents were Frederick and Mary H. (Bacon) Field. Frederick Field was also a native of Vermont, where he was born in 1820, brought up and became largely interested in the marble lands and quarries. At one time previous to the late Civil War he was considered worth 2 millions of dollars, a large fortune for that period. He owned much property, among which was Italian marble quarries in Bennington County, near Rutland, Vermont. Naturally a large operator and speculator, he lost an immense fortune in introducing this marble through the South, furnishing dealers with vessel and car-load lots and waiting until it had been cut up and sold as monuments before receiving payment for it. That would have succeeded under ordinary conditions, but the war coming on he lost almost every bill due him in that section of the country. Misfortunes never coming singly, the marble in the main quarry drifted into a thick limestone stratum, which had to be removed before satisfactory marble could again be had. Altogether he had received a succession of blows from which he could not recover. Selling out to a stock company...he removed to San Jose, California, where he established a marble yard, and untiring he built up his business so successfully that he had again acquired a satisfactory competency at the time of his death in November 1887. He was a member of the Board of Trade of San Jose during most of its existence, and interested in real-estate here.

  “During his early experience in the marble business in Vermont, conceiving that Chicago would be a good distribution point, he at one time brought a cargo of marble by water, landing at that Place. Finding that he would need a building to store his marble permanently, preferring brick to wooden buildings, he tested the clay of the vicinity, found it admirable for the purpose of establishing a brick factory, and from the product of that kiln, built the first brick house erected in Chicago, having built the first brick kiln and made the first bricks in that now immense city. In every respect he was a man of large views and extensive operations. For 10 years he operated between Vermont and Chicago, as well as many other points in the country. While thus employed he met and married Miss Mary H. Bacon, daughter of Honorable Nathaniel Bacon, of Niles, Michigan, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of that state...Mrs. Field is a well-known magazine writer and authoress. They have seven children. The subject of this sketch, as was his father, an adherent of the Republican party, and a member of the Presbyterian Church.”

• 1889 - Field, estate of F., mail Jan (sic) Jose, (real estate $5350, mortgage $1350) (“San Jose City Directory Including Santa Clara, San Mateo, Santa Cruz County, and Monterey County, McKenney Directory Co., Publishers, San Francisco, Cal., Mar. 1889, pp. 151)
  • 1889 - Field, Arthur G. (Wright & Field), res. 5 Clinton Pl., San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (“San Jose City Directory Including Santa Clara, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Monterey Counties,” 1889, McKenney Directory Co., Publishers, San Francisco, CA, pp. 151)
• August 26, 1891 - Arthur Field & Sarah (Sadie) G. Richards married in San Jose, California.

  August 25, 1891 - The following article describing the marriage between Arthur Field and Miss Sadie G. Richards is from the San Jose Daily Mercury, Aug. 26, 1891.

  Field-Richards

  A Brilliant Wedding at the First Presbyterian Church

  Two of the Most Prominent of Our Young Society People United in Marriage

  “At the First Presbyterian Church yesterday the union by marriage of two of the most prominent families of the Garden City was witnessed by at least 500 guests, comprising the elite of the city. The contracting parties, who are well and favorably known, were Miss Sadie G. Richards and Arthur G. Fields. The bride, who is the accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Richards, is a brunette of medium stature and graceful carriage, and during her residence here has made many warm friends The groom is the eldest son of the late Frederick Field and Mrs. Mary Field. He was educated here and has shown himself to be a most important feature in the business world. He has been and is engaged in some most extensive enterprises and it is pleasing to note that his intelligent efforts and well directed energy have always led him to success in all his undertakings.

  “The scene in the church when all had assembled was a brilliant one. The decorations were done under the personal supervision of Henry B. Alvord, assisted by Mrs. F. A. Taylor, Miss Flora Beal, Miss Susie Cory and Miss Etta Beal, who deserve much praise for the exceeding beauty and artistic combinations of ferns, brakes, palms and cat-tails that adorned the chancel. Rising from before the altar was a mass of ferns which hid the organ and at either end extended to the gallery. The pillars were decked with palms and brakes intermingled with loops and streamers of white satin ribbons.

  “Professor F. Louis King entertained the assembled guests previous to the entrance of the bridal party by his skillful rendering on the organ of many favorite musical compositions, which concluded with the wedding march from Lohengrin, as the bridal party came slowly up the aisle.

  “The ushers, who were Henry B. Alvord, L. G. Nesmith, David T. Bryant and Howell C. Moore, were followed by the maid of honor, Miss Mary Elliott of San Francisco, preceding the bride, who leaned on her brother’s arm. They were met at the altar by the groom and his best man, Daniel M. Murphy.

  “After the ceremony had been performed in Rev. F. L. Nash’s usual impressive manner, the maid of honor lifted the veil from the bride’s face and the party left the church to the joyous strains of Mendelssohn’s Wedding March.

  “The bride’s dress was a simple and becoming robe of white silk crepe, en train, with a veil of silk illusion. Miss Elliott wore a gown of white India silk strewn with violets, and a hat trimmed with violets. During the afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Field left on their wedding trip.

  “They intend to visit San Francisco and from there will go to the southern part of the State, returning in a couple of weeks.”

• August 27, 1891 - The following article describing the marriage between Arthur Field and Miss Sadie G. Richards is from the San Francisco Call, pp. 7, col. 5, August 27, 1891.

  Field-Richards Wedding in San Jose

  “Yesterday, shortly after noon, Mr. Arthur G. Field and Miss Sadie Richards were married at the First Presbyterian Church, San Jose.

  “The wedding party entered in the following order: Mr. Daniel M. Murphy and the groom, Mr. H. B. Alvord and Mr. L. G. Nesmith, Messrs. Howell C. Moore and David T. Bryant, Miss Mary Elliott of San Francisco and the bride, leaning on the arm of her brother, Frank. Rev. F. D. Nash of Watsonville performed the ceremony. The church was prettily decorated in bamboo, woodwardlas and cat-tails. No flowers were visible other than those carried by the bride and Miss Elliott.

  “After receiving the congratulations of their friends and discussing a wedding breakfast at the residence of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Field took the train for this city, where they are now.”

• August 31, 1891 - Article relating to Mrs. Frederick Field’s Departure to make her home in the east. This article is from the San Jose Daily Mercury, August 31, 1891.

  Mrs. Field’s Departure

  “As has been announced in our social columns, Mrs. Mary H. Field will in a few days leave San Jose to make her home in the east. This means to us something more than the closing of a hospitable house, the absence of a pleasant family and the lack of the personal presence of a friend.

  “It means that in many circles of work there will be missing hereafter an energy, an influence and a leadership that have been most potent and helpful in the past, and the withdrawal of which cannot be accounted as a great loss. Mrs. Field has long occupied a unique position in relation to the various elements and cliques of our society, and when she departs will leave no one to take her place. In her church, and its societies and work, in the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, in the Chautaqua classes, and in the literary circles of the city, she has been not only a leader but an inspiration. Her versatility has enabled her to be unobtrusively masterful in all that she undertook, and having undertaken much her daily life among us has been directly helpful to a greater variety of men and women and in more varied ways than that of any other single person among us. Her absence therefore will be sorely felt in many was and at many times, and the loss cannot be made until she herself returns to live with us again and reopen for us her hospitable home.”

• 1890s - the following information is from San Jose News (Scrapbook of Old Newsclippings) Sun Posts, April 5, 1974, by Patricia Loomis, Staff Writer. (A copy of this book can be found at the Martin Luther King, Jr., Main Library in the California Room, San Jose, CA.)

  Hauled Picnickers to Park - Trolley Once Ran on Toyon Avenue

  “The olive groves are gone, along with the tracks and the ‘puffer billy’ engine that hauled cars of picnickers to Alum Rock Park along Toyon Avenue back in granddad’s day.

  “The Gordons, Fields, and others who owned the land before the turn of the century wouldn’t recognize the old neighborhood today....

  “Toyon Avenue, named for the native holly berry bushes that grew in the area, was laid out in 1895 along the ‘picket fence that divides the land of Gordon and Field from McKee and Penitencia Creek road.’ Arthur G. Field, marble cutter turned realtor, owned the land where the shopping center stands today....”

• 1892 - Field, Arthur G. (Arthur G. Field & Co.), res. NW cor San Salvador & 3rd; Field, Arthur G. & Co. (Arthur G. Field), real estate, insur. & loans, 15 No. First, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (“San Jose City Directory Including Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties,” 1892, F. M. Husted, Publisher, San Francisco, CA, pp. 177)
• 1893 - Field, Arthur G., & Co. (Arthur G. Field) brokers, 7 W Santa Clara, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (“San Jose City Directory Including Santa Clara Directory,” 1893, F. M. Husted, Publisher, San Francisco, CA, pp. 187)
• June 1894 - Auction Notice of Frederick Field’s Deceased Brother, Charles Field, Dorset, Vermont

  (The following notice is from Excerpts From Dorset Families; Genealogical Records and Notes, by The Rev. Parsons S. Pratt (1822-1906), With Occasional Additions by His Granddaughter, Miss Ann E. Gilbert (1881-1970) - (unpublished manuscript), The Dorset Historical Society, P. O. Box 52, Dorset, Vermont 05251. This quotation is used with permission.)

  Auction

  To Be Sold on The Premises On Saturday, July 7th at One P.M. Sharp.

  The property owned and occupied by the late Charles Field

  Situated on the West Road in Dorset

  The first house north of the residence of Charles B. Kent, Esq., Consisting of Residence of 14 rooms with commodious closets, Tenement house, Barn, Ice House (filled), large wood house, and 7 acres, more or less, of land, 5 acres of which are in orchard in full bearing.

  This Place is Peculiarly Desirable as A Summer Residence.

  It has a never failing spring from which water is conducted to the house and barn, commands a charming view of mountain and valley, is 1 1-2 miles from Dorset village and is in a most excellent neighborhood. The place also possesses an historical interest as being the site of the Cephas Kent Tavern at which ETHAN ALEN (sic) and the “Committee of Safety” first met and organized in the Revolutionary Days.

  This place will be offered at an upset price of $2,100, on most of which time can be given if desired.

  The Following Personal Property Will Also be Sold:

  Piano, Chamber sets and Bedroom furniture. Solid Oak Extension Table. 2 Book Cases. Ottoman. Centre Tables. 2 Lounges, Spring Mattrasses (sic). Carpets, Floor Matting, Mirrors, Arm Chairs, Rocking Chairs, Plain Chairs, Magee Range, 2 Coal Stoves, 3 Coal Oil Stoves, Soap Stone Stove, Ice Chest, Sewing Machine, Baby Carriage, Cooing Utensils and Crockery, Dry Stove Wood, A Gentle Mare, Phaeton, Lawn Mower, A quantity of Stove Pipe, &c., &c.

  Sale Absolute. No Reservation.

  Terms: - All sums under ten dollars cash. Over ten dollars settlements either by cash or approved note.

  Chas. A. Field, Executor

  Dorset, Vt., June 30th, 1894.

• 1894 - Field, Arthur G. (Arthur G. Field & Co.), r 455 S 3rd, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (“San Jose and Santa Clara Directory,” 1894, F. M. Husted, Publisher, San Francisco, CA; Field, Arthur G. (Arthur G. Field & Co.), brokers, 7 W Santa Clara, pp. 176)
• 1895-1896 - Field, Arthur G. (Arthur G. Field & Co. - real estate), r 455 S 3d, & Field, Arthur G. (Arthur G. Field & Co.,) Brokers, 7 W Santa Clara, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (“San Jose City Directory Including Santa Clara County: A Classified Business Directory of the County,” 1896-1897, F. M. Husted, Publisher, San Francisco, CA, pp. 169)
• 1896-1897 - Field, Arthur G., real estate, r 523 S 6th; Field, Mary H., Mrs., r 523 S 6 th, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (“San Jose City Directory Including Santa Clara County, 1896-1897, F. M. Husted, Publisher, San Jose, California, pp. 192)
• 1897 - Field, Mary H., Mrs., r 523 S 6th, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (“San Jose City Directory Including Santa Clara County, 1897, F. M. Husted, Publisher, San Jose, California, pp. 179)
• 1898-1899 - Field, Arthur G., r 523 s 6th, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (“San Jose City Directory Including Santa Clara County, 1898-1899, F. M. Husted, Publisher, San Jose, California, pp. 181)

• July 1899 - Mary H. Field, wife of Frederick Field, wrote the following poem which is included in the Preface of Field Genealogy being the record of all the Field family In America, whose ancestors were in this country prior to 1700; Emigrant ancestors located in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Virginia. All descendants of the Fields of England, whose ancestor, Hurbutus De la Field, was from Alsace-Lorraine. Volume 1 of 2, by Frederick Clifton Pierce, Chicago, Illinois, Historian and Genealogist, Hammond Press, Chicago: W. B. Conkey Company, 1901. (Please note: This book is available in the Google Full-View Books section of the web site. The book can be read in full on the web site or downloaded to your computer in PDF format.)

  

   

  “Sans Dieu Rien”

  “Without God Nothing”

  (Field Motto)

   

  O wise and reverent legend traced

  The old armorial signs among,

  Fit motto for a noble race-

  Sans Dieu Rien, Sans Diu Rien!

   

  No idle vaunt of brave deeds done,

  No boast of wealth, or rank, or fame;

  No haughty menace to a foe,

  No arrogant imperial claim.

   

  But simply true and simply grand,

  And couched in language briefly strong,

  They wrote the story of their faith-

  Sans Dieu Rien, Sans Diu Rien!

   

  Whate’er their lordly heritage

  Of house and land, of form and mien,

  The lofty rank, the high estate,

  A loving Father’s gifts are seen.

   

  And forward with calm trust they look

  The unknown future years along;

  Whate’er may come of good or ill,

  Serene in this - Sans Dieu Rien!

   

  O favored ones who trace your blood,

  Adown this good ancestral line,

  Claim the escutcheon’s pictured scroll,

  Of knightly deeds of honored sign;

   

  But, best inheritance of all,

  High, pure as Eden ’s matin song,

  From sire to son hand down the faith,

  Sans Dieu Rien, Sans Diu Rien!

  Mary H. Field, San Jose, Cal., July 30, 1899.

• 1899-1900 - Field, Arthur G., real estate, r 523 s 6th, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (“San Jose City Directory Including Santa Clara County, 1899-1900, F. M. Husted, Publisher, San Jose, California, pp. 187)
• 1900 - Field, Arthur G., r 523 s 6th, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (San Jose City Directory, 1900 - title page missing, pp. 184)
• 1901-1902 - Field, Arthur G., r 523 s 6th, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (“San Jose City Directory Including Santa Clara County, 1901-1902, F. M. Husted, Publisher, San Jose, California, pp. 185)
• 1902-1903 - Field, Arthur G., r 523 s 6th,, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (“San Jose City Directory Including Santa Clara County, 1902-1903, F. M. Husted, Publisher, San Jose, California, pp. 180)
• 1905-1906 - Field, A. G., Mrs. r 523 s 6th, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (“San Jose City Directory Including Santa Clara County, 1905-1906, F. M. Husted, Publisher, San Jose, California, pp. 191)
• 1906 - Field, Mary H. (Pioneer Card in the California State Library, Sacramento, California)

  (Front of card)

  Field, Mary H., 1906

  Name in full: Mary Hannah Field

  Born at Niles, Michigan, on Decem. 6, 1833.

  Father, Judge Nathaniel Bacon; Mother (maiden name in full), John Savage Sweetman...

  Married to whom: Frederick Field

  Place, Niles, Michigan ; Date October 16, 1856.

  Where educated, in Niles, and graduated at Brooklyn Heights Sem., N.Y. 1852.

  Years spent in California, 20. Residences in State, San Jose and San Francisco.

  Present address, Mexico City, ap. (?) postal 2392.

  (Back of card)

  The By and By Books, Pub. by Leavitt, N.Y. 1870.

  The Alameda, Pub. by Bancroft, S.F. 1876.

  Kate Thurston’s Chautauqua Circles; Flood & Vincent, 1891, Overland, Californian, The Chautauquan, The Occident, The Independent, The Outlook, San Jose Mercury, The Rural Press.

  Miscellaneous Notes: For twelve years was Pacific Coast Secretary of the Chautauqua Lit. & Sci. Circle. 1881-1892.

  (signed) Mary H. Field.

• 1906 - Mary H. Field was residing in Mexico according to the California State Library Information/Pioneer card (above).
• 1906-1907 - Field, A. G., Mrs. r 523 s 6th, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (“San Jose City Directory Including Santa Clara County, 1906-1907, F. M. Husted, Publisher, San Jose, California, pp. 181)
• 1908-1909 - Field, Arthur G., broker, r. 523 S 6th, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (“California Polk-Husted Directory Company’s San Jose City Directory Including Santa Clara County,” Polk-Husted Directory Co., Publishers, San Jose, California, pp. 256)
• July 31, 1912 - Mary Hannah (Bacon) Field died in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California. Reportedly, she was buried in Dorset, Vermont. (If anyone has a copy of an obituary for Mary H. (Bacon) Field, I would appreciate if a copy could be sent to me for this section.)
• July 27, 1926 - Wilfred Bacon Field died in Mexico. According to Wilfred Field’s grandson, Hubert Field Lozano, Wilfred was buried in Mexico City.
• February 1941 - Mabel Jeannette (Field) Goodrich (fourth child of Frederick and Mary H. (Bacon) Field) died (location unknown).

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