San Diego County Biographies
 
THOMAS HOGUE

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was born in Greenville, Georgia, February 29, 1824. His father, Jonathan N. 
Hogue, was a native of Scotland, and settled in New Baltimore, Maryland, and 
from there removed to Georgia. His mother, Sarah (Brady) Hogue, was born in 
Philadelphia. They had a family of twelve children, of whom the subject of this 
sketch
was the youngest. He was educated by his father, who was a school teacher. After 
his education was completed he removed to Arkansas, where he was a farmer and 
carpenter for awhile, and in 1852 he started across the plains for Placerville. 
He got there in the spring of 1853 and engaged in mining, which he followed for 
five or six years. He found plenty of gold and took out for his interest $35,000 
in five months. He still retains interests in the mines. He then engaged in the 
photograph business.  He was in San Francisco at the time of the Vigilant 
Committee, and took pictures of the prisoners for them. At that time Judge Terry 
was in prison for stabbing a man and his picture was taken along with the rest. 
Mr. Hogue went from there to the Sandwich Islands and took many views of the 
scenery, and sold them in San Francisco for a large sum of money.  At this time 
his health became impaired by the chemicals and he quit the business. He then 
speculated in mines in Australia, Nevada. An independent company volunteered 
their services to the United States to operate against the Indians. Captain 
Vasha was their captain. He was a nephew of Colonel Dave Buel of Nevada. Mr. 
Hogue was in the service about eighteen months. In returning to his ranch, and 
while quite near
it crossing the creek he was shot by the Indians. The ball entered his side, 
tore its way up through the ribs breaking them badly and came out at the 
shoulder. Mr. Hogue has it yet. The men on the ranch came to his rescue and he 
was saved. He was laid up for six or seven months, and the pieces of bone were 
months in coming out of his side. He came to San Diego in 1869, and bought 160 
acres of land, and established a stage station. He retained it for two years and 
then sold it. He then moved into San Diego and bought a saloon, which he kept 
for several years, and then sold it and kept a warehouse on the coast about 
seven miles from Oceanside for W. W. Stewart. He was there four years and over, 
and during that time took up a Government claim of 169 acres, perfected his 
title, and afterward sold it, and has since retired from business. He came to 
Oceanside in 1887 and bought several half blocks, and built the house in which 
he now resides. He became an Odd Fellow in 1851. He has been a member of the San 
Diego Fire Company and has held all the offices of the company, and is now a 
member of the fire company of Oceanside. He is a member of the Pioneer Society 
of San Diego. He has recently been on a visit to a brother and sister in Texas, 
whom he had not seen for thirty-six years. This brother and sister and their 
children are the only survivors of the family. Mr. Hogue is now in comparatively 
good health.
 
SOURCE:  An Illustrated History of Southern California:  Embracing the Counties 
of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the Peninsula of Lower 
California� Chicago:  The Lewis Publishing Company, 1890.  p.-  274-275